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InvisibleMoonshoe
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Single minded obsession as a coping strategy * 2
    #23631586 - 09/10/16 08:25 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

For many years I have suffered from occasionally massive anxiety about the end of the world and various catastrophe and disaster scenarios .

These issues become very overwhelming to me and the anxiety generated by the feeling that the world is ending can really impair my quality of life.

A huge step forward was when I completely disconnected from all news many months ago.

This media detox greatly reduced my anxiety and allows me to focus on the great things in my real life instead of the impending doom that I pray won't hit full blown in my lifetime .

However , disconnecting from the news has not been enough.

My salvation has come through focusing my entire life into a single minded obsession with mixed martial arts and combat sports.

I listen to podcasts about UFC all day at work, I watch UFC content and fights all day at home, and most of all I train hard for 3-5 hours a day in all aspects of MMA and strength and conditioning .

I am trying to structure my diet and incorporate supplements to enhance my performance as well, and I am deciding between two local MMA gyms to join.

Basically I am dedicating my entire life to training martial arts.

It's basically all I think about, all I read about, all I listen to and watch, all I care about and all I do.

I still do lots of yoga and meditation but I see those as part of my martial arts training.

I am 29 years old , and if the world doesn't end I plan to dedicate the next ten years to the single minded pursuit of martial arts.

I will even hire a one on one personal trainer to help me maximize my progress.

This new focus has been the best thing that ever happened to me.

All aspects of my life have improved so much. My body, my mind, my mental , physical and emotional health, my mood and confidence etc.

What do you guys think about the idea of dedicating your entire life to a single minded obsession as a way of reducing the unmanageable complexity and anxiety of life into a simple , manageable level of focus ?

Do you have a single minded focus or an obsession?

Now that I don't follow news I need something else to occupy my mind and UFC news
Fills that void .

And the demanding , arduous, rigorous training and exercise discipline is profoundly cathartic and therapeutic .

I am still young enough to achieve what I want to over the next ten years.

I am not starting from scratch as I have been doing martial arts for more than a decade and used to compete in Judo , but I have never had anywhere near this level of focus before.

I had a promising judo career but at the time when I was competing I was a full time university student and the training and travel for tournaments was just too demanding of time energy and money to manage on top of academics.

Now that I am finished my masters degree I have no excuse and I even have a job that allows me to do hours of training on the clock.

I know that I regret not focusing more on my 20s, and I know I will deeply regret it if I don't focus on It in my 30s.

So no more excuses or doubts. This is all I am about until I die.

Anxiety , depression and any other negative emotion is simply transmuted into energy for training and burned away.

Discuss lugubriously. :box:


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Moonshoe]
    #23631611 - 09/10/16 08:37 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Hey Moonshoe, 

This is a great idea! From the sounds of it you are half way to becoming a professional. :thumbup:
There is a song by Black Sabbath, called Paranoid and the lyrics go:

'All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?'

I enjoy writing as a way to occupy my mind, I don't focus as much on anything else. Although I do play guitar, that isn't my dedication as much you see.


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Moonshoe]
    #23631616 - 09/10/16 08:39 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

"Discuss lugubriously"

Not gonna lie, I had to look that word up.

31 here, anxiety as well. My saving grace came through cultivation. I can just lock myself in my office hours a day and forget what happened at work, or with people in my life. I was a heroin addict for like 5 years, self medicating for anxiety and depression. I got back into cultivating, and got serious about it.

Definitely good to have a distraction, but just be carefull. You don't want to get caught out with no coping mechanism if you burn yourself out or get injured or something. I'm trying as many new things as I can to get a feel for what I like.

Good luck man. Oh, and do you listen to Joe Rogan's podcast? It's not bad and he has a lot of fighters on there.


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Moonshoe]
    #23631617 - 09/10/16 08:39 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Personally I think it's great if you want to do MMA and train hard.  I don't know if you notice this or not but you are constantly setting ridiculously long term goals for yourself in moments of mania that end up falling by the wayside very quickly though.  Having goals is freakin' great, but life isn't as black and white as you make it seem.  A 3 month, 6 month, 1 year goal is much more achievable and easier to work towards than saying "I HAVE TO DO THIS FOR 10 YEARS OR I AM A TOTAL FAILURE!!!!"  Even 1 year goals are extremely daunting.

