I Am Angry Today Because . . .

  • This message board permanently closed on June 30th, 2020 at 4PM EDT and is no longer accepting new members.

danie

I am whatever you say I am.
Feb 26, 2008
9,760
60,662
60
Kentucky
It's very true, but you have to be in the right place to be able to do this... and that is a process, getting there.
You just have to start.
Yes, FlakeNoir. It is a process and it does take time.
That's what my husband keeps telling me: It will get better with time. I just feel as if I'm wishing my life away, waiting for time to pass so I can Let. It. Go.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Neesy and FlakeNoir

Walter Oobleck

keeps coming back...or going, and going, and going
Mar 6, 2013
11,749
34,805
I am angry because I can't keep my mind of the things that make me angry.
I keep thinking about them and thinking about them and thinking about them.
Someone tell me how to get your mind off of hurtful things.
I am consumed.

I'm no doctor, only a carpenter, but I read something in a story recently that caught my eye...and it may or may not help, but it seemed like a different approach to the problem of...anger, in part. (I just went to Goodreads to see if I could find my "review"...notes to myself, really, better than a jumbled-up mess of paper wedged into each paperback I read)...(and too, maybe it was last year that I read it--this makes me angry, not being able to find something that I know exists...maybe one of Jones' novels...Some Came Running or the other one...and I can't for the life of me recall the title although it is a favorite story)

Anyway, although I think the description can be applied to anger, or what makes one angry, as I recall it had to do with what is now called Post Traumatic Stress...and this character in this story described how he overcame his stress...those things that plagued him. He embraced those scenes when they entered his mind. He explored each and every detail. He welcomed those times and he took it all in, every every detail. When those nightmares during the daytime came, he examined the event(s) in detail...and eventually, those memories began to fade...

Wish I could find the story that I read that in...and like I said, I'm no good doctor. And could be this would be the worst thing to do...but when my back is sore I rub it or get the wife to rub it and eventually the sore goes away. I find that story/review I'll let you know.
 

pegasus216

Eternal Members
Jun 20, 2013
6,825
44,212
75
Delaware
I hate taking pills! So this past Wednesday, I go see my new doctor. Guess what? She prescribed me a new pill to take. So now in the morning, I take 6 pills, and the new one I have to take at night also. Damn pill pushers is all they are!
 

Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
61,289
239,271
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I am angry because I can't keep my mind of the things that make me angry.
I keep thinking about them and thinking about them and thinking about them.
Someone tell me how to get your mind off of hurtful things.
I am consumed.

I was doing that back in July. I think they call it 'perseverance' of thought or something like that...but then I went on a course called "Who's the Bully" through our Employee Assistance Program (I won't go into details but it was my choice to go on this course; I was not asked to attend!) Anyway the most important thing I got out of the course was this:

You cannot combat darkness with darkness, only with light
You cannot combat hate with hate, only with love

I think I may be misquoting Martin Luther King here but that is the gist of it. It helped me, for what it's worth :love_heart:
 

AnnaMarie

Well-Known Member
Feb 16, 2012
7,068
29,564
Other
Mobile%20Photo%2015%2021%2043.jpg


I saw this on fb and thought of you danie.
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
Moderator
Apr 11, 2006
53,634
236,697
The High Seas
I'm kind of upset coming to the brand new board and seeing old threads started by new people. If there was a popular thread on the old board, whoever got here first started it up again, taking credit away from whoever thought it up in the first place. And, no. I don't (just) mean my Cantina. I see threads on here that were started by other members on the old board. I feel bad for 'em.
Threads were brought over as people thought about their favorites. We couldn't wait for the person who originally started it to find their way here and start it up. I mean, they could have been given new titles meaning the same thing, but it is really an honor that someone loved that thread so much, they wanted to bring it here to the new place.

It has nothing to do with taking credit away. It has everything to do with a well loved thread not getting left behind waiting, waiting, waiting for the original poster to come back -- if they did at all.
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
Moderator
Apr 11, 2006
53,634
236,697
The High Seas
None of this has been done to hurt anyone's feelings. To be honest, there are very few threads that have been started over all the years of the board that I remember who started them. I just remember the good times inside them.

We've all had some scratchy moments with aspects of the community over the years, but the board is constant and always welcomes us back and never holds a grudge or ill will. With every shedding of its skin, I love this place.
 

AnnaMarie

Well-Known Member
Feb 16, 2012
7,068
29,564
Other
Threads were brought over as people thought about their favorites. We couldn't wait for the person who originally started it to find their way here and start it up. I mean, they could have been given new titles meaning the same thing, but it is really an honor that someone loved that thread so much, they wanted to bring it here to the new place.

It has nothing to do with taking credit away. It has everything to do with a well loved thread not getting left behind waiting, waiting, waiting for the original poster to come back -- if they did at all.

I'm glad "my" craft thread was restarted with the same name. And I am glad it was a thread enjoyed enough that someone wanted it here. (I would have eventually started it.)
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
Moderator
Apr 11, 2006
53,634
236,697
The High Seas
I'm glad "my" craft thread was restarted with the same name. And I am glad it was a thread enjoyed enough that someone wanted it here. (I would have eventually started it.)
I was waiting for you to do it, but you didn't. lol! I love that thread because I loved seeing everyone's creative ventures. So I grabbed it and brought it over to encourage everyone to keep sharing! It was a great thread AnnaMarie!