Stress -

[He Sets Me On Fire]

To me, one of the most fascinating elements of Christiandom is the pernicious abundance of stress in CWC's life.

Now, there is a percentage of us Christorians who would say that Chris has no true stressors in his life (100%). He does work, has no clock to punch, no mouths to feed (may it forever stay that way), no obligation towards getting money other than walking out to his mailbox. His life has been nothing but eating, playing video games, making a fool of himself online, soiling his underwear, and basically being a pig in poop, literally and literally. Up until the chaos of recently (which in and of itself was relatively brief, harmless, and overly merciful), Chris's life ran on rails.

And yet, well before any of this, Christian has stated that stress has been a perpetual, disruptive factor in his adult life, even being responsible for causing him problems when it came to the transition from high school to college. And he craps himself.

So - what is this stress? What on earth could be causing this unholy emotion to bash Chris up so much on the inside? I have my own theory, but I want to hear yours, so I'm going to just hang the Internet up and listen for now.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

This stress, quite simply, is not being given everything he wants. He has a perfect life (or rather, had; obviously his home is falling apart now), so he invents problems to excuse his unwillingness to show gratitude. The enablers in his life always gave him everything he asked for, so he was just plain offended when he met someone and demanded something unreasonable of them and their entirely appropriate response was "why should I?"

 

[Julaay]

Its a matter of perspective. Chrissy has his imaginary world in his head. When the imaginary world doesn't match with realty and his sweetheart is a troll then that causes stress. A lot of his stress he caused on himself like his love quest. Uploading those stupid, yet entertaining videos caused his "stress". It took me a while before I realized he wasn't a brilliant performance artist. His "fame" brings him stress. Thinking about how he refuses to capitalize on that confuses me.

I don't think he would be able to handle real adult stress without some serious counseling first and maybe some serious psychiatric help. He has been in his own imaginary world with his imaginary stresses for way too long. If he made some positive changes, the trolls would have no material to laugh at. They would slowly disappear. Even if he straightened up and got a job at McDonalds only an A-hole would make fun of that considering were he came from.

Trying to psychoanalyze Chrissy brings me stress and makes me want to crash into slumber. I wonder if he even knows the difference between fantasy and reality anymore.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

To Chris stress is anything that even slightly takes him out of his comfort zone, or the very idea that he may have to do something that he doesn't want to do.
Quite simply, Chris believe's life should be a single stream of his every wish and desire being instantly gratified and being happy and content 100% of the time.

The rest of us realize that life is a constant compromise between things we want to do and things we have to do. Chris has zero understanding of this.

It's worth pointing out that he almost certainly suffers from depression right now, and he probably confuses that with stress but "back in the day" during his most active, Chris wouldn't know stress if it ran up to him and screamed JULAAAAY!

Even if he straightened up and got a job at McDonalds only an A-hole would make fun of that considering were he came from.

Chris getting a job at McDonalds would be like Michael Jackson getting a job at a Kindergarten

 

[Rio]

Pretty much what has already been said in this thread: but I think stress, to Chris, is just what occurs when all of his demands aren't immediately met, or when he has to work for them to be met. Basically, not getting everything in life handed to him on a silver platter = stress to Chris, and I think the idea is that we should feel so bad for him because of the stress that he doesn't need to do the work and still gets to reap the rewards after all.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

Pretty much what has already been said in this thread: but I think stress, to Chris, is just what occurs when all of his demands aren't immediately met, or when he has to work for them to be met. Basically, not getting everything in life handed to him on a silver platter = stress to Chris, and I think the idea is that we should feel so bad for him because of the stress that he doesn't need to do the work and still gets to reap the rewards after all.

Yeah it's irritating enough when he gets "stressed" by non existent issues, but the fact that the rest of us who have to live in the real world with all it's trials and tribulations are supposed to feel sorry for him? That does my head in.

