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only time im gonna say smth abt this bc ive had personal experiences that have rly pushed me away from this rp community lol
unfollowing is not a big deal. sometimes people lose interest or move on or have boundaries that they want to establish and/or re-establish for their mental health. if you truly consider someone a friend, then you should know that people are not obligated to mitigate or manage your mental health. your friends are not your therapists or your caretakers. you are an adult and should know when to step away and where to appropriately seek help. you should NOT be making vagueposts or come into DMs asking why someone unfollowed you. Period.
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Week 9 - How did the public change their perception on Video games after the Covid-19 outbreak?
Social gaming refers to online games that encourage people to engage with one another while playing. Games may be "social" in a variety of ways, including commenting and monitoring other players. Furthermore, gaming encourages virtual and real-world community formation. Additionally, the World Health Organization has endorsed the #PlayApartTogether campaign, which was launched by the gaming industry to encourage healthy online gaming behaviors, with a focus on activities that enhance social interaction (Giardina et al., 2021).
The Public Perception of Gaming
Violence: Video games can expose children to violence and increase their likelihood of participating in violent behavior.
Addiction: Games have addictive features, as evidenced by research results indicating excessive gaming participation can lead to addiction (Freitas et al., 2019).
Social Isolation: This issue occurs as a result of the significant time commitment required to participate in games, limiting possibilities for face-to-face social connections (Kabir, 2020).
Gaming During Covid-19 Pandemic
The increasing number of gaming has increased significantly as a result of the epidemic, luring those who previously ignored it completely or who just did it on occasion (Lufkin, 2020). It is also interesting to see the World Health Organization's shift in attitude on online gaming, where they earlier warned about its possibly dangerous and addictive character but now praise its therapeutic impacts on social connection (Kriz, 2020). Approximately 75% of participants reported making meaningful friendships in the gaming environment because online gaming allows people to express themselves in ways that they may find difficult to do in offline settings due to factors such as appearance, sexuality, gender, or age (Griffiths, 2020). According to a major research, 63% of gamers participate in collaborative gaming, with a significant proportion of players receiving social aid from the communities in which they play.
Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Change the Public Perception of Gaming?
Indeed, the Covid-19 epidemic has had a wide-ranging impact on how the general public sees games. Research and studies have provided information on the epidemic's effects on gaming behaviors and player well-being. These are a few important findings:
Increased gaming activity
According to research, during the Covid-19 outbreak, young people's gaming activity rose significantly (Haug et al., 2022). Because of the pandemic and its consequences, individuals spent more time at home and played video games for entertainment and social connection.
Concerns and Public Health Initiatives
The pandemic's increasing gaming engagement has raised some significant concerns about young people's lack of physical exercise, poor mental health, and sleep troubles (Haug et al., 2022). It has been advised that public health campaigns prioritize the promotion of physical activity and develop realistic methods to discourage dangerous gaming behaviors.
Perceived benefits of gaming
Some study suggests that online gaming may improve young people's psychological growth in mental, motivational, personal, and social domains. Furthermore, it has been observed that social gaming during social isolation considerably but marginally reduces loneliness.
Negative perceptions
Negative themes have emerged regarding the assumption that playing video games was a means to pass the time during the epidemic, regardless of the possible benefits (Barr & Copeland-Stewart, 2021).
In conclusion, the Covid-19 epidemic has increased young gaming, and ideas on the consequences of gaming on mental health are beginning to emerge, with both good and negative perspectives stated. Despite the fact that other studies highlight the potential advantages of gaming, public health initiatives are required to address the issues related to lack of physical exercise and mental illnesses.
Reference:
Barr, M., & Copeland-Stewart, A. (2021). Playing Video Games During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Effects on Players’ Well-Being. Games and Culture, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120211017036
Freitas, B. D. A., Contreras-Espinosa, R. S., & Correia, P. Á. P. (2019). How Society’s Negative View of Videogames Can Discourage Brands from Sponsoring eSports. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 136–149. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37983-4_11
Giardina, A., Blasi, M. D., Schimmenti, A., King, D. L., Starcevic, V., & Billieux, J. (2021, February 26). Online gaming and prolonged self-isolation: evidence from Italian gamers during the COVID-19 outbreak | Clinical Neuropsychiatry. Clinical Neuropsychiatry. https://www.clinicalneuropsychiatry.org/download/online-gaming-and-prolonged-self-isolation-evidence-from-italian-gamers-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/
Gonçalves, D., Pais, P., Gerling, K., Guerreiro, T., & Rodrigues, A. (2023). Social gaming: A systematic review. Computers in Human Behavior, 147, 107851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107851
Griffiths, M. (2020, March 24). Coronavirus: making friends through online video games. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-making-friends-through-online-video-games-134459
Haug, E., Mæland, S., Lehmann, S., Bjørknes, R., Fadnes, L. T., Sandal, G. M., & Skogen, J. C. (2022). Increased Gaming During COVID-19 Predicts Physical Inactivity Among Youth in Norway—A Two-Wave Longitudinal Cohort Study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.812932
Kabir, L. (2020, July 21). 10 Negative Effects of Video Games | Healthy Gamer. Www.healthygamer.gg. https://www.healthygamer.gg/blog/10-negative-effects-of-video-games
Kriz, W. C. (2020). Gaming in the Time of COVID-19. Simulation & Gaming, 51(4), 403–410. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878120931602
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Adults who suffer from developmental trauma may go on to develop Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or "cPTSD," which is characterized by difficulties in emotional regulation, consciousness and memory, self-perception, distorted perceptions of perpetrators of abuse, difficulties in relationships with other people, and negative effects on the meaningfulness of life.
How Does Developmental Trauma Impact Identity Formation?
Identity formation is an important part of normal development, and takes place across the lifespan. Identity — including one's sense of being good enough, integration of emotion and intellect, basic awareness of emotional state, feeling secure and coherent as an individual, and even the basic experience of who one actually is — is disrupted by developmental trauma, because basic survival takes precedence over, and uses resources ordinarily allocated for, normal development of the self. Early trauma shifts the trajectory of brain development, because an environment characterized by fear and neglect, for example, causes different adaptations of brain circuitry than one of safety, security, and love. The earlier the distress, on average, the more profound the effect.
The task of identity development in adulthood, challenging enough (though rewarding) for those with a secure, safe, and enriching upbringing, is especially fraught for those grappling with the aftermath of developmental trauma. Because of developmental delays and the adult consequences of trauma, which often include substance abuse, eating disorders, depression, higher risk for many health problems, behavioral issues, and difficulty in personal relationships and professional development, identity development gets stuck.
