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..months ago I came across a book dealing with how to fix yourself through cognitive therapy, at home version no less. The bulk of is was b.s and in the end I see that I spent $16.95 to learn that where I thought "Fight or Flight" was all of it, there is one other F-word. Freeze. For a good five or six minutes I was happy to discover the missing part.
Upon reflection of the three words and applying them to my life (anxiety) the Irish in me gravitates to "Fight", the liberal "Flight" and the overwhelming amount of choices and decisions I have to make clings to "Freeze". Everything in moderation right? Could be that a combo of all three daily with some fiber might be the solution.
(removing tongue from cheek now)
posted by
Jane_Unrequited
on August 10, 2008 at 8:20 AM
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I enjoyed you comments about drugs. I never took
drugs myself but one afternoon a girlfriend was
smoking "pot" and I think I got a secondary high.
The two of went to see The Jerk and we laughed
hysterically. The problem is I still laugh hysterically
at it so I guess it didn't make much difference.
It is good to laugh. Also, liked other's long comments.
posted by
Winged
on August 7, 2008 at 2:12 PM
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Cool. With.TLC, BCA,”Top of the Stairs”
posted by
BC-A
on August 7, 2008 at 4:31 AM
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Thanks for sharing so much of your experience in life in such a short space. I hope you don't mind me sharing some of my experience that yours reminded me of. In my school days I never really fit in with the academic or the middling crowd. For a while I used to be in the midst of conversations but hardly partook in it. People around me would be talking about this thing and that person and I'd be just sitting there wondering what they found so interesting in the stuff they were talking about. I'd then try to think of something to say that would fit in but would end up deciding that what I'm thinking would come across too weird or the conversation would have gone in a new direction by then. I remember distinctly that I once sat in a conversation for over two hours without saying a single word. These were pretty intelligent people (I'd guess ranging between 110-130, you know the kind that would perform well in school but stuck to the status quo). At some point I decided that people are not really talking to convey any information but rather they were trying to share feelings in a roundabout way. There came a time when I decided, what the heck, since everybody is talking nonsense anyway I' may as well join in the fun. I have had no regrets since and have also realized that what seems like nonsense to one person can actually be critically important to another in various ways. I've also always dreamed of writing but I didn't want to write nonsense so I'd sit and think about life and never got to actually write about it. I read a lot and it dawned on me that a lot of books that were rated by some people as wonderfully informative and clever were utter rubbish and it still found an audience. This gave me some measure of hope of actually writing something someday once I found something worthwhile to write about. I wrote a lot of poems, but many of these got lost or thrown away. One day, not too long ago, I had a life transforming experience and I'm now writing on here in part because I'm certain that what I'm writing has passed my own test for not being nonsense and I'm actually relieved that I never wrote publicly before because what I would have written then would have been nonsense even though I notice some people regard that kind of thinking as intelligent and sane compared to what I'm writing now. You will also notice that I have a tendency to get carried away in the comments section of other peoples blogs. I'll stop here for now. Nice meeting you here in cyber-space. May you journey well.
posted by
AardigeAfrikaner
on August 7, 2008 at 2:06 AM
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Thanks this was great! it doesn't take a genius to be hateful that is the easiest thing in the world to do . Have a great day/evening wherever you may be
posted by
Smittenheimer
on August 6, 2008 at 11:41 PM
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