Like I said, I'm not knocking the fact that you want to do MMA training and join an MMA gym, I just know that setting actually achievable goals is the best way to, well, achieve your goals.


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Midnight_Toker]
    #23631664 - 09/10/16 09:00 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Yes I love joe rogans podcast and it was a big part of my introduction to UFC!

Cultivation sounds like an awesome hobby, do you mean cannabis ?

I love gardening and working with plants and growing food is amazingly therapeutic !

@midnight- yes I definitely do make really extreme goals all the time as a coping mechanism.

However they are usually just renewals of the same goals- daily exercise, yoga and meditation , and they don't fall by the way side as much as you might think .

As a result of those goals I actually do meditate, do yoga and work out more days than not, and have been for many years.

As a result of always coming back to those goals I have made quite a lot of progress .

For example 15 minutes of meditation a day used to be a real challenge, now I often do 1 hour at a time without difficulty and up to 2+ hours of meditation in a day.

I definitely do have periods where I let things slide , but these renewed commitments get me periodically back on track.

Like everything is always one day at a time you are right, but I also no a huge part of why I am where I am now is because I first set these ridiculously extreme long term goals for myself almost 2 decades ago when I was only about 13 or 14, and fortunately I never really abandoned them.

The more I return to the same goals the more my identity solidifies around them.

To be clear though I am not aiming to be a professional . I am too old and have too much to lose and won't incur that extent of brain trauma .

But other than actually fighting professionally, I am trying to live as much like a pro UFC fighter as I possibly can.

And I will likely do some amateur grappling competitions .


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Electric Wizard21]
    #23631839 - 09/10/16 10:36 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Fittingly , today is the MMA debut of mr CM Punk, who never took so much as a karate class before starting training at 38 years old. If he wins his first UFC fight today it will be a big inspiration to me, because he is starting from scratch at 38 years old.

I at least have a back ground at judo and am getting serious a solid ten years earlier than he did.

Most think it's Impossible for him to win but I for one am cheering for him.

Also the Americans out there should know that you have an American firefighter defending his heavy weight belt tonight in front of his home town.

Most Americans don't know who Stipe Miocic is but he is a real life hero and "the baddest man on the planet " - a title traditionally held by the current UFC heavy weight champ.

This is a guy who works as a firefighter for his day job and is the heavy weight champion on the side.

I hope some of you will be cheering him on!

I for one will be at my traditional UFC watching spot drinking a pitcher of shock top with my wife betting massages on the outcomes of the fights .

If you guys want something to do tonight I highly recommend checking out a sports bar for a drink and watching some historic fights !

:cheers::box:


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Moonshoe]
    #23631984 - 09/10/16 11:07 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Moonshoe you are a nut but I love you brother
I'm glad you find solace in martial arts and think you should continue your righteous pursuit.


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Moonshoe]
    #23632024 - 09/10/16 11:15 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

Do you have a single minded focus or an obsession?




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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: ModestMouse]
    #23632040 - 09/10/16 11:20 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Thanks brother :hug:


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Moonshoe]
    #23633369 - 09/10/16 06:07 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Well, I have cultivated mushrooms and cannabis. Along with regular gardening and ethnobotanical plants. I was talking about mushrooms in my post though. I feel like I'd want to get into mma, but I live in BFE midwest. Guess I could take up pig wrestling :laugh:


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: literberry]
    #23633669 - 09/10/16 07:54 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

You can fin a martial arts gym anywhere , and you can watch the fights online!


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Moonshoe]
    #23633717 - 09/10/16 08:11 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

So what is your goal?  To become a professional MMA fighter?  Make money?  Become famous?


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Re: Single minded obsession as a coping strategy [Re: Celestial Traveler]
    #23634920 - 09/11/16 07:55 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

No I don't want to be a professional , I have a day job and I love it.

My goal is simply to become the best martial artist I possibly can in my life, Enjoy martial arts as a passion, a hobby , an art form and a lifestyle , and to enjoy life to the fullest through the pure joy of exercise and combat.

Martial arts above all is about personal development - building discipline of mind and body and improving strength, balance, flexibility, technique etc.

Just the way I carry myself and feel is totally different living this lifestyle .

And of course to be able to defend myself and my wife in a crisis.

Although I don't want to be a professional or use mma as a way to make money, I absolutely do want to get back into competitions and hopefully win a few more medals .

I also want to get my Black belt .

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