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Imagine that...
The year was 2016 and my identity had vanished. I struggled to come to grips with what was happening but the more I struggled the more the answers seemed to evade me. The details in retrospect are unimportant, the only thing that mattered to me at the time was what was I going to do now that my dream job was gone. The dream job that I had done for the past 26 years was gone without any explanation or warning; just a phone call saying that I had no job to come to Monday morning. I knew things always work out for me so I began sending out my resume and looking for new careers that would surely come knocking on my door. However after many weeks of no after no piled up almost as high as my bills, I was forced to make a decision. As much as I dreaded it I began driving Uber everyday so I could scrape enough together to pay my bills. It was a temporary fix that lasted three long years as I floundered not realizing I was stuck in a financial and emotional crossroads and had no idea which way to go. I also was working at a golf course doing landscaping which sapped me of all my energy. My wife of only a year was my only haven as she tried to help me escape the inescapable path I was currently experiencing. We would exercise and she would encourage me to read and learn meditation as a way to change my inner state and decide what to do next.
By robert rowe5 years ago in Psyche
I have a roommate that I hate
I have a roommate. A roommate I never asked for, a roommate I never wanted and a roommate that I hate. He is a man that lives in my head, he takes up more space than I should allow, but, he’s comfortable and he’s lived there for years now. I noticed him first over a decade ago when he would just pop in for a moment or so to show his face and tell me things that I wished I’d never heard. At first he didn’t say much, usually just affirmed the words that others fed into me.
By Leigh Halifax5 years ago in Psyche
On Emotional Suppression
Quick Facts -Many of us suppress our emotions, either consciously or subconsciously, for many different reasons. -Suppressing our emotions doesn’t make them go away; they go into the subconscious, and they begin to control our lives until they are realized, disidentified, learned from, and (usually) transcended.
By Gabriel Mohr5 years ago in Psyche
Subconscious Beliefs/Feelings Controlling Everything
Quick Facts -Many people have beliefs and emotions in their subconscious that run the show. -Realizing which beliefs and emotions are the most problematic puts them in our conscious minds. Then we can write them down, let them play mentally play themselves out, disidentify from them, have complete control, transform them into other beliefs and feelings, and completely enjoy them for what they are!
By Gabriel Mohr5 years ago in Psyche
When Your Child Suffers From Depression
Depression. epressi It’s such a horrible word. Not just a horrible word but a horrible affliction. If you have ever found yourself in epression’s clutches, you know the feeling of hopelessness you experience. The fear that you will never escape it. The feeling of being lost. The feeling that the world has gone dark and there are boogeymen around every corner waiting to jump out at you.
By Treva Rawlins5 years ago in Psyche
