Ever had an emotional breakdown?

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Natoma

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They're quite therapeutic. I just had one today actually, my first one. I feel so proud. :D

Now before you all go and think I'm nuts, though some of you probably already do :p, here's the backstory.

About two months ago, we started working with this software by Documentum in order to redo sites we did for Pfizer, i.e. http://www.lipitor.com and http://www.forcholessterol.com/. The request to use Documentum was Pfizer's alone and we had no input basically. Let me just start off by saying that this software is probably the most terribly designed and implemented piece of shit ever. So anyways, after two months or so of entering in content through the content management system, today I just started crying and I couldn't stop. After a couple of minutes, that crying turned to laughter because I couldn't stop myself from crying. So I went over to my two co-workers that are offsite with me working on this site, and I was telling them about what was going on with me. Turns out that the other guy working with the software with me is damn near close too. And after we all started chatting away, it was all over for me. I just started crying and laughing uncontrollably, so much so that one of my friends here at the offsite location gave me a hug and made me herbal tea! By that time tears were just streaming down my face nonstop. :D

I'm still giggling now at the prospect of having a breakdown because the software I'm using is so terrible, but I never realized that having an emotional breakdown could be so freeing. Ahhhhhhhhhhh I feel good.

Just one word of advice. Don't use Documentum if you can avoid it. :)
 
Oh I'm fine thanks. :)

Like I said I never realized how emotionally stimulating and relaxing a breakdown could be. It's quite therapeutic. Though most of my laughter is coming from the fact that a piece of software could be so bad as to bring this on. And people complain about Microsoft. :LOL:
 
Instead of breaking down go to a punching bag and beat it up. Or if your in the office go to your boss and beat him down.
 
:LOL:

Actually my co-worker and I have been planning a little prank on our ceo for this one. ;)

Funny thing is, I probably should have seen this coming. I did after all go into the stairwell a few weeks ago and scream my lungs out over having to use this software. :D
 
Natoma said:
:LOL:

Actually my co-worker and I have been planning a little prank on our ceo for this one. ;)

Funny thing is, I probably should have seen this coming. I did after all go into the stairwell a few weeks ago and scream my lungs out over having to use this software. :D
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gay men are as bad as women with this crud . Why scream ? Why cry ?
 
Natoma said:
Hah! Shows what you know! I'm a closeted heterosexual and I've just been fooling all of you. :p
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What ?? I was talking about my self I'm a closet homosexual and i've been fooling all of you so there ;)
 
Emotional breakdowns aren't some freakout events, it's a lifestyle.

You shall build this new product. It should be based on the old platform, but should have loads of new features, be 1000 times faster, and cost one tenth. No you don't get any extra hardware features to handle the speed.
X: Apart from the ridiculous speed, I don't think those features are theoretically possible.
Y: I don't think that's an acceptable answer.

Been there, done that. And yes, you feel amazingy refreshed right after the breakdown. Don't let it happen to you too often though, it sure can wear you down in the long run.
 
Documentum eh? I've had the pleasure of working with the software for the last few years or so, mainly writing custom apps using the DFC, etc. Earlier on I worked on transferring our companies websites into Documentum framework using WebPublisher.

I'm not surprised you reached the point you did. It's total shite.
 
Trawler said:
Documentum eh? I've had the pleasure of working with the software for the last few years or so, mainly writing custom apps using the DFC, etc. Earlier on I worked on transferring our companies websites into Documentum framework using WebPublisher.

I'm not surprised you reached the point you did. It's total shite.
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Years? Jeez. I can't believe you've lasted that long. My mind turns to mush from just using that crap for the past couple of months. God how can you stand it! :oops:
 
Basic said:
Emotional breakdowns aren't some freakout events, it's a lifestyle.

You shall build this new product. It should be based on the old platform, but should have loads of new features, be 1000 times faster, and cost one tenth. No you don't get any extra hardware features to handle the speed.
X: Apart from the ridiculous speed, I don't think those features are theoretically possible.
Y: I don't think that's an acceptable answer.

