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Please tell me that I'm not the only one. Do you do anything that you know you shouldn't; things that you know will make you feel bad?
I keep talking to my ex, even though it makes me miserable. I can't stop.

I'm not sure if this is the same kind of thing, but I like to overwork myself sometimes. Taking other people's shifts at work, sometimes working a 12 hour day.

are you talking about the commonly know "nice guy syndrome" or do you just like getting yelled at?

Oh I'm a glutton for punishment. If I weren't how would I have lasted here so long? ;)

I'm not sure if this is the same kind of thing, but I like to overwork myself sometimes. Taking other people's shifts at work, sometimes working a 12 hour day.Yeah, I do that too. Six hours of school, eight of work makes maggie a psychotic ex.

the commonly know "nice guy syndrome"

I have that in spades...

...But when I get pissed, you don't wanna be within a hundred-yard radius.

are you talking about the commonly know "nice guy syndrome" or do you just like getting yelled at?I'm a chick, but yeah, basically. He's a nice guy who oops! never really loved me, but he still likes to chat.
He tells me that he feels guilty. It's not like I want to give him a guilt trip, but it makes me angry that I try to avoid letting him know just how much he hurt me, for his sake.
And yet I still can't cut him out. Lo que se, I am not only a sucker for punishment. I am the sucker.

I have that in spades...

...But when I get pissed, you don't wanna be within a hundred-yard radius.
On the other hand, you don't want to be within a hundred-light-year radius of me.... ;)

On the other hand, you don't want to be within a hundred-light-year radius of me.... ;)

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Really. When I get mad I start shooting out laser energy lightning bolts that destroy everything in their path and culminate in black holes. Not pretty.

Well I definitely qualify here, just having gotten pregnant twice! As if having a hyperemetic first pregnancy wasn't bad enough (with the result I lost my gallbladder) I went and did it again! This time after puking so much my nose would bleed and losing 15 lbs in two weeks I had a catheter inserted through my arm into my chest so I could bypass my stomach to take in fluids and meds.

Believe me, I totally feel both my kids are worth any trouble they cause/caused, but being pregnant totally sucked.

I've informed AlphaGeek that if he even mentions having more kids, even in jest, I will have to open a can of whupass on him.

Umm...I like punishment...but in a different way, if you know what I mean. ;)

Not me. If something looks like it may involve the smallest amount of pain or hard work I head the other way.

Really. When I get mad I start shooting out laser energy lightning bolts that destroy everything in their path and culminate in black holes. Not pretty.

Funny. No, really. I mean it. That was some really witty stuff, there.

Not me. If something looks like it may involve the smallest amount of pain or hard work I head the other way.
Good luck with Life.

Good luck with Life.

Hey, you never know... He could become the world's wealthiest beggar!

:p

Umm...I like punishment...but in a different way, if you know what I mean. ;)I like that, too. I just don't really consider that type of "punishment" to be punishment.

I like that, too. I just don't really consider that type of "punishment" to be punishment.

The way some people do it... Yeowch. "Punishment" is a fitting term.

Please tell me that I'm not the only one. Do you do anything that you know you shouldn't; things that you know will make you feel bad?
I keep talking to my ex, even though it makes me miserable. I can't stop.

I do that all the time.

Every day needs a little misery, though. Otherwise there wouldn't be anything to complain about, and then where would we be?

The way some people do it... Yeowch. "Punishment" is a fitting term.

That depends on perspective, I should imagine. What's punishment to one is... something else entirely to others. ;)

But I agree. Some people go entirely overboard. But, eh, it's their flesh, no?

I do that all the time.

Every day needs a little misery, though. Otherwise there wouldn't be anything to complain about, and then where would we be?

Somewhere that isn't the loony bin.

Hmm. I wonder if my barrage of pointless, random lies count?

meh, my personality feeds off emotion of one sort or another, so in the absence of any external stimuli i'll make myself sad just for the hell of it so at least i feel something.
its weird, not good, and a cornerstone of depression. also its not rational so its not like i have that much control over it...
learning not to do it now though, but still slip up sometimes :(

Somewhere that isn't the loony bin.

