Recent content by Keming

Heartfelt suggestion: instead of practicing criticizing yourself, debrief. Whenever you engage with the world, spend five seconds looking at the positives of that engagement. - I successfully walked into the store - I successfully chose three things from the shelf - I successfully...

It does. Furious screaming. Ripley-vs-Queen screaming. Eowyn vs Witch-King screaming. Defy it. Despair is the enemy, and we hate it - not ourselves. We hate anything that tries to limit us, control us, keep us down. Hate it and attack it with everything we have, logic and emotion and...

Overstress. In university I learned I had to set time out for exercise, every day - didnt' matter what, as long as it was about 2 hours long. Every day it felt like I was screwing up, couldn't afford to take a break from work; but every day I was better afterwards. 2 hours exercise was a very...

scream at it.

Postcard. I'd never even find the email. Cooking for a friend, or a friend cooking for you?

I would never apologize for expressing anger instead of fear. Fear gives 'em power. Never. Ever. Give someone power over you. Negotiate as equals, or You First.

oranges

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. highly entertaining.

favourite song from the tragically hip

Strongly pro-therapy - with a stronger bias towards CBT and behavioral therapy. We can't fix the past, only our reactions to it. One therapist's unprofessional conduct does not predict another's. Mine have been perfectly well-behaved (if varying degrees of competence). And the extension of...

wish he wouldn't sing though. voice good; words, less.

I think what you're describing is called 'being normal.' Nearly everyone worries a little bit about what other people think, and seeks to preserve unity within the group by compromising between group-think and self-expression. The others in your group likely feel the same. "Getting past it"...