As a certified nut, who is off his numbing pacification meds. I think stocking up on preserved foods is perfectly sound strategy for someone living in tornadoville. I didn't plant a garden last year but this year I'm calling my neighbor to come plough my front yard. Nana has one of those big pressure cookers used for canning. My Dad used to can every year and the chow was magnificent.
As to my sanity, I've found I have more pronounced insight when I'm coming out of my episodes. I hear voices, see auras around people and see a face behind a person's face, most auras are a semi opaque black and the face reveals what is behind the mask. Occasionally a person will have a brighter colorful aura, These are good people. Sadly they are too few, most people are striving for the wrong things. I believe it's a gift but it's also a fine line. Western medicine's denial of mysticism leads to far too many people misdiagnosed and made docile via pharmaceuticals. I continue to reduce the benzo I take, it must be reduced gradually. I only took the SSRI for five or six weeks when I just stopped, that wasn't smart, the withdrawal was bad, extreme paranoia, it took several days before I could leave the house. I still get very antsy in crowds. Agoraphobia. I find talking to myself and the Lord in Wal-Mart helps, it tends to make people give me a wide birth. Yay! I don't want you jerks around me anyway. If you seek God's face with earnest faith instead of going to Dr's, you are better off, long term. Ed you wrote a reply to my Bananas thread that did more to help me than anything my Dr did. I never thanked you so here it is. Thanks, it took a little bit to get it but, the Lord kept sending me back to it.,
As to my sanity, I've found I have more pronounced insight when I'm coming out of my episodes. I hear voices, see auras around people and see a face behind a person's face, most auras are a semi opaque black and the face reveals what is behind the mask. Occasionally a person will have a brighter colorful aura, These are good people. Sadly they are too few, most people are striving for the wrong things. I believe it's a gift but it's also a fine line. Western medicine's denial of mysticism leads to far too many people misdiagnosed and made docile via pharmaceuticals. I continue to reduce the benzo I take, it must be reduced gradually. I only took the SSRI for five or six weeks when I just stopped, that wasn't smart, the withdrawal was bad, extreme paranoia, it took several days before I could leave the house. I still get very antsy in crowds. Agoraphobia. I find talking to myself and the Lord in Wal-Mart helps, it tends to make people give me a wide birth. Yay! I don't want you jerks around me anyway. If you seek God's face with earnest faith instead of going to Dr's, you are better off, long term. Ed you wrote a reply to my Bananas thread that did more to help me than anything my Dr did. I never thanked you so here it is. Thanks, it took a little bit to get it but, the Lord kept sending me back to it.,