The thing is if I look back at my much younger self and remember stuff that used to get me all worked up, it makes me laugh today

Quite simply Chris' "stress" is caused bay a total lack of perspective. As much as he hates the word, he is most definitely naive.

 

[mendoza]

In spite of his state of conscious denial, deep down he knows he doesn't live anything resembling normal life. Deep down he knows he is never going to get a heartsweet in his current state. There is an ever widening chasm between his life and that of a semi-normal man his age. Even the life of a typical basement dwelling man-child who at least bathes semi-regularly, doesn't live in squalor, doesn't crap their drawers and holds down an occasional part time job is still lightyears ahead of where he is. And his life is rapidly passing him by and many ships have sailed that are never coming back.

What hope does he really have? He may not acknowledge any of this publicly. Quite possibly not even in his conscious thoughts. But you can bet they are there deep down. He isn't that slow-in-the-mind.

And other than the hopeless lost cause that is his lovequest, as Marvin pointed out in another thread there aren't even many opportunities for socialization. He is a fucking shut-in.

How many people, autistic or otherwise, could live like that day-in, day-out without being driven mad? You can call that stress, you can call it an identity crisis, you could call it the harvest of a complete and total wasted life smacking you in the face every minute of every day.

He may have the mentality of a child, and he may be stuck in the lifestyle of one at 31 years old, but he isn't a child and deep down he knows it.

And now one of his parents is gone and it is only a matter of time until the other one is. Then he is royally screwed. This has to be eating away at him on some level.

He may outwardly blame all this on those DANG DIRTY STUPID TROLLS, to save face and to keep his own ego-saving denial shields at maximum, but I'd be willing to bet the di-lithium is long gone and they're running on fumes at this point.

Everything about the way he looks and acts now, from what little leaks out, reminds me of a dog I used to have. An Alaskan husky that I raised from a pup but ended up having to chain in the backyard because otherwise he would jump the fence. He struggled and struggled against that chain and tried everything he could to break it or slip out on it. Once he realized it was hopeless, he just laid down on the ground, ears flat, with this pitiful look as though he had given up on life. And that is how he remained until I ultimately sold him to someone who had a place large enough he could roam free. That is where the analogy breaks down for Chris though, because while he is currently in that "I give up on life" point, I don't see anyone coming in and saving him.

My 4-cents worth anyway.

 

[Grabthar's Hammer]

I may catch some hell for this, but I can sympathize with a little bit (a little bit) of Chris's "stress." Having dealt with Asperger's myself, I'm well aware that social situations can be very stressful to those affected. There are constant non-verbal cues others give off, a "conversational flow," elements of non-literal speech, etc...all taken for granted by most regular people, but can be very difficult for a person with AS* to pick up on. This often leads to other people (at best) misunderstanding or (at worst) ostracizing him from their social world. No one wants to be rejected, and having to face a constant barrage of criticism stemming from your social awkwardness, just for doing what comes naturally to you is tough.

Chris's problem, of course, is his complete and utter failure to learn from his mistakes; he's so pig-headed that he continues to buck social norms and is somehow convinced that it will magically work out for him someday, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. Even if they never pick up on social cues, the smart Aspies will eventually accept that they will never truly "fit in" and devote their time to using the skills they do have to the best of their ability. But Chris...isn't all that smart.

*Yes, Chris, if you're reading, you are an Aspie. I will go to my grave believing that, no matter how much you whine and scream. Sorry to burst your retarded bubble.

 

[DJAndyMD]

I may catch some hell for this, but I can sympathize with a little bit (a little bit) of Chris's "stress." Having dealt with Asperger's myself, I'm well aware that social situations can be very stressful to those affected. There are constant non-verbal cues others give off, a "conversational flow," elements of non-literal speech, etc...all taken for granted by most regular people, but can be very difficult for a person with AS* to pick up on. This often leads to other people (at best) misunderstanding or (at worst) ostracizing him from their social world. No one wants to be rejected, and having to face a constant barrage of criticism stemming from your social awkwardness, just for doing what comes naturally to you is tough.