Been there, done that. And yes, you feel amazingy refreshed right after the breakdown. Don't let it happen to you too often though, it sure can wear you down in the long run.
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:LOL:

Words to live by. :)
 
Natoma said:
Hah! Shows what you know! I'm a closeted heterosexual and I've just been fooling all of you. :p
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HA, I knew it. :LOL:

Edit: I have got to go to bed but I couldn't resist making my two cents on this emotion issue. The emotion of crying is a very poor coping mechanism and it is habitual. Meaning if you cry allot you will cry allot. While I can understand the appeal of self pity and using the emotion of crying to manipulate others to generate sympathy it isn't healthy to make a habit of. Crying is a form of self pity and hence a variety of self victimization and if done regularly can cause an inferiority complex. The best way to deal with problems in the real world is to be aggressive and attack the problem always maintain hope that if you try your hardest things will work out. Now I am not saying Natoma that you are doing this self victimization or anything of the sort only that crying is not a positive emotion, it does not come from good feelings etc and if done regularly will create a melancholy mentality. Personally I just finished working a 64 hour week and am planning on putting at least that many more in over the next week to help pay for Christmas and I am exhausted.(the work I do is far from sedentary very much a physical and mental high stress job, cooking… again. argh) But instead of caving into bills and other money matters I decided that I would go at my financial matters extremely aggressively and I have to keep a positive frame of mind about the matter so that I don't burn out so to speak. I guess what I am trying to say is that an aggressive mentality (even a little anger too a degree.) is a far better means of dealing with stress then crying, crying is a sign of weakness as well. Thats my two cents on this crying matter.
 
Natoma said:
Trawler said:
Documentum eh? I've had the pleasure of working with the software for the last few years or so...
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Years? Jeez. I can't believe you've lasted that long. My mind turns to mush from just using that crap for the past couple of months. God how can you stand it! :oops:
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I keep a hipfask full of absinthe close to me at all times. ;)

I'm moving back to Australia early next year. Fired off an email to some agencies, and lo and behold, Documentum is a highly sort after skill back home.

Looks like I'm gonna be stuck with it for another few years at the very least. Better stock up on the absinthe while I'm in czech. :LOL:
 
Absinthe... Yummm... U know, i could only find one pub in London that does it... Had 4 in a row, THEN all my (inexistant anyway) mental-emotional-stress-related problems just washed out of me..... :D U should try, really works...
 
london-boy said:
Absinthe... Yummm... U know, i could only find one pub in London that does it... Had 4 in a row, THEN all my (inexistant anyway) mental-emotional-stress-related problems just washed out of me..... :D U should try, really works...
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Ah, thing with Absinthe in the UK is that it doesn't include the vital ingredient - wormwood. You can get the real stuff in Czech.

Seems that the authorities here (or is it an EU law?) think it's not too good for you. It's a hallucinogenic, FYI.

But even without wormwood, Absinthe is quite the drink...
 
Trawler said:
london-boy said:
Absinthe... Yummm... U know, i could only find one pub in London that does it... Had 4 in a row, THEN all my (inexistant anyway) mental-emotional-stress-related problems just washed out of me..... :D U should try, really works...
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Ah, thing with Absinthe in the UK is that it doesn't include the vital ingredient - wormwood. You can get the real stuff in Czech.

Seems that the authorities here (or is it an EU law?) think it's not too good for you. It's a hallucinogenic, FYI.

But even without wormwood, Absinthe is quite the drink...
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Never had allucinations (from Absinthe or anything else), i was just very happy... :D
What's wormwood?
The (very cute italian) barman who does it for me does it like this: (1) have a shot-sized glass full of Absinthe. (2) have another glass of "something else" (still don't know what it is). (3) a spoon of sugar. Light up the absinth, and the sugar with it, wait until the sugar melts, then dump it in the absinth, mix it with the other "thing", mix it all up and GO.... wonderful..

now, back to topic....
 
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