Identity for adults with unresolved developmental trauma is often organized around being a survivor and maintaining basic safety in relation to others, leading to re-traumatizing and disheartening repetitions, preventing growth-oriented experiences. Individuals in this situation become highly identified with a "traumatic self," at the expense of a more inclusive, flexible sense of self. People with significant developmental trauma dissociate from their environment and from themselves early on — a last ditch survival mechanism — and may remain disconnected from themselves throughout childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, only recognizing what has happened when there is no other choice but to do so.
With these considerations in mind, I am highlighting key ways that identity tends to be shaped by earlier traumatic experiences. Understanding these basic themes, which are often a result of dissociative effects on the traumatized personality, can help people recognize areas of difficulty so they can begin doing the work of recovery, repair, and personal growth.
1. Loss of childhood: "I never really had a childhood" or "I can't remember much from growing up."
People who experience a very distressing childhood often can't remember large swathes of their early life. They may remember particularly vivid moments, sometimes called "flashbulb memories," which don't have any context to them. They often don't have a clear story of themselves as a child, up through adolescence, early adulthood, and sometimes even later in life. This autobiographical sense is called a "coherent narrative" in attachment theory, and can be absent, underdeveloped, false, or oversimplified. Many people have told me that they feel like their childhood has been stolen, and without such a foundation, adult identity is compromised.
2. Missing parts of oneself: "I've always felt like something was missing, but I don't know what it is."
With chronic developmental distress, children often disconnect important parts of themselves in order to survive, a form of dissociation. They may come to rely on one major persona in order to have stability and make it appear as if everything were OK — such as being an exemplary student — while having little or no real personal life. Later in life, they may feel like parts of themselves are missing. Through personal growth and therapy, they may rediscover and even create anew these missing parts. Sometimes they are there, stowed away for better times if you will, but younger-feeling than their everyday persona. It's common for these missing parts to be associated with particular emotional states and memories, and reuniting leads to a fuller sense of identity.
3. Attraction to destructive relationships: "I'm the kind of person that always dates people who are bad for me."
It is not uncommon for people traumatized by key caregivers to end up with friendships, romantic relationships, and even work settings which are not good for them. They find people who fit their traumatic identity, even when they are trying to make different and better choices, leading to re-traumatization through repetition of the past.
They may end up being around emotionally unavailable people, abusive or narcissistic people, or end up trying to rescue and fix people they date. Consciously, they want to find someone who can provide what they intellectually know they need and want, yet unconscious influences lead them down unwanted, familiar paths. Frequently, there is a powerful "chemistry" with new relationships, which makes it seem like the relationship will be different, only to learn with disappointment that it is all too familiar. When friends try to warn them, it's not unusual for them to pick the new romance over a trusted friend. Repeatedly getting into destructive relationships can be disorienting and confusing, leading one to question one's self-understanding and locking one into the old identity, while preventing new identities from taking root.
4. Avoidance of relationships: "I'm someone who is better off alone."
Alternatively, people with negative developmental experiences involving intimate relationships may opt to avoid closeness and isolate themselves. Sometimes this starts early on and sometimes later, as an attempt to break the cycle of harmful relationships. But healthy relationships with other people are crucial for personal development, presenting opportunities for growth and change. Missing out on them in adulthood as a self-protective measure further impairs development of a fully adult identity, solidifying a self-perception of unworthiness and self-condemnation. There are many exceptions to the feeling that we are too flawed for others, who deserve better. Most of us have the capacity to offer more than we think we do, and thereby become more appreciative of ourselves. It's too complicated for here to talk about hope, faith in oneself, and how a long process of recovery unfolds. It's worth noting that sometimes we unconscious push people away, appearing to ourselves be a threat when we do not so intend.
5. ​Avoidance of oneself: "I don't like to think about myself; it only makes me feel bad."
Especially when childhood trauma was a defining component of key relationships — parents, siblings, and other important people — any reminder of those experiences may lead to efforts to manage painful emotions and experiences through escape from oneself. Taken to the extreme, this may lead one to self-destruction.
Connection with oneself, as with others, is a powerful reminder of prior trauma, activating memories and emotions which are often too much to handle. Self-care is impaired, and one learns to live apart from oneself as a matter of habit. They may not be able to reflect upon themselves at all, and flee from any encouragement to do so. Sense of self is often characterized by disgust and essential badness, reflecting a rigid traumatic identity.
6. Difficulty integrating emotions into one's identity: "I'm not the kind of person who has strong feelings about things."
When feelings had no place in one's family of origin, emotions become split from identity. They continue to have influence, leading to confusion and an unstable sense of self, because one is unable to predict, let alone manage, strong emotions. We need that emotional data to be fully ourselves and to make decisions. Emotional dysregulation leads to problems with impulsive decisions and gets in the way of forming healthy relationships with others.
People may experience a sense of emotional numbing or (paradoxically) feel they don't have any emotions at all. They may experience a limited range of emotions or feel muted emotions. They may, for example, only be able to feel vague emotions, such as frustration or boredom, or they may block out dissatisfaction until anger explodes. They may only feel negative emotions about themselves, such as disgust and self-loathing — and recoil from anything or anyone presenting a positive view of them, feeling uneasy with gratitude from others, "not knowing how to take a compliment" or feeling mistrustful when people express kindness. They may adopt an overly intellectualized identity, acting stilted or awkward around others.
This leads to difficulty in personal relationships, as emotions are required for intimacy and shape career choices, while often limiting advancement. Identity is narrow and flat, and re-integrating emotions into one's sense of self, while rewarding and necessary for growth, can be very challenging, full of fears and difficult learning experiences.
Moving Forward
While it can be disheartening to read about the effects of developmental trauma in adulthood, and daunting to contemplate doing the work of recovery and identity formation beyond that of the traumatized self, therapeutic efforts are effective. Addressing these issues pays off, though the fact that there are no guarantees is a therapeutic opportunity as well as a point where a lot of people get stuck.
Recovery, grieving, and growth often take place over a longer time period than one would want, and re-connecting with oneself has many layers. Developing a sense that long-term goals are attainable and worth working toward is important, even if it doesn't feel possible or true. Working toward getting basic self-care in place is a vital first step, as is working toward feeling comfortable seeking help when trust in caregivers has been broken. Developing compassion for and patience with oneself can be difficult, but useful.
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02:02:2020, February 2nd 2020, is the only palindrome date in all of the three main date formats for over 101 years. The next one occurs on 12:12:2121, 12 December 2121.