Chris's problem, of course, is his complete and utter failure to learn from his mistakes; he's so pig-headed that he continues to buck social norms and is somehow convinced that it will magically work out for him someday, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. Even if they never pick up on social cues, the smart Aspies will eventually accept that they will never truly "fit in" and devote their time to using the skills they do have to the best of their ability. But Chris...isn't all that smart.

*Yes, Chris, if you're reading, you are an Aspie. I will go to my grave believing that, no matter how much you whine and scream. Sorry to burst your retarded bubble.

Don't worry, you will not get flack for this. I have a friend with Aspbergers and I understand how hard social norms can be. The one thing that Chris never had was constant and proper help for dealing with his autism growing up.

 

[bradsternum]

Yeah, my brother has aspbergers (or whatever they're calling it now), and social situations make him extremely nervous. But he engages other people (as do many aspbergers patients who have been raised in supportive households), whereas Chris waits for people to engage him.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

I may catch some hell for this, but I can sympathize with a little bit (a little bit) of Chris's "stress." Having dealt with Asperger's myself, I'm well aware that social situations can be very stressful to those affected. There are constant non-verbal cues others give off, a "conversational flow," elements of non-literal speech, etc...all taken for granted by most regular people, but can be very difficult for a person with AS* to pick up on. This often leads to other people (at best) misunderstanding or (at worst) ostracizing him from their social world. No one wants to be rejected, and having to face a constant barrage of criticism stemming from your social awkwardness, just for doing what comes naturally to you is tough.

Chris's problem, of course, is his complete and utter failure to learn from his mistakes; he's so pig-headed that he continues to buck social norms and is somehow convinced that it will magically work out for him someday, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. Even if they never pick up on social cues, the smart Aspies will eventually accept that they will never truly "fit in" and devote their time to using the skills they do have to the best of their ability. But Chris...isn't all that smart.

*Yes, Chris, if you're reading, you are an Aspie. I will go to my grave believing that, no matter how much you whine and scream. Sorry to burst your retarded bubble.

Don't worry, you will not get flack for this. I have a friend with Aspbergers and I understand how hard social norms can be. The one thing that Chris never had was constant and proper help for dealing with his autism growing up.

Yeah, many people on this site (myself included) have varying degrees of sympathy for certain aspects of Chris life so far. With me personally, it's his upbringing. Who wouldn't be fucked up after being raised by Borb?

You'd catch flack if you came solely to slag off or A-log Chris, but if you came to openly discuss your own thoughts on him even if they are positive you'll be welcomed by the community.

I'm always open to a new perspective on things.

 

[DJAndyMD]

You'd catch flack if you came solely to slag off or A-log Chris, but if you came to openly discuss your own thoughts on him even if they are positive you'll be welcomed by the community.

I'm always open to a new perspective on things.[/quote]

Same here. I mean, I cannot get myself to hate Chris, I just pity him. He had a screwed up upbringing and he is never going to change his perspective on reality. And I recalled in a blog when he was in the UVA library, someone wrote "He knows that the world rushing in front of him is not his own"

 

[CatParty]

he simply does not understand what "stress" is.

like not from a perspective term, but he frequently uses the word wrong. he uses "stress" as a blanket term to encompass when he is sad or depressed.
so it is a "boy who cried wolf" scenario and his misunderstanding of the term and misunderstanding of feeling of stress causes people to get mad when he says he is "stressed".

 

[Springblossom]

In spite of his state of conscious denial, deep down he knows he doesn't live anything resembling normal life. Deep down he knows he is never going to get a heartsweet in his current state. There is an ever widening chasm between his life and that of a semi-normal man his age. Even the life of a typical basement dwelling man-child who at least bathes semi-regularly, doesn't live in squalor, doesn't crap their drawers and holds down an occasional part time job is still lightyears ahead of where he is. And his life is rapidly passing him by and many ships have sailed that are never coming back.

