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Originally posted by raghorn
I come here for free therapy all the time, Shirley. The insights I find here never cease to enlighten me.
Yup, seems as soon as I turn on my computer this is the first place I want to be!
Now none of you would find that WEIRD, would you?!!
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It's worth about what you pay for it.
That's not meant as a joke. You really do get back about what you put into it. The more you recognise the value of what others have put in, the more you try to give it not back, but instead to pay it forward for it to be there for others.
It's amazing how much caring about others improves the quality of your life.
Maybe Uncle Bill is onto something with that " karma " bit of his.
PS: Don't tell anyone this but the dark kind of bothers me a bit, too!
That's not meant as a joke. You really do get back about what you put into it. The more you recognise the value of what others have put in, the more you try to give it not back, but instead to pay it forward for it to be there for others.
It's amazing how much caring about others improves the quality of your life.
Maybe Uncle Bill is onto something with that " karma " bit of his.
PS: Don't tell anyone this but the dark kind of bothers me a bit, too!
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Originally posted by Rusty
It's worth about what you pay for it.
Maybe Uncle Bill is onto something with that " karma " bit of his.
PS: Don't tell anyone this but the dark kind of bothers me a bit, too!
The karma bit is not mine.
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kind of differentiates between inherited shyness and developmental shyness (peaks in ages 14-15). Fair amount of jargon. But...I think it says it is just a stage.
Kids at 11 today are more physically mature than they were when I was a child (two years before the dinosaurs died...it was very sad), and the changing shapes, body chemistries, and perceptions of self can prompt--if not insecurities--then a lack of comfort in new society.
If this is the only major personality change you are noticing, it is probably just a "consciousness of Self" not to be confused with self-consciousness.
Dunno about addressing it in any way except to help him be aware of his distinctiveness, his "special" talents, traits, humor or insights... and to let him know that he is appreciated as HE IS...and you are proud of him...no matter what the circumstances. Ask for his opinion, and tell him you appreciate his point of view. He is unique...and if you reinforce and celebrate that in him...may address this in a less conspicuous manner.
Different subject: Have you read Kephardt's CAMPING AND WOODCRAFT? A 1923 book, reprinted many times, often on eBay, and all about woods living. I think it is neat. So is Nessmuk (george sears) Woodcraft and camping. Nessmuk wrote in 1900 or so, about 1870-80 or so.
kind of differentiates between inherited shyness and developmental shyness (peaks in ages 14-15). Fair amount of jargon. But...I think it says it is just a stage.
Kids at 11 today are more physically mature than they were when I was a child (two years before the dinosaurs died...it was very sad), and the changing shapes, body chemistries, and perceptions of self can prompt--if not insecurities--then a lack of comfort in new society.
If this is the only major personality change you are noticing, it is probably just a "consciousness of Self" not to be confused with self-consciousness.
Dunno about addressing it in any way except to help him be aware of his distinctiveness, his "special" talents, traits, humor or insights... and to let him know that he is appreciated as HE IS...and you are proud of him...no matter what the circumstances. Ask for his opinion, and tell him you appreciate his point of view. He is unique...and if you reinforce and celebrate that in him...may address this in a less conspicuous manner.
Different subject: Have you read Kephardt's CAMPING AND WOODCRAFT? A 1923 book, reprinted many times, often on eBay, and all about woods living. I think it is neat. So is Nessmuk (george sears) Woodcraft and camping. Nessmuk wrote in 1900 or so, about 1870-80 or so.
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Kis, my excuse for being up this late is I'm still drinking Heineken.
What's yours?
What's yours?
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I'll sum this up real quick. They were in a quandry back in the late 70's because they found out that the proper support and therapy for shy people was for all practical purposes, the same stuff they taught graduate students in psychology about listening skills and yada,yada,yada.
What had them scared was if the "POWERFUL" techniques were made available outside of the closed doors of the properly ordained clinician, would these techniques be misused by Philistines seeking to...?
You guessed it.
Shy little old me took my Texas Industries Calculator ( Hey, when I started college they had slipsticks, and by the time I graduated, many moons later, the calculators were so advanced they were simple enough for me to use without knowing anything ) and added it up for my own despicable purposes. I threw down my book by Zimbardo ( I figured the bardo part would catch your eye Uncle ) and headed for the classroom ten minutes early and proceded to find a nice looking social work student of the female gender and started chatting her up.
As you may have suspected, ala Young Frankenstein, I soon found out that:
THIS COULD WORK!!!!!
What had them scared was if the "POWERFUL" techniques were made available outside of the closed doors of the properly ordained clinician, would these techniques be misused by Philistines seeking to...?
You guessed it.
Shy little old me took my Texas Industries Calculator ( Hey, when I started college they had slipsticks, and by the time I graduated, many moons later, the calculators were so advanced they were simple enough for me to use without knowing anything ) and added it up for my own despicable purposes. I threw down my book by Zimbardo ( I figured the bardo part would catch your eye Uncle ) and headed for the classroom ten minutes early and proceded to find a nice looking social work student of the female gender and started chatting her up.
As you may have suspected, ala Young Frankenstein, I soon found out that:
THIS COULD WORK!!!!!
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We are all diabolical in our own way.
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Chemistry needs alcohol content of about .3 for sound sleep.
I always thought Point Three and Above, or simply, Point Three, would make a good book title.
I don't know how you can sleep for long that way. I always woke up after a few hours and had to either get up or drink more. As I proved again recently, I don't stand a rat's chance in hell of maintaining at two six packs a day, or 5.
It's good for me to be back where I belong.
munk
I don't know how you can sleep for long that way. I always woke up after a few hours and had to either get up or drink more. As I proved again recently, I don't stand a rat's chance in hell of maintaining at two six packs a day, or 5.
It's good for me to be back where I belong.
munk
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Great pics.
What is the life expectancy of a professional Polar Bear photographer?
What is the life expectancy of a professional Polar Bear photographer?
You know, Semper, you weren't around for a small while. I wondered.
When you can't see everything around you, that is disturbing. I once walked across Gambier Island in BC Canada in the dark on a small trail. I refused the flashlight and walked alone. I like the dark, sometimes. But I'm afraid of it. I used to take my friends on "Moon runs" in the desert and mountains under a full moon. Not really without light.
Cougars worry me in the dark. I wouldn't want to meet a sociopath, either.
Now, dark in houses can be unsettling. Even in my own home sometimes. You know, I've never seen anything in the dark? No monsters.
.. ask this question: What would I do if I were not afraid?" >> Semper fi
This is a good technique.
munk
When you can't see everything around you, that is disturbing. I once walked across Gambier Island in BC Canada in the dark on a small trail. I refused the flashlight and walked alone. I like the dark, sometimes. But I'm afraid of it. I used to take my friends on "Moon runs" in the desert and mountains under a full moon. Not really without light.
Cougars worry me in the dark. I wouldn't want to meet a sociopath, either.
Now, dark in houses can be unsettling. Even in my own home sometimes. You know, I've never seen anything in the dark? No monsters.
.. ask this question: What would I do if I were not afraid?" >> Semper fi
This is a good technique.
munk