Many people notice the number 2 in various forms, whether it is 2, 22, 222 or 2222—and there is a spiritual reason for this, although the meaning is unique to each individual.
When certain numbers spontaneously appear, it is not a coincidence. There is great benefit to paying attention to the meaning that they have in our lives.
While there is a general reason for the number appearing, only the person who keeps seeing the number will be able to work out the exact reason. However, as with everything in the Universe, numbers vibrate on a certain frequency and that frequency can be translated into a specific message that can be used for spiritual guidance.
Guidance comes in many forms, and sometimes it arrives in the least expected of ways, so it can take a little time to figure out the meanings.
Many people notice the same numbers regularly appearing in particular sequences on clocks, phones, registration plates, checks or receipts. This is simply the universe’s way of communicating through signs and synchronicity.
If you notice 2, 22, 222 or 2222 regularly, the guide below could help to translate the spiritual reason.
Number 2.
The number 2 is the most feminine of all the numbers, and its vibration resonates with the vibration of joy, balance and peace. It relates to the desire for love, health, harmony and happiness within all relationships, and those who see this number regularly are authentic, artistic, creative, tolerant, emotional, highly sensitive, loyal, devoted and intuitive.
This number asks us to have faith and trust wholeheartedly in our inherent supernatural abilities, so that we can gain valuable insight into our relationships as well as our circumstances.
This number is the most underestimated number, as it is both strong and graceful at the same time; its shape bends but never breaks under pressure. When the going gets tough, the number 2 arrives to show us that we can adjust to our circumstances, as we have a great deal of empathy and understanding.
Despite adversities, we remain fair, flexible and adaptable, so we are able to compromise and maintain peace.
When the number 2 appears, it is a nudge to surrender to universal energy. We should maintain faith and courage, as whatever we are hoping to achieve is in the process of manifesting, even if it seems like nothing is happening. Our patience is being tested, but everything is playing out exactly how it needs to, so that we learn valuable lessons on our destined journey.
This number is a warning to use our intuition to sense those who could cause us drama or destruction. We are being told to be wary of people we feel exhausted around, as those who consistently need attention and validation are attracted to the calming, soothing, healing energy of those who vibrate on the same frequency as the highly charged number 2.
The number 2 comes to us as a reminder to be true to ourselves, while also being thoughtful, compassionate and considerate, so that we don’t offend or upset those closest to us while we focus intently on our soul’s calling.
Number 22.
The person who sees number 22 is a master builder. Number 22 is possibly the most powerful and successful number to receive as a sign, as it means that we can master anything we set our minds to. It represents ancient wisdom, transformation, the manifestation of dreams, evolution, creation, intuition, light, universal love, an idealistic future and turning our imagination into reality.
It appears as a sign to let us know that we are on the right path and to keep moving optimistically along it, as everything is working in our favor and with divine timing to assure a successful outcome. As with everything, this number has a shadow side, which can represent nervous energy, anxiety and stubbornness.
We are being asked to look at ways we can alleviate anything that causes our energy to become tense and constricted, as we need our energy focused on materializing our ambitions, dreams and goals.
The number 22 is an expansion of the number 11, which is the root of the number 22. There is four times more power, vibrational energy and responsibility held in the number 22 than there is in the number 11.
Number 22 represents the continuation and accomplishment of the intentions we sent out into the universe when we previously frequently saw the number 11.
When the number 22 appears, it is a reminder that it is essential to build a firm foundation for the plans we are making. When we see this number regularly, we will likely have greater insight and vision into the completion of plans than others who are working on the same project. Therefore, we have the responsibility of accomplishing everything that is intended, as others won’t have the same positive outlook and belief in the grand dream. This is possible by keeping the mind free from fearful, doubtful, pessimistic, negative, repetitive thoughts.
When we see this number often, it means we have a strong calling to achieve our soul’s purpose, and the plans that are in progress are for something that will benefit humanity or Mother Earth. The reason for this is that the number 22 has conscious awareness closely connected to it.
Number 222.
The number 222 carries attributes of both the number 2 and 22, so it is an extremely powerful number to receive. The vibrational energies of 222 are extremely high, and it is a positive reminder that everything is in divine order and that there is no need for negative thoughts or concerns. Worries and doubts eat away at our energy reserves, and the number 222 appears to comfort us whenever anxiety tries to creep in.
The vibrational qualities of this number represent introversion, acceptance, inner strength, knowledge, forgiveness, harmony and humbleness. This number is a blessing from the universe and an encouraging sign to keep on believing in ourselves, and our dreams, and to move forward with a bright, optimistic and positive mindset.
222 appears regularly when we are being asked to pay particular attention to our friendships, relationships and to certain people whose names appear suddenly or we bump into unexpectedly.
When we witness the number 222 around the same time as we see or hear about a particular person, they likely have an important message for us, or their presence in our life has a profound meaning.
Therefore, we are being called to open to them to discover what the connection holds in store.
If the number occurs in sequence with someone we are currently in a relationship with, it is a sign that all is well, and that our union is fulfilling and has been written in the stars. Regardless of whether the relationship lasts a week or a lifetime, it has occurred in our life for an essential reason.
When we see this number, it is a nudge to let go of someone or something that may be causing us pain or hindering us in any way. It is a time for releasing old hurts, healing wounds and surrendering to the beauty of the present moment.
Number 2222.
Again, this number is an immensely powerful one, as it carries the vibrational energy described in 2 and 22. When 2222 appears, it shows that we are maintaining a balance in our lives, despite the ups and downs. It also signifies that whatever plans and dreams we previously set intentions on are manifesting just as we hoped.
This number represents balance, decisiveness, serenity and tranquility. It assures us that nothing happens by accident, and that everything we intuitively choose is brought to us for a greater reason that will unfold when divine timing is right.
2222 also comes to let us know that we can place our trust in the excitement that occurs when we begin a new venture. When we see this number, we are receiving a spiritual push to encourage us to let go of one thing that is limiting and no longer serves us and to pick up something new that will nourish and deeply satisfy our soul.
It is a sign that our life is healthy and balanced, so we can have peace of mind to know that as long as we continue being mindful and remain consciously aware of our words and actions, everything we have been working toward will be effortlessly accomplished.
Therefore, we can relax and reap the rewards of all our hard work, knowing that the universe is supporting us and will offer a guiding light whenever we need one.
