Posted by 64bowtie on January 20, 2005, at 22:21:45
Threead by 64bowtie
Re: What should I share here?
Posted by TofuEmmy on January 18, 2005, at 8:43:23TE,
>Try a 10 list Rod
<<< I’ll get to it (organizing a top ten list) for Sunday or Monday! Thanx! I do need to organize, and re-organize, DAILY!!!!!
Rod
Posted by Miss Honeychurch on January 18, 2005, at 11:02:31
Rod,
> I'm interested in how you deal with death. Death and dying being one of my biggest fears. I know it is a universal and unconscious fear. Have you addressed this or has it ever bothered you???Miss Honeychurch,
<<< Out-of-the-box, I immediately get in trouble! I can’t seem to find any empirical evidence for Freud’s (admitted) invention of the unconscious mind. Also, I see no practical use of this mystical state of mind. I prefer to see a conscious mind keeping us alive. Ergo, in order to be unconscious, we must be worm-food. I see a foreground awareness among the 5 classic senses, and background awareness of all nine senses. Sight is the sexy sense! It has 3 states: foreground sight, foreground/background mix of sight and mind’s eye (daydreaming is one manifestation), and totally background in the mind’s eye (asleep and dreaming). Note that some folks sleep with their eye’s open, but can’t see with sight when they are asleep!<<< The book, "The Second Brain" helps me shed light on what might be misinterpreted as unconsciousness. Our wiley gut is the probable culprit. As children, most moral guidance is stored in the gut. If the rest of or knowledge finds its way there toooo, we might have a tough time with this invisible and background sense as we navigate an otherwise harmless life. The other four senses, of which the gut is one, are balance, location (as in where the hands are going and have been), and the vagus nerve, responsible for telling us about our state of wellness. Ever feel crappy and you can’t pinpoint what it is? The vagus nerve knows, but is background awareness and ain’t tellin’ in the foreground!
<<< Ok, about death and dieing…. On my 40th birthday, I declared that I can’t fret about death anymore since, from Anthropology I had learned that for the longest time, man was on “borrowed time” anytime after age 40. So I just get up everyday thankful that I still can, and then I go out and kick @$$! If that sounds toooo glib or flip for you, I understand. Death is an unknown, till it happens. I dread the vision (in my mind’s eye) of witnessing my death actually taking place, no matter how quickly and mercifully it might happen. I saw a studied horror on my Mom’s face when she connected that she wasn’t leaving the hospital alive! It was so obvious to me that I still cringe when I remember it. Yeah! I won’t enjoy my moment of death, but I don’t have time to worry and fret about it till then; when it actually happens!
Thanks for connecting to me and my stuff….
Rod
Posted by Tabitha on January 18, 2005, at 13:15:47
Rod,
>I don't think I've ever really heard your story of recovery. You've posted bits and pieces. I'd be interested-- sort of a "How it was, what I changed, how it is now" story.
I'm also interested in particular beliefs you adopted to get better. You've posted some rather long pieces on different topics. Would it be possible to summarize? Rod's top 10 healthy beliefs or something? I get lost in the long topics sometime. I need Rod's belief system for Dummies.
And as always, I admire you for being brave enough to ask for feedback.Tabitha,
<<< Thanx mucho gusto for your clear idea. I can put in some mind-grind and come up with something nice. Can you wait about a week or till maybe Monday? I lived it so it won’t require research!!! …just organization, …just putting this here in front of that there!
Rod
Posted by tootercat on January 18, 2005, at 17:43:41
Rod...People usually (myself included) relate to those who have shared like experiences. When you say "I have not HAD to use meds" or "been in therapy" it makes you different and somehow "above" what the rest of us "less self sufficient" folks had to do to get where we are.
You're not a monster and you are trying to help.
It just sounds sometimes like you're preaching and not sharing....It's attraction NOT promotion that works!
Hugs,
PamToots,
Actually I feel apologetic that I can’t be specific about what helped. I didn’t get “meds” and I didn’t get therapy, yet I went (came) a long, long, long way from the ogre I was, till the sweet little snoooookums I am today (still Shrek green around the edges!). Tabitha asked for then-what-now, so see how I handle that and then point out where I need s’more work.
Rod
Posted by just plain jane on January 18, 2005, at 23:07:11
Hmmmmmmmmm... I like to share love. Usually it comes out like the sound of a braying jackass.
JPJ,
>How 'bout you share who you are in anecdotes about you, not what you do/did so much as who you are?
>What's your take on things other than the subjects you've already covered?
<<< I’m very concerned for the world over the next 18 months and over the next 6 years; I hope I get to see 2012, since 2011 is gonna be a challenge to get through!
>Do you have difficulty relating socially on other topics?
<<< Hey, I’m “glad-hander” type socializer… I usually know most everyone at the party!
>Do you want Atticus to come visit you?
<<<…scarey thought! Does he do dishes before he leaves?
>Got anything funny to share?
<<< Why DID that darn rooster cross that byway, anyway? Answer: Dr Kevorkian said it was time!
>What else goes through your mind?
<<< I invent in 3 an 4 dimensions, and I analyze in the 5th dimension. I have invented a new ping-pong table just to drive the Chinese crazy!
>Ah... share your shoe size, for starters, and work up from there.
did i really say that?<<< Size 12 EE
>share yourself and share what others have to share.
<<< Hmmmm……… I hope I have!
Rod
i dunno.
that's just me
just plain jane
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