What hope does he really have? He may not acknowledge any of this publicly. Quite possibly not even in his conscious thoughts. But you can bet they are there deep down. He isn't that slow-in-the-mind.

And other than the hopeless lost cause that is his lovequest, as Marvin pointed out in another thread there aren't even many opportunities for socialization. He is a fucking shut-in.

How many people, autistic or otherwise, could live like that day-in, day-out without being driven mad? You can call that stress, you can call it an identity crisis, you could call it the harvest of a complete and total wasted life smacking you in the face every minute of every day.

He may have the mentality of a child, and he may be stuck in the lifestyle of one at 31 years old, but he isn't a child and deep down he knows it.

And now one of his parents is gone and it is only a matter of time until the other one is. Then he is royally screwed. This has to be eating away at him on some level.

He may outwardly blame all this on those DANG DIRTY STUPID TROLLS, to save face and to keep his own ego-saving denial shields at maximum, but I'd be willing to bet the di-lithium is long gone and they're running on fumes at this point.

Everything about the way he looks and acts now, from what little leaks out, reminds me of a dog I used to have. An Alaskan husky that I raised from a pup but ended up having to chain in the backyard because otherwise he would jump the fence. He struggled and struggled against that chain and tried everything he could to break it or slip out on it. Once he realized it was hopeless, he just laid down on the ground, ears flat, with this pitiful look as though he had given up on life. And that is how he remained until I ultimately sold him to someone who had a place large enough he could roam free. That is where the analogy breaks down for Chris though, because while he is currently in that "I give up on life" point, I don't see anyone coming in and saving him.

My 4-cents worth anyway.

You pretty much nailed it with that. He's in total denial, but he's gotta know just how screwed up he is somewhere in his mind.

 

[Tubular Monkey]

Chris is miserable because he chooses to be miserable. It comes mainly from imitating his pig of a mother. A person's life can be a godawful tragedy or a complete triumph and be the same exact life. All that really matters is your own perspective on what happens. Barb the pig has taught Chris to oink angrily whenever he doesn't have what he wants. He is disrespectful and selfish. Everything is a tragedy to him. Every McDonald's order not filled quickly enough and every Flipnote that requires an extra few minutes to transfer from his DS to 3DS is THE WORST FUCKING THING EVER. Honestly, I don't care. I take that back. Chris makes himself his own worst enemy and is the cause of his own stress. Since I can't stand Chris, I enjoy this fact. He is so spoiled that he makes himself miserable. He can't even come close to being happy with it. He chooses misery, and it's a fitting punishment for him. And even if he had the things he wanted, his brain is hard wired into finding something new to complain about.

Stress is all relative. You and I might worry about making rent, repairing the car and guaranteeing that our futures are secure. Chris worries about cartoon characters and video games. His stress level is probably comparable to ours. It's not legitimate stress, but it's still making him less healthy. We might drop dead at 65 because we've worked ourselves to the bone. Chris might drop dead at 38 because My Little Ponies season 5 hasn't been released on Blu Ray yet. A fitting end.

 

[Shadow Fox]

I think he probably just heard other adults (his parents, people on TV, whatever) talking about how stressed they were over the things in their lives, and how all they wanted to do when stressed out was go to bed or go have a stiff drink or something, and Chris learned to use this as an excuse for his sitting around being a child all day in lieu of doing anything useful.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

First off, excellent posts, Mendoza and Tubular.

I think claiming problems with DA STRESS is what he does when he can't deflect things with his ego. His ego is massive for someone who is unemployed, lives with his mom, hasn't really accomplished anything in life, and craps his pants. His ego is at rock or movie star proportions, but at least they have done something of value and are talented.