If we are going through a particularly difficult time when this number regularly appears, it is a sign that our troubles will soon pass, and there are lighter, brighter days on the horizon, so we need to keep moving forward with hope and faith.
2222 is telling us that it’s really time to listen to our intuitive heart and follow it faithfully, as the heart knows the way to our greatest desires. A positive, inspirational affirmation will work miracles right now if we put enough belief into it while we are chanting.
Overall, this number is saying to us that we should not give up hope, despite how difficult things may seem, because our struggles are temporary. We are moving in the right direction, and all will be revealed in divine timing. Whenever something doesn’t work out as we might have hoped, this is actually the universe doing us a favor, and it is actually because there is something far better planned.
This J.M. Storm quote aligns perfectly with 2222: “Keep going. Magic happens when you don’t give up, even when you want to. The universe always falls in love with a stubborn heart.”
The universe works in mysterious ways, and everything within it carries an energetic vibration. When our vibration matches the same vibration as the entities out there, we are being assured that we are safe and protected and are being shown subtle signs that proving miracles can happen.
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☆ hey, i really look up to you and i wanted to ask you something, sorry i have to be a bit vague because tumblr and confediality. should i be rational or trust my gut for making decision about a thing that will lead me my entire life? I really feel confused because my rational and my gut are going against each other. the gut instinct about this thing had lead me for years, every time the subject came up about me having to eventually decide my gut would give me that answer but i'd brush it off
☆ because it didnt seem to make sense but now i have to make the decision soon and i am losing sleep over fighting my gut instinct and rationale. it's tearing me apart. i'd trust my gut because it has a track record of being always right because my intuition is very developed but this is such an important decision and im so worried about being wrong. i really like your thought process so it would be really awesome to hear what you think even based on this limited information. thanks and love <3
Hey! This is really sweet, and I'm honored you value my input! I'm but a humble squirrel!! 🐿️
Okay so, I can't know what kind of decision you're making here, but I'm gonna try to walk you through my thought process, to hopefully give you a new perspective on this which could maybe "unlock" your decision making here.
I personally am someone who often acts on instincts/gut with a healthy dosage of reason to back them up. So let's say you're picking a career path, and you always knew you wanted to be a professional gamer, but rationally you think that would hold up in the long run. I'd try to explore rational reasoning to why it could work. Kind of find objective and concrete evidence that this could work out for you. It's not impossible, few things actually are, so just throwing it out the window because it's hard isn't very rational either. It's good to take into consideration that something you're passionate about is more likely to be something you'll invest extra time and research into, which could likely lead you to excel at it, more than you might in a more traditional area which you couldn't care less about.
Alternatively, let's say you're deciding whether or not to stay in a long term relationship, and the pressing timeline is that you know she's going to propose soon... Here your gut is the most important thing. When it comes to relationships and how we relate to other people, our emotions and feelings are going to be front and center in most of it. So if you're unhappy/unsure, I could never advise you to stay/make a serious commitment until you feel sure of what you want. This kind of situation is also more flexible with "deadlines". It's okay to ask for some time to figure things out, and it's okay to not say yes to something you're not sure of, but might eventually change your mind about. Communication is key in this case. I know it's frightening, but letting the other party know how you feel could even help you see how they react in a crisis, and lead you to finally know for sure. This could apply to a close friendship or familial relationship as well, outside of a marriage context obviously. Communication would still be the most important thing.
More generally speaking, I encourage you to analyse the possibilities of what would happen if you just follow your gut. What's next? What happens? What might happen? What is certain, what is uncertain? Can you live with those odds? Are you okay with the possibilities and the sure things? And if you don't follow your gut... What is the alternative? Do you think it's something you can eventually feel better about than the thing your instincts are telling you to go with? What are the certainties and uncertainties of going down this road?
Like I said, you can be rational about gut decisions. I personally try to take my gut instincts and put them through an objective lense to make the most educated decision I could. A gut decision isn't necessarily unreasonable either, our instincts come from a life time of experiences being subconsciously analyzed by our brains in a very quick way, which may seem subjective to our conscious brains, but actually makes a lot of sense if you put it under a metaphorical microscope and analyse what could lead you to feel a certain way/want a certain thing.
One last thing I'd like to say is... Often even life changing decisions aren't entirely irreversible. Sometimes it does take going the long way before we can realize something isn't right for us. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Sure, it'll take even longer to get settled with your final goal, but there's no shame in that, and the experience you had with the "wrong" decision will only add up to your life experiences and make you an even wiser and sager person. It's okay to make mistakes. It's okay to start over from square one. Your life is your own, and it can be placed however you want. You don't have to match other people's milestones, there's no rulebook to life. It's okay.
Welp, I hope this made sense, and helped clear things up, at least a little bit? If you would feel comfortable, my DMs are open, and you could also send me an ask off anon, I wouldn't publish it, and that way I could maybe give you some more personalized advice. Cool if you don't wanna as well! Whatever the case, I hope you can come to a conclusion about this, and that whatever you decide will lead you to a happy, fulfilled life. Take care 💖
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My Relationship with Writing (And how my passion has sometimes done me more harm than good)
This year has been rather challenging for me — socially, emotionally, and perhaps spiritually. I have gone through adversities that firmly instilled in me the understanding of the value and significance of healthy relationships. I was experiencing, first-hand, what it meant to be in a toxic friendship, which caused me to bitterly reflect on my past for a month or so.
Gradually, I realized that the majority of my past friendships have been unhealthy — they caused me unnecessary emotional exhaustion that I was, stupidly enough, willing to put up with, for the mere sake of the few moments of joy I sometimes shared with these individuals.
With even deeper and broader reflection, I realized something else which was rather difficult to swallow: my relationship with writing has been no different.
Writing, the one thing I’ve always done diligently and tirelessly, the one thing I was known by everybody for admiring, and encouraged by friends to pursue as a future career, to be one of the causes of distress and agony in my life?
No way, but yes.
Because I handled it the wrong way, my passion has been weighing me down in ways I did not think possible.
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Time for Myself
I had gone on a break from writing to take some time to develop the ‘observant’ part of the writer in me, as well as for my mental health. It was a slow process that my writing ‘hiatus’ was taking the form of quitting altogether. In fact, I was eventually growing delusional about it being a hiatus as the days passed by. And, oh, the Q-word! Deep down, the Q-word frightened me, but never to the point of reality, because I was simply certain that my passion was incontestably too invincible to ever be vanquished.
Yet, one day, I had to stop denying the manifest practical application of the Q-word onto my writing life. As I wandered alone and wistful one morning in the narrow underground tunnels for hours and hours, I broke the deathly 4 am silence by unfeelingly uttering the defeated phrase: I quit writing.
