Are JD/NO hazardous to your mental health????

In the thread about the possible "next Mrs. Jeff White" I wrote about some of the girls I dated who were fans of NO and how they usually had a fatal flaw of one type or another (....hmmmmm, could the failure of the relationships been MY fault?.............naaaahhhh :p )

I started thinking about why that was. Here's the question: Do you have to be a person of strong mental character to be able to "handle" the subject matter of JD/NO?

Why is it that some people can enjoy JD/NO, be rabid fans, study their history, travel around the world to see them live and come through these experiences totally normal, well adjusted folks. Then there are other people who seem to get sucked into a vortex of a JD/NO-centric lifestyle that is all consuming and from which there is no escape.

I'm not trying to be :headoff: Dr. Phil :headoff: , just curious..........

Michael

My theory:

Some JD fans and to a lesser extent NO fans enjoy locking the bedroom door, curling up into a little ball, feeling morose and listen to the band(s), which they perceive to be singing lyrics pertaining to their own existence ... which helps them feel better, well, as bad as he/she was to start with (as long as someone else is in the same situation that'll do). This person is unlikely to attend gigs because they are so depressed and trouble themselves only to walk to the shops to obtain music periodicals.

Another section of NO/JD fans enjoy football, social spirit and a good drink, and I doubt realise the slightly dark subject matter or wouldn't care about the lyrical content (note: mostly early NO material). This fan is likely to initiate a pub fight and end up in casualty.

The final fan is a mixed-up fucker who doesn't know if he or she is coming or going, has a basic handle on life but can't quite work out why they are here. This human is quite partial to watching depressing films, being sacked by his or her love partner and consuming toast with butter and feeling guilty about it later.

I'm all of the above obviously.

Well i am of sound mental state......eh! RM :)

Originally posted by Huntsman My theory:Some JD fans and to a lesser extent NO fans enjoy locking the bedroom door, curling up into a little ball, feeling morose and listen to the band(s), which they perceive to be singing lyrics pertaining to their own existence ... which helps them feel better, well, as bad as he/she was to start with (as long as someone else is in the same situation that'll do). This person is unlikely to attend gigs because they are so depressed and trouble themselves only to walk to the shops to obtain music periodicals.Another section of NO/JD fans enjoy football, social spirit and a good drink, and I doubt realise the slightly dark subject matter or wouldn't care about the lyrical content (note: mostly early NO material). This fan is likely to initiate a pub fight and end up in casualty.The final fan is a mixed-up fucker who doesn't know if he or she is coming or going, has a basic handle on life but can't quite work out why they are here. This human is quite partial to watching depressing films, being sacked by his or her love partner and consuming toast with butter and feeling guilty about it later.

Well I think I come into the second category, except for the fighting bit !

i used to be a one, but i wasn't a jd/no fan then...so now i've graduated to 3