Trevor Salyzyn
I am an esoteric, ironical, deeply cynical, and highly
optimistic philosopher of the tradition exemplified by the humble half-animal
humility of Hunter S. Thompson, Diogenes, and Sidhartha Gautama. Being branded
with several mental illnesses, and having been perpetually medicated in one form
or another for the last 6 years (both by my own use of drugs, and by the
generous helpings of sedatives supplied by the mental health organizations), I
am considered so thoroughly incapable of work that I have been pushed into a
lifetime of career begging. Thankfully, the government has generous donatives,
so I can remain out of the barrel.
My time is completely my own, and dedicated to various forms of unpaid work,
also known as therapy. Philosophy is very hard therapy. I am planning to build a
forge in my mother's yard, using the help of her boyfriend's sheet metal skills.
I assume that blacksmithing will also remain in the "very hard therapy"
category. Since I am incapable of work due both to the stigma of mental health
patients and to a very ugly clause in my begging permits, involving taxes, I
plan to donate all products of this therapy to various charitable organizations
and people.
Otherwise, I'm 22 years old, unemployed, living on welfare, and diagnosed with
both schizoaffective disorder (a combination of schizophrenic tendencies and
bipolar disorder) and underlying depression. At the moment, this requires
precisely 75 mg of vanlafaxine, 50 mg of seroquel at bedtime, and 500 mg of
Divalproex to a) treat my depression; b) allow me to sleep at night; and c) make
it look like I'm not yelling at people when I try to have a sensible
conversation. (In cynical vocabulary, my Cynicism is properly cured by this
dose.)
Thank you for letting me have this soapbox. I'm heading back to my humble,
cynical life (right now, composed mostly of chatting in the Genius forum,
planning a forge, and thinking of annoyingly philosophic things that my family
manages to take in good humour).
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