# Um...hi. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371 "2004-11-23T22:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/41 "2004-11-24T05:46:55Z")
Welcome back, friend. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/42 "2004-11-24T06:29:01Z")
I didn’t read the other post, and was not aware of the situation, but I identify a lot with what you posted here. If you’d ever like to talk, my email is in my profile. Oh, and welcome back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/43 "2004-11-24T07:03:09Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Ever gotten drunk and then woke up the next day with “I said/did WHAT?” Ok. Last week it was not substance abuse, but a failure to rein in a bit of psychosis. It runs in the family, but I’m the only one so far who’s accepted, embraced and recognized it for what it is: a potentially destructive font of creative insight. While socially not constructive, the overall effect of my little outburst last week was indeed a foiled attempt at self-murder, the blame for which I place squarely on **Tubadiva**. A positive outcome was the clarification of a story plotline that has been eluding me for about 15 years, and the spawning of an entirely new one. I apologize for the mess, but the breakdown (“The Post” was merely one symptom—you shoulda seen what went on _off_line!) seems to have been the mental “dump” I’ve desperately needed to take for a long time. > > I live in several realities simultaneously. Don’t worry, about 90% of my awareness overlaps meaningfully with yours. But that other 10% provides a considerable distraction from my daily routine because I’m torn between ignoring it for the sake of normal interaction with the people of this reality; and acknowledging/responding to it as I would any of my other senses. Imagine if “green” were a color only YOU could see. It’s minor, it’s all part of vision, but because it’s unlike anything that can be confirmed by any other person, it means that you’re…well…_different_ mentally from the rest. We have all kinds of words for the person with those types of “abilities” and most of them are pejorative in nature. Along with, and I expect because of, the auditory hallucinations, events of severe paranoia and inward aggression comes a perspective and a level of mental function which serves me well. I’m not saying I’m a genius, I’ve sincerely posted the opposite numerous times, but I do approach problems from angles that are substantially different from “normal” and this is sometimes recognized as brilliance in real life. Mercifully, I have not suffered this kind of misunderstanding from Dopers. > > I’m used to who and what I am, and so I’m not inclined to “rearrange any mental furniture,” medically or surgically, at this point in order to make my sensory inputs more in line with the accepted norm. But it is a matter of ongoing discussion until I can convince some key people in my life that I’m alright. > > This all seems a bit narcissistic and I am not particularly comfortable giving this much away, but I’m compelled to explain myself in return for the very kind wishes I received last week…and because **QED** intimidated me so with harsh language and demanded an explanation. There’s a tv show on BBC America called _The Peep Show_. The protagonist’s roommate has had a drug-filled drunken orgy while he was away on business and the roommate is told by a friend that they did a very bad thing while high. Throughout the episode, he tries to figure out what they did. The gamut runs from smoking a humongous ganga, garotting his friend with dental floss, to bathing with a laptop. In the end, he remembers that they experimented with _wet willies_. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/44 "2004-11-24T07:57:36Z")
Glad to see you back, **Inigo**. Hang on. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/45 "2004-11-24T08:54:52Z")
thanks for the pie! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/46 "2004-11-24T10:49:27Z")
Swordswoman to swordsman, welcome back. As I said, I know a thing or two about battling madness and I’ve climbed the Cliffs of Insanity. Acknowledging it and dealing with it is better than letting it sit and fester, even though it is painful at times. Remember your namesake sank pretty low before rising to bigger and better things. Meanwhile, next time things get rough, my e-mail’s in my profile. Welcome back, good luck, and, if nothing else, I hear there’s an opening for a Dread Pirate Roberts! CJ ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/47 "2004-11-24T11:08:58Z")
I know exactly what Inigo means cos I’m the same. Most of the time we’re with you, but just for a while we’re off on Planet Iceland or Planet Inigo which is completely different to your worlds. But we know what we’re on about. Don’t change Inigo. No mental furniture needs rearranging. We understand you. And if we don’t we’ll just try and get there until we can. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/48 "2004-11-24T12:25:23Z")
Welcome back, sir. Try not to scare us like that again, but not if it means subjugating who you are. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/49 "2004-11-24T12:49:24Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > I’ve climbed the Cliffs of Insanity. How. HOW? Did I miss incorporating this into a “Falling off/Rapelling down/Climbing the C of I” remark!? I must be losing my mi…oh. Right then. Still a little foggy. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/50 "2004-11-24T12:59:18Z")
Glad you’re back, **Inigo**. Life’s a scary thing sometimes, isn’t it? By the way, ignore **Abbie**. If you’re hard up for a pie, I made a ‘test pie’ for Thanksgiving last night. It’s all yours. You don’t mind if there’s a couple of slices missing, right? The mr. and I were hungry. E. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/51 "2004-11-24T14:16:30Z")
Hi, **Inigo**! I’m glad to see that you’re back. And you’ve got new artistic inspiration–always a plus. But please don’t scare us all like that again, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/52 "2004-11-25T13:56:18Z")
Welcome back, **Inigo**. Good to see you, and I’m glad you’re ok. Without you, who’d provide both excellent on-point answers to insurance questions _and_ the opportunity to make infinite Princess Bride references? I know I’m a little late to the party here, but I had to chime in with something. Re: your existence on multiple mental levels, I’d like you to please read [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=281229); not just the OP but my follow-ups as well. Does that sound at all like the sort of thing you’re talking about? If it does, I’d very much like to get in touch with you via e-mail, if you’re willing. Let me know if you’re interested. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/53 "2004-11-25T16:27:04Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Without you, who’d provide both excellent on-point answers to insurance questions and the opportunity to make infinite Princess Bride references? I have to agree. Say, **Inigo** , how do you suppose they’d rate professional liability coverage for Miracle Max? 😉 Seriously, glad to hear that you’re back with us. It’s good to have you here. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/54 "2004-11-25T19:15:20Z")
**Inigo** , glad to see you’re back, and thanks for the explaination. And, of course, thanks to the Brute Squad, too! As a fellow sufferer of mental illness, you have my symapthy and best wishes. If you ever need another ear (metaphorically speaking) my email is, like several others, in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/55 "2004-11-25T19:25:34Z")
Glad to see you pulled back from the brink, and got something positive from it. Welcome back. Want a lick of Marjorie Stewart-Baxter? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371/56 "2004-11-26T14:31:00Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > Want a lick of Marjorie Stewart-Baxter? [HomerSimpson] Mmmm…sunshine dust.[/HS] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276371.md?page=2)