I'm stressed Dragging my feet to get started on a really important application, I need to have a draft proposal out of the way by tonight so I can get things moving. I don't know why I procrastinate on the things that matter, it's like an anxiety response for me lol

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Good morning y'all (I know it's not morning for most of you in this thread, but it's morning in the best time zone ever, and that's all that matters)

Who said you're a cultural critic Alpha? Where do you write besides SOL?

Alpha Blondy;981185 wrote: ^ you've got more hair on your arms than on Haglatosiye's head.... :D :D

Safferz;981166 wrote: Someone tell me to GTFO and go work out! I thought getting changed would get me out the door but I've been lying on the couch for two hours now Didn't need any of you :mad:

Someone tell me to GTFO and go work out! I thought getting changed would get me out the door but I've been lying on the couch for two hours now

SomaliPhilosopher;981164 wrote: DAMMIT!!! I torrented Uzak and it has no subtitles!!!!!!! I can't let 2GB of internet go to waste, in such case I must learn Turkish!!! We all know who to blame for that.

Alpha, don't politicize this with SL/Somalia BS, there's no SL exceptionalism for mental health issues affecting Somalis and we both know places like Hargeisa have seen much more violence and warfare in the last generation than many cities in the south. But I'll admit I loled at "Tintinian"

Wadani;981157 wrote: I think it's the opposite actually. They it take soo seriously that they go into denial when one of their family members is afflicted with a mental illness, and they'll give silly rationalizations to friends and neighbours like 'he's/she's been staying up too late, he/she just needs more sleep' or 'there's a jinn in him/her'...etc. Anything to avoid the stigma of mental illness, which in their eyes seeing a psychologist/psychiatrist would be part and parcel of. That's my theory anyways. That's what I consider not taking mental illness seriously lol, so we're not in disagreement.

SomaliPhilosopher;981154 wrote: I recall reading a report a while back that stated about "1 in 3 Somalis (in Mogadishu at least)" suffer from a mental illness... Looking back at my trips in the scope of that report, either I was in the 'right' circles in Mogadishu, I got to know people superficially, or that report was greatly exaggerated. While I began to write this little commentary, I was sold on answer #3- exaggeration. Perhaps its a blend of all three... It's not always easy to identify mental illness though, and culturally we keep the truly unhinged tied up somewhere and out of sight. I'd imagine for many Somalis it may be something like depression or PTSD, which is more difficult to see. And there are also people who have manic episodes but otherwise appear to be fine, I met a number of people back home who seem normal to me but I later learned have "gone crazy" in the past. I had a man like this come to visit me quite a few times this summer (he spoke English and wanted to talk to me), and no one thought anything of leaving me alone in my room with a known insane person I found out he "used to be crazy" later.

Wadani;981153 wrote: Saffz, I haven't watched this doc yet, but how receptive do you think Somalis are to psychological interventions? I get the feeling that they believe therapy based on psychological methods to either be a pseudoscience or even worse a 'gaalo' field/treatment. I really don't know, Somalis are not hostile to Western medicine and treatment overall, it just seems that our folks don't take mental illness seriously and don't see mental health as something that needs real treatment. The documentary shows the prevalence of mental health issues back home (UN says as many as 1 in 3 Somalis has a mental illness), but doesn't go much into the barriers facing the mentally ill.

I listen to this song every morning to mentally prepare for my day

Why so down Alpha? I prefer listening to happy pop songs in the morning dee

Continued... Malcolm Gladwell is Canadian So is today's Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Alice Munro And architect Frank Gehry Even Americans recognize our awesome We're home to one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world Where else can you find ketchup chips We invest in arts and culture A Canadian invented worldwide standard time We have more donut shops per capita than anywhere else in the world You can write a letter to Santa addressed to the North Pole, Canada (postal code H0H 0H0) and get a letter back

Safferz;979493 wrote: Canadian literature is the bomb The Nobel committee only confirmed today what I told y'all last month.

*Blessed;981003 wrote: Talking of role models... she's definitely "thinspiration" material. She has a healthy body, maybe "fitspiration" is better... thinspo is the awful term used by eating disordered/pro-ana folks.

Alpha Blondy;981100 wrote: black widow, miyaa? na dhumaal anaaga, ma garatay? inabti isgaa iloow bakhtiga. ileen anaaga (Cadapha) joogney.

SomaliPhilosopher;981095 wrote: It makes you my ex saffy. my ex SOL boo.... Fine, I'm dating oba anyway :mad:

SomaliPhilosopher;981092 wrote: My god Cadale! Posting pictures in both the Somaliland and the Mogadishu Picture thread, it is worse than I thought! The two polarized spirits of Alpha and Oba have formed as one... This is surely an unprecedented move by the Evil Forest... Yin and Yang has fallen upon us!!! Run Rorrest run!!! Simmer down SP... I've posted pics in both threads too (and others), what does that make me?

I hurt my knee running this morning you guys I was really excited about my new Nikes too, I don't know if it's the shoes that are the problem or maybe I was a little overeager and pushed myself because I wanted to try out my new shoes lol (today should have been a rest day but I just got the shoes and HAD TO try). But on the plus side, I had a lovely view of the Charles river

Interesting interview posted today on Captain Phillips and representations of Somalis/Somalia on Africa is a Country, with the Canadian-based African director of an upcoming documentary called "The Smiling Pirate" that tries to give a different perspective. Looks interesting. " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Cadale;981062 wrote: Hello i'm cadale everyone im new in this forum. Welcome Cadale

Alice Munro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!