It almost hurts to say, but it was a truly liberating moment, albeit fleetingly. I felt immensely happy, unbound, and weightless enough to jump from rooftop to rooftop. I did not feel that I had lost a part of myself, but rather discovered another latent, budding part in me I did not even know I’d possessed.
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I had gone from writing often to seldom, not because I had too little to say, but rather because of a lot of fear and a bit of apathy. On the contrary, I in fact have so much on my mind nowadays which, with even a modicum of inspiration and willpower, I could easily make use of to create poetic masterpieces.
What Caused This Toxicity?
My attitude towards writing, my love for it, and sometimes lack of it, poisoned my passion like a drip of ink in water. I had the tendency to look at writing as both an enemy and a friend that sometimes made me laugh and sometimes cry, made me feel worthy as an artist one minute and worthless the next. I oscillated from believing it to be my main source of hope for a blossoming future to fearing it to be the path to a lifetime of imminent failure and rejection.
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Like my relationships with people, there are blissful days in my writing life which imbue me with temporary euphoria, such as the day I finally finish writing an article or a poem, or the one lucky day out of a week or two when I’m able to articulate my thoughts with seemingly impeccable eloquence, or the day my deeply thought-out ideas for my story seem to finally fall together, like stars that align in the darkness of my indecisiveness. These are comparable to the days my toxic friends (remember to) invite me when they go watch a movie, or spend an evening in the cafè, or simply the days they check up on me to inquire about my quietness with concern.
It would be a lie, however, to say that those euphoric days make up for the nightmarish ones, when writing behaves like a malicious enemy by reminding me daily that my efforts are not enough, and have never truly been.
Oftentimes I feel that my writer’s block is the equivalent of an amazing friend who deals with conflicts by giving me the silent treatment. This reminds me of another friend I once had who ignored me for so long that I’d now forgotten how his voice sounded like, just as I had forgotten how writing felt like.
Writing Culture
Unfortunately, if you familiarize yourself with the world of writing, you will notice some kind of palpable negativity embedded into the advice and tips that some writers give to amateurs and professionals alike.
There is always the belief that writers are essentially miserable, frustrated, and may go eons without producing meaningful work, or any work at all.
And there is the belief that writers are never satisfied with their work, and that they are, for every 60 minutes of an hour, banging their heads on their keyboards to reprimand themselves for their ineptitude and inability to live up to average expectations.
And then there is the belief that writers, every so often, seriously regret their past career decisions and question their future career plans in that field, and have this heated, full-on mental debate as to whether writing was ever created for them.
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Positivity from Stephen King
I often felt the very same way, but my outlook changed drastically after I came across this interview with Stephen King and George RR Martin, where King shuts down these self-doubting thoughts with force and vehemence.
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And I couldn’t help but think, What a Legend!
The unequivocal confidence he has on his place as a writer, and his choice to write, and his healthy attitude towards that choice, left me in awe.
So, after watching that, here are some of the thoughts I had to continually remind myself of in order to keep myself from falling off the ledge of sanity and into the abyss of despair:
Writing is not supposed to make you feel negative about yourself. Your passion has to be a door for your creativity and productivity. Your passion must serve as a main source of inspiration, catharsis, and a big part of your self-identity. Yes, it has to be difficult and challenging every once in a while. No, it is impossible for such a hobby to come free of hardships. But what we should not be doing is normalizing and romanticizing the constant mental/nervous/emotional breakdowns and feelings of self-doubt and self-loathing that many writers experience along with these challenges. This is not normal. This is not healthy. These experiences can, and should, inevitably happen every now and then; however, with regularity, they can weigh you down till your breaking point. They can mercilessly exhaust your passion and turn it into pure apathy or, better yet, resentment. And with an attitude that deems them as typical and welcomes their steady occurrence, you will end up either writing yourself stupid, or crumpling your empty papers into your fists with rage before calling it quits.
It took me a while to realize that while writing requires sacrifices, these sacrifices should never limit your overall quality of life and throw you into a zombie-like state of mind. I mean, at some point, I was missing classes, cancelling social plans, and skipping meals for the mere sake of productivity, because I was still unfamiliar with the heaven-sent concept known as balance.
Moreover, I believe that the main reason I agreed with these negative ideas about writers was because I was adamant about not changing my detrimental writing techniques (they felt … just right) and generally sought ways to justify them and regard them as the normal benchmark for artists.
The knowledge that I was not the only ‘writer’ who was unskillful with words, forever stuck in the void of writer’s block, brought me immense temporary reassurance, but in the long run made me feel that it was absolutely typical to feel listless, yet pensive, and frustrated at reconciling the two.
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Writing the Pain Away
It is funny, because it took me a considerably long time to deduce why and how writing was causing me so much agony. It was not until two weeks ago when I decided to do some 3 am writing on my recent loss of friendship and unfathomable decision to quit writing (the irony) that I realized and accepted that the fault was on me and my poor coping mechanisms all along.
I’ve always said that writing was a revelation: it reveals feelings and thoughts in your heart and mind which you don’t even know are there. The more you write, the more you know who you are.
It might had been writing that caused me pain, but it was also writing that revealed to me why this was happening, and it’s also writing that I am, right now, using as an outlet to release the waves of ambivalent feelings flooding from my tightening chest.
So, depending on how you deal with it, your passion can leave you confused for months or it can decipher your most heavily complex feelings in an hour. And perhaps I should do less writing on the corner of my unmade bed and more on that bench outside in the grass and beneath the light of the sun.
Treat your passion like a benevolent friend who desires your success as much as you do, and you’ll be met with much more productivity and much less toxicity in return.
✍🏻 Written by Sanbella, writing intern at The YUNiversity
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Frank Lisciandro Interview
Frank Lisciandro was a close friend of Jim Morrison. He worked, traveled and partied with Jim for three years, photographing and filming the Doors at the height of their popularity.
Last year Frank Lisciandro wrote a book about his experiences with Jim Morrison entitled "Jim Morrison, An Hour For Magic, A Photojournal" (Delilah Books)
We take great pride in presenting this very special interview with Frank Lisciandro.
Q. Frank, why haven't we seen more books about the Doors? A. I think it's because the Doors themselves and the estate of Jim Morrison have been rather unapproachable in the past about writing about Jim, and about access to the kinds of material you need. As a matter of fact, the Sugerman, Hopkins book ("No One Here Gets Out Alive"), was not authorized by the estate. The estate wanted to stop its publication because there are a lot of inaccuracies in it.