 

[CatParty]

Chris is miserable because he chooses to be miserable. It comes mainly from imitating his pig of a mother. A person's life can be a godawful tragedy or a complete triumph and be the same exact life. All that really matters is your own perspective on what happens. Barb the pig has taught Chris to oink angrily whenever he doesn't have what he wants. He is disrespectful and selfish. Everything is a tragedy to him. Every McDonald's order not filled quickly enough and every Flipnote that requires an extra few minutes to transfer from his DS to 3DS is THE WORST FUCKING THING EVER. Honestly, I don't care. I take that back. Chris makes himself his own worst enemy and is the cause of his own stress. Since I can't stand Chris, I enjoy this fact. He is so spoiled that he makes himself miserable. He can't even come close to being happy with it. He chooses misery, and it's a fitting punishment for him. And even if he had the things he wanted, his brain is hard wired into finding something new to complain about.

Stress is all relative. You and I might worry about making rent, repairing the car and guaranteeing that our futures are secure. Chris worries about cartoon characters and video games. His stress level is probably comparable to ours. It's not legitimate stress, but it's still making him less healthy. We might drop dead at 65 because we've worked ourselves to the bone. Chris might drop dead at 38 because My Little Ponies season 5 hasn't been released on Blu Ray yet. A fitting end.

dead. on. he lives for misery.

 

[drmccoy]

Chris is miserable because he chooses to be miserable. It comes mainly from imitating his pig of a mother. A person's life can be a godawful tragedy or a complete triumph and be the same exact life. All that really matters is your own perspective on what happens. Barb the pig has taught Chris to oink angrily whenever he doesn't have what he wants. He is disrespectful and selfish. Everything is a tragedy to him. Every McDonald's order not filled quickly enough and every Flipnote that requires an extra few minutes to transfer from his DS to 3DS is THE WORST FUCKING THING EVER. Honestly, I don't care. I take that back. Chris makes himself his own worst enemy and is the cause of his own stress. Since I can't stand Chris, I enjoy this fact. He is so spoiled that he makes himself miserable. He can't even come close to being happy with it. He chooses misery, and it's a fitting punishment for him. And even if he had the things he wanted, his brain is hard wired into finding something new to complain about.

Stress is all relative. You and I might worry about making rent, repairing the car and guaranteeing that our futures are secure. Chris worries about cartoon characters and video games. His stress level is probably comparable to ours. It's not legitimate stress, but it's still making him less healthy. We might drop dead at 65 because we've worked ourselves to the bone. Chris might drop dead at 38 because My Little Ponies season 5 hasn't been released on Blu Ray yet. A fitting end.

dead. on. he lives for misery.

He's hoping that somebody will take pity on him and give him a sweetheart from the ground-up and a nice house and unlimited vidya. Seriously, I bet he's trolling for sympathy. If he demonstrates how pathetic his life is somebody will take notice, just like with his tugboat. He thrives on misery so others will notice.

 

[Marvin]

In spite of his state of conscious denial, deep down he knows he doesn't live anything resembling normal life. Deep down he knows he is never going to get a heartsweet in his current state. There is an ever widening chasm between his life and that of a semi-normal man his age. Even the life of a typical basement dwelling man-child who at least bathes semi-regularly, doesn't live in squalor, doesn't crap their drawers and holds down an occasional part time job is still lightyears ahead of where he is. And his life is rapidly passing him by and many ships have sailed that are never coming back.

What hope does he really have? He may not acknowledge any of this publicly. Quite possibly not even in his conscious thoughts. But you can bet they are there deep down. He isn't that slow-in-the-mind.

Chris is a lot stupider than you actually realize. He doesn't know any of the truths about himself. He really seems to think he's thin, handsome and that the school board kept them from selling their house. And really, it's not like conspiracy theories are rare. Tons of people out there believe the USA didn't land on the moon, for example.

I might've said this before, but if I encountered Chris for the first time today, I wouldn't believe it either. I wouldn't believe that someone could be as stupid as Chris is. But Alec and I have read huge amounts of Chris' sperging over the years. The shit that he types, you couldn't imagine. Chris really is that stupid.