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Originally posted by shrevegal
I'm tired of being strong today too. Not having a good day...I am pretty much where you were at the other day...feeling low. My MS is flaring up bad today and causing terrible mood swings and horrific pain. Perhaps I shouldn't post on such days...is hard not to as I am insomniac too and haven't slept in days...coming here is all I have left at times like this. Sorry for MY rant. I haven't slept in days...by the time stamps on my posts...one can see I hardly ever sleep.
I get misunderstood a lot at thread topics too. It is frustrating. I had fun plans for 4th July but will have to cancel...too bad off and don't wanna spoil other folks fun. I suppose me writing this spoils stuff too. Not my intention. Anyway, I hope you are doing better at least. Blessings and take care and hugs. Don't know when I will be back or if I should just quit posting. My "Rockets Red Glare" post relevant to the 4th July was important and slipped away at the chat forum. Take care and be good to yourself! I'm gonna try for some sleep and take my meds that I have been avoiding...they make me feel fuzzy but may take edge off this Gosh awful pain.
Originally posted by LastStarfighter
reply to post by LoneCloudHopper2
I suggest you fall on your sword. Alternatively quit spending time writing long stuff on here since its totally nonproductive and will make you more antisocial sense it keeps your head in an imaginary world where you cannot effect change.
Originally posted by shrevegal
Sorry about my rant and pity party the other day...didn't mean to take away from the topic/thread. Anyhow, for me. I took a deep breath, counted to 10 and it's all good and I'm back on my game. Sorry and Blessings to all. I hope anyone here having troubles...that all gets resolved in a happy/positive way. Love ya'll.
Originally posted by LoneCloudHopper2
reply to post by XXXN3O
Always liked Alan Watts, yet I've never heard this clip before. He's basically saying 'learn to be like a leaf flowing in the stream,' while at the same time of course realizing yourself as an individual self within that stream. It's an old wisdom and very true.
Originally posted by LoneCloudHopper2
reply to post by XXXN3O
Hey, I'd like to know more about that, how you got into doing hypnosis.
It reminds me of how I got into stage acting. I was extremely shy when I was a teenager and one day I realized (after I'd been home, 'sick,') that we were doing a few minutes of public speaking in English class. I was very anxious and didn't know what to do. My class only had 30 students and my name would be one of the first! So, too nervous to really care (believing that I would just make a fool of myself anyway,) I jotted down some silly lines that some nervous geek would say. I stood up in front of the class, turned into a geek with an American southern accent and I read some of the lines from memory and improvised the rest. It was a very simple bit about a guy who felt like a loser, whose dad hated him and everything in his life went wrong. The whole class broke out laughing, even the ones who hated me. I got standing ovations every time I did my standup in class and before long I was acting in plays. I was a natural character actor and I discovered it by accident!
It helped to boost my confidence and has helped me as a public speaker and political activist today, as I have experience with facing and handling a crowd.
Originally posted by XXXN3O
Originally posted by LoneCloudHopper2
reply to post by XXXN3O
Hey, I'd like to know more about that, how you got into doing hypnosis.
It reminds me of how I got into stage acting. I was extremely shy when I was a teenager and one day I realized (after I'd been home, 'sick,') that we were doing a few minutes of public speaking in English class. I was very anxious and didn't know what to do. My class only had 30 students and my name would be one of the first! So, too nervous to really care (believing that I would just make a fool of myself anyway,) I jotted down some silly lines that some nervous geek would say. I stood up in front of the class, turned into a geek with an American southern accent and I read some of the lines from memory and improvised the rest. It was a very simple bit about a guy who felt like a loser, whose dad hated him and everything in his life went wrong. The whole class broke out laughing, even the ones who hated me. I got standing ovations every time I did my standup in class and before long I was acting in plays. I was a natural character actor and I discovered it by accident!
It helped to boost my confidence and has helped me as a public speaker and political activist today, as I have experience with facing and handling a crowd.
Lets say you wanted to get back into acting on a stage for one example.
There is absolutely nothing stopping you from visiting a local theater and hiring out the venue for the evening. Produce an original show you would like to do or even a remake of a show you have enjoyed with a small change (that is all hollywood does as it clearly works).
All you have to do is put your personality into something and truly make people feel what you want them too and they will enjoy themselves.
For example, a local theater that is on the expensive side will cost around $1000 dollars for the night, seats 300 people and is a fixed price. Simply explain that you will pay on the night, print out cheap tickets, sell them as you go and re-invest the money you take back into everything you are doing. It is not easy but it works if you want it enough and for me, it was do or die and im still doing it.
People suspend reality during entertainment, your job is to keep them focused on that fiction by making it better than worrying about life just for that few hours.