Q. Why don't Morrison's parents speak out about their son? A. His father is an ex-Navy Admiral, and they tend to be rather conservative, military people. I don't think they've ever realized Jim's greatness, and I think they've always been ashamed that he was busted in Miami, and busted in New Haven. It doesn't fit the image of a military man. In a sense, they would prefer that nothing be written about him. They don't like the way it reflects on them, believe it or not. They don't see the greatness in their son; rather they see the embarrassment it causes them. Because of that, they've been totally uncooperative with everyone. I did hear that they liked my book quite a lot. Although I didn't need their cooperation, it was nice to hear that. But, even his sister hasn't spoken up, or his brother. They would just rather cherish the kind of images they had of him rather than have a publicity thing go out. So they're not very sympathetic to the fans' needs or the people who really idolize Jim even to this day. There are young people and older people even, who find him a great innovator, a great rock singer, lyricist, poet. And these people want more and more information about him. The parents and the family don't see that really. They just don't want the exposure, so, they haven't been generous with their information about Jim. Hopefully, that will change.
Q. Why is Jim Morrison so popular today? A. When Jim wrote, he wrote from a universal standpoint. That is, he dealt with themes that are universal, and they are timeless. He dealt with love, death, sex, breaking away from one's family, mysticism, breaking on through to the other side. To see a new reality, he talked about rebellion and revolution. Those are things that are a lot different than Sixteen Candles, boy meets girl, boy loses girl. Not only were his themes meaningful, but the way he addressed those themes, the way he treated them. He read deeply into philosophy, and psychology. He was a very learned and well-read person and he was able to talk about those things in a way that people responded then, and still respond to. I think people who listen to him are attracted now both by his physical image, his voice, and also the things he wrote and talked about because those subjects are always meaningful to people.
Q. Is there anybody out there today who has picked up where Morrison left off? A. I don't see anybody right now on the horizon that has quite the charisma, the magic, and the influence of Jim. I don't see anybody with the deep philosophical bent that Jim possessed. I think the person who has the most humane kind of lyric; and the most humane kind of outlook is Jackson Browne. But, Jackson Browne is no Jim Morrison.
Q. As a co-producer of the "American Prayer" album, are we to believe that everything Jim said on the album should be taken seriously? Are parts of the album a put on? A. I think that some of the poems are comic, some of the poems are serious, and some of the poems are kind of serious but are meant to be taken comic. Individual poems have different intent. In effect, he was a comic poet. The poem that goes "Curses, Invocations", that's a wonderful set of phrases and images of just weird and surrealistic and wonderful kinds of things that it brings to mind. So, I don't say everything in "American Prayer" is serious, but at the same time, he was serious about the way he used words. It's just at times he used them in a comic sense and other times in a very serious sense.
Q. Towards the end of his life, Jim was asked if he would've lived out the same style of life again, if he had the opportunity. He said no, he'd prefer a quieter, much simpler lifestyle. Was it the legal hassles that caused him to think like that? A. That was a good part of it, but perhaps more was that he had become, his image had become, larger than himself and in some respects, people expected him to live up to his image. He was a very sensitive, and a very gentle kind of human being. He really cherished close friendships and quiet moments. Unfortunately, he couldn't outlive his image.
Q. Did Jim Morrison like to laugh? A. Oh yeah, he had a great sense of humor. He was a great conversationist. We would spend afternoons sitting around talking about everything under the sun, laughing and having a good time. He enjoyed good company. He enjoyed other people's ideas. He encouraged other people's ideas. He elicited them. He was a good listener. He was just a pal.
Q. What was his attitude towards women? How did he treat them? A. He was raised in the South and he had in his background a lot of the manners and style of a Southern gentleman. He would rise up from his seat when a woman entered the room. He would invariably hold a door for a woman. He would always let a woman walk before him. He had all those traits of good manners. And then he was very discreet about the women he dated. He never told macho stories, like boy you should see what I did with her or anything like that. He never even mentioned names. He was so careful about that kind of thing. Virtually any woman who was anywhere near him adored him because he was so kind and considerate. Of course, he looked great too, so women fell head over heels in love with him immediately.
Q. Bill Siddons, who was the Doors road manager, remarked that Jim was "always testing death". He took everything to the extreme. Is that fact or fiction? A. That's probably fairly true. He was a non-stop kind of human being. I don't know how to really explain it, except to say that he lived as fully as he could in the present moment. He wasn't one to think about the future very much.
Q. Jim's death is surrounded by mystery and controversy. No autopsy was done. His death was reported six days after it happened. Many people didn't even see the body. Is there a possibility that Jim Morrison is still alive somewhere, living under an assumed name? A. It would be nice to entertain that illusion. Being a close friend, I would love to think of him as being alive, but my feeling is, that he was such an extraordinary human being, so unlike anyone I'd ever met, he had so many talents, he was such an extrovert, that it would be hard to disguise those talents. Even if he assumed a different name and identity, he would still somehow show up in the media somewhere. We're talking about ten, eleven years now, and in that intervening time, I'm sure there would have been some notice of him, or some way he would have made himself known. I think he died in Paris, that Pamela his girlfriend at the time was so grief-stricken by his death; I don't think she faked that. She did see the body. She was there when he died. I've come to the conclusion that he is dead and buried in Paris.
Q. Pamela died of a heroin overdose in 1974. Is there anybody alive today who saw Jim's body? A. Well, I don't know. I would like to know too. They did have a friend in Paris who was sort of a secretary to both Jim and Pamela, and I don't know what happened to her. Apparently, she would've seen the body. But, I've never known anybody who's known her. There's a Frenchman who lives in Los Angeles who was there in Paris. Whether or not he saw the body, I don't know. I do know he was at the grave when Jim was buried. There's a French film director who was also in Paris and a friend of Jim's at that time. Whether or not she saw the body, I don't know. I did see a death certificate from a French doctor which stated the cause of death, and it was officially stamped. Of course, that could've been forged too. I have not talked to anyone, ever, who saw Jim's body after he had died.
Q. So, the mystery goes on. A. Absolutely. And I think the mystery is cause for a lot of people to cling to the notion that he might still be alive. I don't want to dissuade people from that, if that's what they need. For my own self, I've come to the conclusion that it's more healthy to think of Jim as not being alive, but his work being alive, his poems, his music.
