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OfflineBloodNOil
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Weak ego
    #5752022 - 06/15/06 12:23 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I'm sick of feeling the way I do. I want to change and be a more
complete and healthy person, but I don't know where look for help.
I'll try to describe my problem here, but I don't know where to
begin, so I'll cut you guys in somewhere in the middle. This is very
likely to be wildly inaccurate and incomplete, but it's a start.

Most days I feel like I just sit around in a fog, completely unaware of
my surroundings, except for mindlessly dicking around on the
Internet. I don't feel compelled to engage myself in any activity in
particular.

On some level I'm aware that my continued existence (eating,
sleeping in a warm house, etc) depends on my interaction with the
outside world, but I feel so far away that I don't have any way
to do so.

I've been reading some psych books in an attempt to figure this out
for myself with mixed results. The two authors who have influenced
me the most are Stanislav Grof and Fritz Perls. I've also made
a haphazard study of Taoist meditation/practice or whatever it is
that Taoists really do.

I'd appreciate any input. Thank you.


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Re: Weak ego [Re: BloodNOil]
    #5752167 - 06/15/06 01:45 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

meditation helped me when i was in your shoes.


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OfflineBloodNOil
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Re: Weak ego [Re: bobjones]
    #5752204 - 06/15/06 02:05 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

bobjones said:
meditation helped me when i was in your shoes.




Can you recommend any specific method?


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Re: Weak ego [Re: BloodNOil]
    #5752331 - 06/15/06 03:56 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Look into adaptogens, Kanna (Sceletium tortuosum) and Rhodiola rosea are good ones. Smart drugs may help too, I like gotu kola. Eating healthy and exercising could make a big difference. If you smoke weed regularly I'm guessing it is contributing to your problem. I don't have a lot of experience with meditation but what little I've done has had good results. When I was in a situation similar to yours, I chewed kanna once or twice a day and the fog cleared up rapidly.


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Re: Weak ego [Re: BloodNOil]
    #5752363 - 06/15/06 04:44 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

BloodNOil said:
I'm sick of feeling the way I do. I want to, but I don't know where look for help.
I don't know where to
begin. This is very
likely to be wildly inaccurate and incomplete, but it's a start.

I just sit around in a fog, completely unaware of
my surroundings, mindlessly dicking around on the
Internet. I don't feel compelled

On some level I'm aware that I don't have any way
to do

I've also made
a haphazard study of Taoist meditation/practice or whatever it is
that Taoists really do.



You should relax and consider what you're saying. Look at the selected writing. It's an indicator of your confusion. Stop being confused and make some decisions. You need to break things down in order to focus and understand the solutions to your problems. The perspective is right now.

Meditation is a way to balance yourself. You can focus on breathing and relaxing. Ground yourself and be open to experience. http://www.shambhala.org/centers/toronto/howmed.html

Have a plan in your day to day life in order to accomplish your goals, useful and fun. When you become overwhelmed, use the tools that you know in order to relax and contemplate the best course of action. Incorporating exercise into your everyday life can be a great revitalizer. However, there is no one way to go about your business. You could talk to a friend or sit on a bench and think. Your goal is to try try again. You may find that things work themselves out naturally.

Don't get caught up in an illusion of what your life should be. It is what it is.


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Re: Weak ego [Re: The_Hobbit]
    #5752965 - 06/15/06 10:02 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

man, imho its as simple as getting off your ass one day and deciding to do somting about it.

i would like to ask you if you use any drugs regularly, as they can contribute heavliy to these fogs, anything even caffeene?

personally im a fan of throwing a Cog in the slow turning wheels, i.e. if you smoke weed every day, just plain stop. your body will react, and your mind will follow, or vice versa.


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"in times of widespread chaos and confusion, it has been the duty of more advanced human beings - artists, scientists, clowns, and philosophers - to create order. In such times as ours however, when there is too much order, too much m management, too much programming and control, it becomes the duty of superior men and women and women to fling their favorite monkey wrenches into the machinery. To relieve the repression of the human spirit, they must sow doubt and disruption"

"People do it every day, they talk to themselves ... they see themselves as they'd like to be, they don't have the courage you have, to just run with it."


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