Hmm. I wonder if my barrage of pointless, random lies count?

Actually, I suspect that if one doesn't experience the full range of emotions, one is typically considered to be a viable candidate for the loony bin. So not being miserable on occasion is more abnormal than not, eh?

And I don't think a day goes by that something doesn't make me want to gnaw on my own feet in frustration. Then again, a day doesn't go by that I don't laugh my arse off at something, either. It balances, I suppose. : )

I used to. No more. Which came as a shock to those who used to treat me as a doormat and hadn't seen me for a while.

i keep coming here and spending hours on end while i *know* i really don't ahve any time for it, and i feel like the very last idiot afterwards when i see all the stuff that's not been done and should have (and there's no time left to do it, either). and i come back every day, very aware that it'll end that way again. does that count?

I have that in spades...

...But when I get pissed, you don't wanna be within a hundred-yard radius.

Exploding teeth?

Actually, I suspect that if one doesn't experience the full range of emotions, one is typically considered to be a viable candidate for the loony bin. So not being miserable on occasion is more abnormal than not, eh?

And I don't think a day goes by that something doesn't make me want to gnaw on my own feet in frustration. Then again, a day doesn't go by that I don't laugh my arse off at something, either. It balances, I suppose. : )

I'm permanently miserable. Even when I laugh, I'm miserable. I suck.

i keep coming here and spending hours on end while i *know* i really don't ahve any time for it, and i feel like the very last idiot afterwards when i see all the stuff that's not been done and should have (and there's no time left to do it, either). and i come back every day, very aware that it'll end that way again. does that count?

Procrastination is the number one form of self-punishment. There is no better way to stick it to yourself than to fuck up good opportunities by looking at porn and arguing politics with faceless handles.

Please tell me that I'm not the only one. Do you do anything that you know you shouldn't; things that you know will make you feel bad?
I keep talking to my ex, even though it makes me miserable. I can't stop.
Quite natural, really. Everybody wants their emotion, and self-pity, sadness, and anger are no exceptions.
Just try and tell me with a staight face that you've never enjoyed misery a little bit.
*tries and fails to resist urge to quote Notes from Underground*
""Well, even in toothache there is enjoyment," I answer. I had toothache
for a whole month and I know there is. In that case, of course,
people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid
moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole
point. The enjoyment of the sufferer finds expression in those moans; if
he did not feel enjoyment in them he would not moan."

Please tell me that I'm not the only one. Do you do anything that you know you shouldn't; things that you know will make you feel bad?
I keep talking to my ex, even though it makes me miserable. I can't stop.
I stayed in a relationship with a guy who often put me down for two years.

I'm not in it anymore though. :D

Procrastination is the number one form of self-punishment. There is no better way to stick it to yourself than to fuck up good opportunities by looking at porn and arguing politics with faceless handles.

Miserable Moment No.#447,921,416.

pain is beautiful.

[or are you trying to tell me you don't poke that sore in your mouth with your tongue repeatedly even though you now it'll hurt?]

I stayed in a relationship with a guy who often put me down for two years.

I'm not in it anymore though. :Dyay
I heard about that, and I'm really happy for you.
It takes a strong woman to leave.

I am, and I suspect anyone who debates here on a regular basis is as well: this thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=458580) is a wonderful [and recent] example.

Please tell me that I'm not the only one. Do you do anything that you know you shouldn't; things that you know will make you feel bad?
I keep talking to my ex, even though it makes me miserable. I can't stop.

I'm on NS right now instead of doing home work, does that count?

I tend to get myself into bad situations and actually get into a better mood when I have to dig myself out. I go into a funk when everything is going good, which in turn puts everything into a downward spin, then when things are fucked up I get a kick out of fixing them. Its a strange cycle.

"Sucker for Punishment" will be my new game show where children beat each other up for candy prizes.