Q. Don't you find it rather strange that Jim's girlfriend, Pamela, should die of a heroin overdose? A. I find it tragic. I think she was so grief-stricken, that she turned to hard drugs as a way to relive some of the grief. I think she got into a very bad crowd in Hollywood and there was nobody there to protect her after Jim died. I'm not trying to condone drug use. I don't condone it at all. In her case, she could've made a new life for herself, but in fact, I don't think she was strong enough.
Q. What did Jim Morrison mean when he said, "Give us an hour for magic"? A. You know other people's poetry is very, very hard to define. I think you limit it when you define it. In a sense it means something different to each of us. I can tell you what it means to me. Somehow, it's saying that life itself is a magical, mystical experience. I mean, you don't have to take drugs. You don't have to get far out. If you can just sit still and realize the complexity of life and the intricacy, mystery, and beauty of life, then that's magic alone. So "Give us an hour of magic", I think he was talking about, extend our life another hour or at least another day, whatever the word hour tends to mean. It can mean a day, a month or a year. But he's talking about having the privilege of being alive, and continuing to do the kind of things he does ...did.
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Part II: Disability Right Movement
Role of Psychology
Crethar and Ratts (2008) define social justice as a multidimensional methodology in which mental health providers attempt to concurrently encourage personal growth and the mutually decent through speak to obstacles correlated to both individual and distributive justice. The counselor or psychologist empowers the client or group to stand up for their beliefs in a healthy manner. Crethar and Ratts (2008) suggest that when they entrust their client, they base the empower around four principles: equity, access, participation, and harmony. Equity is the appropriate dissemination of resources. The Key is the everyone has access to these resources. Participation is that everyone is part of the decision-making process. Lastly, harmony is the best possible outcome for the community.
Kinderman (2013) states that psychologists should speak out against social injustices. Psychologists study human behavior, which makes them a great way to speak out for the injustices in the world. Social change primarily comes from groups and leaders (Louis, Mavor, La Macchia, & Amiot, 2014). Leadership is in a position of power to change injustice in a group quickly; however, some are unwilling to step up and be the voice for change. For the psychologist, social change could go against their code of ethics. Lack of leadership would pose a dilemma for the psychologist to choose between belief or principle of ethics. Kinderman (2013) suggest that psychologist should help other understand human behavior to shape social change.
Ethnic Inequalities on the Psychological Well-Being
People with disabilities are more likely to have lower education, low socioeconomic status, and be unemployed. Psychological well-being is already common in most cases when someone has a disability. According to Chang et al. (2014), disability was one of two factors responsible for depression rates. A person with either suffers from a mental or physical disability is at a higher risk for depression. A disabled person could be discriminated against because of limited resources. Resources may be diverted away from a person with a disability because they are considered to have a reduced quality of life and toward a person with a so-called better chance of having a good quality of life.
Analysis of any Concerns Regarding Ethnic Inequality
Disability can also affect a person’s relationships. According to Wasserman (2016), people that are married are generally happier than unmarried people. Disability can make it difficult for a person to find friendship or love. The disability is seen as creating an awkward degree of inequality and difference. Wasserman (2016) suggests that non-disabled people could think a relationship with a disabled person might be unfulfilling. Relationships are complicated for most people without disabilities. Relationships are viewed as more complex with people with disabilities because of society’s view on people with disabilities. Relationships are only one aspect of inequality that people with a disability experience. They also experience inequality in education, health care, and employment. People with disabilities understand their limitations and will not apply for the job they cannot perform. Some non-disabled people will judge a person by their disability instead of focusing on their qualifications. Society needs to focus on the person in front of us instead of the disability. Lastly, we can recognize a person’s limitations but understand they are far more capable than their disability.
Analysis of the Role of Psychology
Social psychology is a way to tie the individual to social change; however, social psychology is usually based on how individuals view others. Psychology has not had much influence on social change. Historical sociologists have been the first for social change. According to De la Sablonnière (2017), over 70 years ago, social change came up in psychological literature; however, only a few psychologists have to take on social change. Intersectionality is obtaining arise in consideration in psychology. The theory or framework comes from the work of Black feminist scholar-activists and its emphasis on interlocking systems of oppression and the necessity to effort regarding structural-level alterations to stimulate social justice and impartiality (Rosenthal, 2016). Modern curiosity in intersectionality in psychology gives a chance to lure mental health providers’ devotion to structural-level problems and make public integrity and fairness more crucial in psychology (Rosenthal, 2016). Psychologists have learned many subjects of social justice such as prejudice, discrimination, conformity, and numerous subfields around these matters in psychology. The American Psychological Association (2017) code of ethics needs psychologists to uphold all society’s rights, regardless of the stage of life, sex, gender identity, race, background, national origin, belief, sexual orientation, disability, language, or financial status. The code pushes psychologists to become mindful of these features and circumvent bias and unwarranted practices. Hays et al. (2010) suggest that group work is a way to assist in empowering clients at an individual and systemic level. Hays et al. (2010) believe in increasing attention to social justice problems using education, training, supervision, practice, and research. Promoting change within a group could help shed light on the oppression or discrimination of people with disabilities. Psychology could empower people to stand up for equal rights to promote positive change.
An explanation of the relevance of this topic to the field of psychology and the role and responsibilities of psychology concerning the issue
Individuals with a disability have experienced some shame in the world. Non-disabled people are unsure of how to handle a person’s physical or mental impairment. Psychology explore the data about physical or psychological impairment and way to treat the impairment. The field of psychology’s responsibilities should be to support and discover where the hitches are and try to shed light on the issue with the group, legislature, and community to increase the quality of life for those with disabilities.
The American Psychological Association (2013) defines clinical psychology as “a clinical discipline that involves the provision of diagnostic, assessment, treatment plan, treatment, prevention, and consultative services to patients of the emergency room, inpatient units, and clinics of hospitals.” The American Psychological Association (2013) says Clinical psychology combines “science, theory, and practice to understand, forecast and alleviate maladjustment, disabilities, and discomfort as well as to promote human adaptation, adjustment, and personal development.” Psychology concentrates on the intellectual, emotional, biological, psychological, social, and behavioral characteristics of a human role in diverse societies and at all socioeconomic levels.
Publishing Site and Reasoning
For this blog, I am choosing to launch it on the blog site Tumblr. Tumblr is a place where people of different backgrounds and points of view can express themselves, discover themselves, and find new perspectives. It is where your interests connect you with your people. This platform is very user-friendly and has been available since 2007. Using Tumblr, I can reach academics that are casually looking for more psychology-related content and a younger audience that may find comfort in reading information on disabilities and ways social change can be implemented for this social problem. Tumblr is an excellent platform to help facilitate an academic conversation because Tumblr is easily accessible and can be seen from any smart device.
