That one didn't hurt as much as it did last week, perhaps I'm getting used to it now?
This is my favourite time, it's the longest I'll need to wait until the next one.
They're friends always tell me they'll change and manage to convince me every time but I know they only have their interests at heart; they don't care about me.
They've made me believe my friends are no good for me, especially Alice who wasn't born in this country.
They manage to convince me no one will look after me as well as they can, pointing out and exaggerating other's faults knowing full well they're worse.
They're always putting their friends first with little or no thought for me and what I think is important.
I contribute but they keep all the money for themselves.
I've got to leave. I'll do it tomorrow when given the chance.
I couldn't do it. They made me think I had the choice to go but knew I wouldn't.
Just finished this. The first half centres on dream work and having done some myself after reading that part, have already learnt a lot. Recommended to everyone.
What if our whole universe is being kept in a jar on the shelf of some kid like we're all fucking sea monkeys and he hasn't looked at us twice since his out of touch grandmother gave it to him because he also has a PlayStation 842? When we die we'll just remain on the shelf because he won't fucking notice and 3 weeks later, whilst cleaning his room, his mum just picks us up and throws us in the bin without a second thought. Anyone saying this isn't a possibility, we can duel at sundown. And people killed in wars being fought over pieces of land is truly absurd.
For the last few months, following what had been a difficult year previously, I have been reading a lot about Carl Jung. One of his theories is that of Synchronicity which is, according to Jung, “a meaningful coincidence of two or more events where something other than the probability of chance is involved.”
I've always been a sceptic when it comes to matters such as these. More recently though having read a lot about Jung and his theories I'd come to open my mind somewhat due to how credible others belonging to him have appeared. As with anything, a fair amount of scepticism remains until it becomes personal which I have recently had the fortune of experiencing.
About two months ago over the period of approximately a week I'd seen in my day to day life three separate instances where a Chinese Finger Trap was featured. One was on Family Guy, the other Modern Family and the third I unfortunately don't recall but it was this that stuck out and made me take notice. I wasn't 100% sure what a finger trap was but this was quickly resolved with a Google search.
If not known already a Chinese Finger Trap is a device that takes form of a tube and a finger is inserted either end. If force is used to attempt to pull a finger back out, the device only tightens further making it impossible to release. Almost counter intuitively the only way to remove a finger is to relax and ease into the trap.
Along with the literal description from my search was an example of a metaphorical symbol it also represented. That was and most profoundly for me, that should times be hard and affect you mentally, rather than pulling away or using force you must surrender and/or relax into them.
This hit me hard as my biggest issue during my difficult times and throughout my life in general has been to stress, overthink and try to take control of situations when they arise. This tactic for dealing with difficult or uncomfortable situations had never worked and only aided in making things worse.
The article had also explained how a finger trap is used as a way of summing up a type of therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I had previously researched many different methods of therapy but had never come across ACT. Upon looking into it further I have found that it is the therapy that I seem to chime with the most even after only using some of its most basic principles for a relatively short period of time.
I am going to continue to learn about ACT techniques for therapy and I'm confident already that it will help me overcome the anxiety I've experienced most intensely recently and for probably most of my life.
Going back to Synchronicity, I've seen people explain it as a message from the universe or maybe even god. As it stands I'm not a believer in that. Having experienced what I think to have been Synchronicity I'd say it's an encoded message sent from our unconscious to our conscious attempting to help us better ourselves, which is probably even more profound and powerful.
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