Author blind_otter Posted March 24, 2006 Author Posted March 24, 2006 Then like I said in my most recent guide, Endorphins are the best drug for people with anxiety and depression. They make ya feel good. As Robin Williams once said "Man you don't need cocaine! If you want to feel that high (and it's completely free), take up marathon running!" This cracks me up. Because robin williams is bipolar. of course he doesn't need cocaine to get high. He gets high every couple of months anyways. that said, i'm going to go to the park tonight and swing on the swingsets. I usually sit down and smoke a cigarette, and the mothers herd their children away from me. Hey, come on. Those kids get to use the swingsets all the time.
KittenMoon Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 Otter- so awesome! I love swingsets- I like them even more when I am depressed. I think i need to go find one and swing away my troubles!
alphamale Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 When I was little I used to idolize Mr. Spock. I wanted to be like those vulcans -- have no emotion whatsoever, Actually b_o, Spock did have emotions but he suppressed them. Every once in a while they would come out. The classic episode one can see this in is Amok Time (# 34) in which Spock must return to Vulcan for the "Pon Faar". The ritualizitic mating season that comes once every seven years. Upon his return to Vulcan he must get married to a woman who was betrothed to him at a young age. Well....Spock ends up supposedly "killing" Capt. Kirk and then finds out his betrothed wants another man (she turns out to be a bitch anyways).... Spock is like "cool, whatever" and turns to her lover and says: "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."
whichwayisup Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 I need someone to point this out to me. It is good to have emotions. It is good to feel things, right? It's a good thing, I believe. Means you're ready to face things head on and deal with them as they hit it, rather than put up the walls and shield yourself from it. But, if you're not used to it, IT can be very scary. I think you're overwhelmed by your feelings and don't know how to handle them when you start 'feeling' them. How to react, what to do. I suggest sitting down and writing out HOW you feel. For me, just getting it OUT helps, even if I'm not sure what it is I'm feeling or why. And, I have to say I used to spend ALOT of time inside my head, thinking about this and that, wondering why I feel the way I do, what set me off and gave me some anxiety... Now, I just take it all in stride, try my best to decipher what is worth reacting to or just let it roll off my back.
Author blind_otter Posted March 24, 2006 Author Posted March 24, 2006 Actually b_o, Spock did have emotions but he suppressed them. Every once in a while they would come out. The classic episode one can see this in is Amok Time (# 34) in which Spock must return to Vulcan for the "Pon Faar". The ritualizitic mating season that comes once every seven years. Upon his return to Vulcan he must get married to a woman who was betrothed to him at a young age. Well....Spock ends up supposedly "killing" Capt. Kirk and then finds out his betrothed wants another man (she turns out to be a bitch anyways).... Spock is like "cool, whatever" and turns to her lover and says: "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." I totally thought you were going to bring up the time that he and Kirk had a death match fight while they were under mind control. With the cool music.
Art_Critic Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 The classic episode one can see this in is Amok Time (# 34) in which Spock must return to Vulcan for the "Pon Faar". We have a trekkie amongst us.. in fact we seemed to have 2.. B_O and Alpha..
Author blind_otter Posted March 24, 2006 Author Posted March 24, 2006 Mine is genetic. Or by force. My Dad was a trekkie, and we watched it all the time together. Once he rented the Star Trek movies 1-6, and we had to watch them all in a row. For 12 hours straight.
Art_Critic Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 My sponsor had a photocopied sheet. I'm taking zinc, B, C, and folic acid (because I'm a lady in my childbearing years, ) She said years of getting wasted will seriously deplete s*** and make you even more crazy. What's the book title? Recovering: How to Get and Stay Sober Katherine Ketcham, L. Ann Mueller Paperback / Bantam Dell Pub Group / May 1987 / 0553343033 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553343033/002-0745833-0944855?v=glance&n=283155 Or http://www.fetchbook.info/compare.do?search=0553343033 It is way out of print.. but it is a great book.
ReluctantRomeo Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 I need someone to point this out to me. It is good to have emotions. It is good to feel things, right? I have a problem dealing with my emotions. I don't understand a lot of the "feelings" i have - I don't know what they are. When I was little I used to idolize Mr. Spock. I wanted to be like those vulcans -- have no emotion whatsoever, it seems to make sense to me...it would make everything easier. I think to myself, but this is flawed logic. Yup, it's flawed logic. Emotions perform 3 highly useful functions: they motivate us, making us act in ways which promote our survival and wellbeing they act as signals, sending us information about ourselves and others they send information to others Your emotions may need retuning and/or processing, but they do have a purpose.
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