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Monumentally bad decisions

#43
LiquidMidnight said:
I wish I had gotten braces when I was a kid. My teeth aren't horribly crooked or pointing in weird directions, but a few of them are crowded and didn't come in how I would have liked.
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Same. I actually have really nice teeth for someone who has never had braces, but now that my hair is thinning out a bit it would be nice to have more perfect teeth to make up for the lack of a flowing mane of hair :p
 
#44
Nope. I've done some things that have not turned out in my favor, but I needed to do them to learn the lesson that resulted. No effort or action that achieves an undesired result is bad if you can learn something from it. It only makes your life better in the long run.
 
#45
bassinplace said:
Nope. I've done some things that have not turned out in my favor, but I needed to do them to learn the lesson that resulted. No effort or action that achieves an undesired result is bad if you can learn something from it. It only makes your life better in the long run.
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Same here. I've always believed that to regret what you have done is to regret who you were, and to regret who you were is to regret who you are.
 
#48
jmattbassplaya said:
Same. I actually have really nice teeth for someone who has never had braces, but now that my hair is thinning out a bit it would be nice to have more perfect teeth to make up for the lack of a flowing mane of hair :p
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Don't have them, but you can get those covering things (pronounced vin-ears, but I can't spell it). Don't know how much they cost or if certain plans cover them. You can definitely get what you want.
 
#50
LiquidMidnight said:
I wish I had gotten braces when I was a kid. My teeth aren't horribly crooked or pointing in weird directions, but a few of them are crowded and didn't come in how I would have liked.
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jmattbassplaya said:
Same. I actually have really nice teeth for someone who has never had braces, but now that my hair is thinning out a bit it would be nice to have more perfect teeth to make up for the lack of a flowing mane of hair :p
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You're aware that your condition is only as permanent as you make it, right? Getting braces isn't limited to kids and teens. I have an orthodontist appointment tomorrow morning. If you're dissatisfied, fix it.:)
 
#51
Not seeking help for years of slowly creeping depression. At first because of thinking it was normal to feel that way, then out of denial and avoidance, and after that out of shame and hopelessness. Cost me some friends, some girlfriends, a college education, a few bands and a couple of jobs.
 
#53
Allowing a psychiatrist to dump medication down my throat at 13 because I made a statement along the lines of "sometimes life doesn't feel like it's worth all the effort" to my step cousin, who then told my father. My dad dragged me to the psychiatrist. I was determined to not accept any medication because it could change who I was on a fundamental level. Which I viewed as wrong. Within ten minutes of being at the appointment, I learned the real reason I didn't have a grandfather. Mental illness runs in the family. He had killed himself when my dad was one year old. My dad was visibly frightened that I had inherited this mindset (which in all honesty, I had. Just didn't realize it yet so young), so I agreed to take the medication to make him feel better. I never saw that "doctor" again. He never checked up on me or anything, just kept writing the prescriptions for Paxil. I won't go into details, because it's extremely embarrassing. But I essentially wound up having a psychotic break. Delusions and all. At age 14. Almost ruined my life forever as a result. Went to residential therapy for a year, had to go to an alternative highschool, had to hear all the rumors of "what really happened" through friends that stuck by me afterwards. Got a REAL psychologist after that. Then 6 years later... Class action lawsuit against the makers of paxil for ignoring evidence of extremely adverse psychological effects in males under the age of 18. I never saw any money of it. But I'm damn glad someone realized it wasn't right and stopped countless others from going through the pain and misery that I did. Last I heard Paxil is banned from being prescribed to people under 18 now.

Moral of the story... Don't take a pill just because someone who is supposed to know what they're talking about says it will be ok. Do your research and make an informed decision. Neurochemistry is an extremely complicated subject. And pharmaceutical companies are greedy as ****.

/rant.
 
#56
Einherjar said:
Allowing a psychiatrist to dump medication down my throat at 13 because I made a statement along the lines of "sometimes life doesn't feel like it's worth all the effort" to my step cousin, who then told my father. My dad dragged me to the psychiatrist. I was determined to not accept any medication because it could change who I was on a fundamental level. Which I viewed as wrong. Within ten minutes of being at the appointment, I learned the real reason I didn't have a grandfather. Mental illness runs in the family. He had killed himself when my dad was one year old. My dad was visibly frightened that I had inherited this mindset (which in all honesty, I had. Just didn't realize it yet so young), so I agreed to take the medication to make him feel better. I never saw that "doctor" again. He never checked up on me or anything, just kept writing the prescriptions for Paxil. I won't go into details, because it's extremely embarrassing. But I essentially wound up having a psychotic break. Delusions and all. At age 14. Almost ruined my life forever as a result. Went to residential therapy for a year, had to go to an alternative highschool, had to hear all the rumors of "what really happened" through friends that stuck by me afterwards. Got a REAL psychologist after that. Then 6 years later... Class action lawsuit against the makers of paxil for ignoring evidence of extremely adverse psychological effects in males under the age of 18. I never saw any money of it. But I'm damn glad someone realized it wasn't right and stopped countless others from going through the pain and misery that I did. Last I heard Paxil is banned from being prescribed to people under 18 now.

Moral of the story... Don't take a pill just because someone who is supposed to know what they're talking about says it will be ok. Do your research and make an informed decision. Neurochemistry is an extremely complicated subject. And pharmaceutical companies are greedy as ****.

/rant.
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I know exactly what you mean about the paxil, I was loaded up with that and 350mg of effexor when I was younger.. I wasn't anymore than a normal 16 year old. Lets just say I had a greedy mother.
 
#58
Bassic Playing said:
Turning 18 in a couple of days. Decided from now on I'm going to make bad decision by doing things rather than not doing them.

Guess I'll see how that works out.
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Keep some healthy perspective with that and you'll do fine.

Good decisions:
- spontaneous weekend trips to places
- trying new sports or hobbies out at random
- signing up for a college course you're interested
in even if it's not a required class

Bad decisions:
- getting blackout drunk because everyone else is
- trying out drugs because everyone else is doing them
- agreeing to sex without a condom

There are definitely things worth doing just because, and things not worth doing even if other people are doing them. I mention those particular bad decisions only because you're at that age. It's not that you can't do those things but that the outcomes from those things can severely screw your life up if you're not careful with them. Getting caught underage drinking or with drugs can really **** your future, and having a kid at your age will greatly reduce your options in life. In other words, just be smart and don't do everything just to say you've done it :)
 
#60
The large majority of my bad decisions involve women in some form or fashion.

To the people saying you don't regret bad decisions because you learned something...unforturnately most of the bad decisions I made were educated ones...I knew better, but acted impulsively, out of desperation, or just generally not giving a f~(<.
 

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