Welcome To the Ward D1, Room 70!

May we present nicolemaschke!

Name - Mickey Maschke

Bio too long to put here.

My bio is located at: http://mickeymaschke.50megs.com/bio.html

Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Diagnosis: PTSD, Agoraphobia, Acrophobia, Clinical Depression, Schizophrenia, Panic-Anxiety Disorder, Seasonal Depression Disorder,

View my LiveJournal

His answers to a Group Therapy Survey:

1. Sleep with or without clothes on? - just my underwear

2. Prefer black or blue pens? blue

3. Dress up on Halloween? never

4. Like to travel? not really, I'm Agoraphobic :)

5. Like someone? My wife, Aileen, and I have been happily married now for 13 years.

6. Do they know? I tell Aileen how much I love her every single day.

7. Who sleeps with you every night? Aileen and our cats

8. Think you're attractive? Aileen thinks I look just fine

9. Want to get married? The happiest day of my life was meeting and falling in love with Aileen.

10. To? Aileen

11. Are (were)you a good student? I graduated Valedictorian from High school and have a 186 I.Q. and read at 3000 words per minute with a 95% photographic memory. I was employed by the United States government in the area of information analysis, code identification and analysis, and communication analysis. And then went on to do this work in the private sector. I went to college for 3 years and got bored. My SAT scores were not able to be calibrated due to my being a genius. So while the scores were thrown out, when I left High School, I was offered 13 full 4 year scholarships around the country.

12. Talking to anyone? I run a suicide hot line out of my home, and was trained as a suicide hot line counselor in Colorado, Massachusetts and Texas. I usually get about ten calls a week.

13. Have you ever cheated? I never cheat, and never have

14. Birthplace? Columbus, Ohio, 1950. My birth mother died 3 hours after giving birth to me, due to the same illness, (being born a hunchback) that I now suffer with. She was not treated. But she made the decision that she would make sure that she bore me, even if it meant that she would die.

15. Christmas or Halloween? Neither, My birthday is on December 30th. I was told, and am told, due to my physical problems, I should have died at age 45 or 46. So the doctors sort of take bets on how much longer I'll last with only 1 lung and the other problems, physically, that I have. That, and the fact that I lost over 15 friends during the month of December, in my time here on earth, makes December not a fun month. But I do love the Christmas shows. It's the only time during the year, when people, pretend, to be kind.

16. Colored or black-and-white photo? my photo... Okay... It's color.

17. Do long distance relationships work? Sometimes they do. I have many long distance friendships where the people are like family to me.

18. Do you believe in astrology? Not really

20. Do you believe in love at first sight? Yes. I met Aileen on November 27, 1993 at 8:25 PM, and we married the next year. From that one night we have never been apart since.

21. Do you consider yourself the life of the party? Not really. I become quite afraid when I'm around large groups of people. I am very outgoing, and loving. But I have strong political views and human rights views. So, at parties, I tend to be very guarded about how I really feel and what I really think. So I express very little, and just am friendly.

22. Do you drink? I like beer. But I don't often have it, due to my cholesterol.

23. Do you make fun of people? Only fundies, bush and the republicans

24. Do you think dreams eventually come true? Well mine did. The day I met Aileen!

25. Favorite fictional character? Sir don Quixote de La Mancha (definitely)

26. Go to the movies or rent? With me being Agoraphobic we rarely go out. We rent movies on cable instead.

27. Have you ever moved? I've moved so much in my life that I feel quite the nomad.

28. Have you ever stolen anything? When I was 8 years old, I stole a candy bar. And the store clerk took me aside and sat me on her lap and we talked. I gave the candy bar back and she hugged me and I never stole anything since.

29. How's the weather right now? It's cold. 42 and dropping, snow on the way.

30. Hug or kiss? I often hug and kiss those who I care for and feel that they are part of my family. To me, hugging and kissing is just a way of sharing my heart with others.

31. Last person you talked to on the phone? A young man this morning, in downtown Cleveland, who had a gun and was going to blow his brains out... I got him to put the gun down, and then to relax. And then I got him some numbers for where he could get help locally. And he has my number and is going to call me later today to let me know that he's called them. And he knows that if he's in trouble that he can call me 24/7.

32. Last time you showered? The other day

33. Loud or soft music? Mid range, I like the old stuff, Peter Paul And Mary, Mamma Cass Elliot, Celine Dion. That sort of thing.

34. McDonalds or Burger King? Either. If it's hot and meat, and good, I'll eat it.

35. Night or day? both. I go to bed at like 8pm. Then due to the pain in my body I get up at about 2am and stay up all day. Plus, I get calls 24/7 so, during the night when I get a call I usually just stay up and then nap during the day with the cats.

36. Number of pillows? 2

37. Piano or guitar? I used to pay Spanish Classical Guitar until the Arthritis in my left hand caused me to stop.So I gave my $1000 guitar to a dying lady who used it till her death and then gave it to her daughter.

38. Future job? I am, and always have been, since age 9, a human rights writer

39. Current job? House Husband, and a friend to mankind

40. Current love? Aileen and the children of the world

41. Current longing? To see the children of the world no longer murdered

42. Current disappointment? the level of intolerance, greed, selfishness, hate, contempt, bigotry, religious intolerance and prejudice in the world.

43. Current annoyance? fundies and republicans and bush

44. Last thing you ate? Salad

45. Last thing you bought? A card for Aileen

46. Most recent thing you are looking forward to? Making it through another day, alive

47. What are you hearing right now? Listening to Elton John singing Rocketman

48. Plans for this weekend? Being here for my online support group and cleaning the house.

49. What did you do today? Too long to list. I am up for like 18 hours a day, and I'm a house husband, so my days are filled with house work, the suicide hot line, my support group, email, my journal, the asylum, and Aileen.

50. Pick a lyric, any lyric: "On thy knees to me my lady? Tis unseemly! For what matter wounds to the body of a knight errant? For each time he falls he shall rise! And rise again!" (from the book, Don Quixote)