References
American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/
American Psychological Association. (2013). Guidelines for psychological practice in health care delivery systems. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/deliverysystems.pdf
Chang, T. E., Weiss, A. P., Marques, L., Baer, L., Vogeli, C., Trinh, N. T., … Yeung, A. S. (2014). Race/Ethnicity and Other Social Determinants of Psychological Well-being and Functioning in Mental Health Clinics. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 25(3), 1418-1431. doi:10.1353/hpu.2014.0138
Crethar, H. C., & Ratts, M. J. (2008). Why social justice is a counseling concern. Counseling Today. Retrieved from https://www.txca.org/images/tca/Template/TXCSJ/Why_social_justice_is_a_counseling _concern.pdf
De la Sablonnière, R. (2017). Toward a Psychology of Social Change: A Typology of Social Change. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00397
Hays, D. G., Arredondo, P., Gladding, S. T., & Toporek, R. L. (2010). Integrating Social Justice in Group Work: The Next Decade. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 35(2), 177-206. doi:10.1080/01933921003706022
Kinderman, P. (2013). The role of the psychologist in social change. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 60(4), 403-405. doi:10.1177/0020764013491741
Louis, W. R., Mavor, K. I., La Macchia, S. T., & Amiot, C. E. (2014). Social justice and psychology: What is, and what should be. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 34(1), 14-27. doi:10.1037/a0033033
Rosenthal, L. (2016). Incorporating intersectionality into psychology: An opportunity to promote social justice and equity. American Psychologist, 71(6), 474-485.
Wasserman, D. (2016). Disability: Health, Well-Being, and Personal Relationships (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/disability-health/
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Under The Influence: THE INFLUENCE OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY
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THE INFLUENCE OF FRIENDS
To make sure you’re the one primarily in control of the direction your life is taking, it’s often necessary to take an objective inventory of your friends. Your friends know you, intimately. They’ve been around you for a long time, so they’re important to you. They can be a great source of encouragement and support as you pursue your goals and share life experiences. They can be a source of great comfort and support for you in difficult times, and you can do the same for them.
Likewise, they can sometimes persuade you to do less-than-brilliant things you would never otherwise do. Peer pressure is a very real thing, and sometimes not a good thing. You have so much in common that you may think choices that make sense for them also make sense for you. This may not always be so.
It is a time-tested fact that you will become like your friends. Don’t think you are different in this regard. You will adopt many of their attitudes and habits over time. If your aspirations differ markedly from theirs, your friendships will likely fade.
You will either study harder or study less depending upon your friends. You’ll either get into trouble or get into grad school depending on your friends. You’ll either save or waste money depending on your friends. And when you’re successful, you’ll either have to watch your back or enjoy a pat on the back, depending upon your friends.
You may be able to have a beer or a cup of coffee every once in a while with your friends who have taken a different road than you, but you won’t be able to spend quality time and really share important things with them. If you’re saving and planning to start a new business and they’re raising hell at the local pub every night, don’t expect much camaraderie, support, or understanding. They don’t have the same priorities as you. They may not be going in the same direction or share your values anymore.
Key things to ask yourself right now about your friends, collectively and individually, include the following:
Can I rely on them?
Can they rely on me?
Do they encourage me to do the right thing?
Do I feel better after spending time with them?
Do they have constructive goals for their own lives?
Do they send a card on my birthday? Do I do that for them?
Do they let me know about it if I’ve behaved inappropriately?
Do they make a sincere effort to keep in touch throughout the year?
Even if our ambitions differ, is everyone supportive of everyone else?
Do they ask me for money or expect me to pay all the time when we’re out together?
Do they let me know if they think I may be in danger or may be making a really big, bad decision?
Are they there for me—meaning do they show up and offer emotional support— when something good or bad happens to me?
A rule for you, and for your friends: if it’s not nice, don’t do it. If it’s not true, don’t say it.
Embrace and nurture the friendships that are up-lifting. Moderate the time and energy you spend with those who are constantly complaining and gossiping. Retreat from toxic individuals who look to sabotage your efforts to be happy and get ahead. ‘Up your game’ in being a good friend to those you care about. 
Make the extra effort to keep in touch. Remember birthdays. Buy and give gifts on time. Send cards. Take the initiative and coordinate events for your friends to get together for no reason other than to get together.
Remember: in order to chart your own course in life, you’re going to have to determine if your friends are supportive or holding you back, intentionally or not. This is your life. Value it. Friends are worth their weight in gold. Cherish them.
THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY
The most deep-seated and difficult directional influence to recognize is often the influence of your family. Because you have spent, many times, all of your young life around them, their influence may be too great, too overpowering, too invasive. This influence may not take into consideration that you are your own person with your own educational and professional goals. This all-encompassing influence may affect your ability to objectively choose your direction in life. Your immediate family—parents and siblings—are usually the most influential. Grandparents—unless they became your ‘parents’ and raised you—aunts, uncles, and cousins have less influence most of the time.
The first fact that can contribute to their less-than-healthy influence is that you came into your family as a baby. You’ve probably spent your childhood years in the care of your family. They most likely still see you as a child, even if you’re 35 years old with a career and children of your own.
The second part of the problem is that they love you, they think they know you well, and they think they know what’s best for you. It’s difficult for your family—especially your immediate family members—to not project their own fears, limitations, hopes, and dreams onto your life. Don’t blame them: they’re human. The challenge with family is that it’s an emotional mixed bag: you have positive feelings and negative feelings for the same people, often to the extreme in both instances.
In fairness, it’s important to acknowledge the positive influence than your family has probably had on you. If it’s a positive influence, you want to confirm it, be grateful for it, and use it to fuel your endeavors. In most families, there’s a wealth of knowledge, experience, support, and expertise. If possible, take advantage of those. Listen to your family members. Learn from them. Sift through their stories and advice for pearls of wisdom that can be of value to you.
Much of what you have learned and much of the influence your family has over you may be constructive. If you’re lucky, they told you that you’re special, that you’re intelligent, that you have potential. They supported your efforts to be a good student, to be a good person. They taught you not to lie, cheat, or steal. They scolded you when you tried to kill your little brother, even if he deserved it. They respected your opinions and choices even when they disagreed with them.
A good exercise is to make a list of what your parents and family have done for you that you appreciate. It may be as simple as feeding you and clothing you from birth to age 18. It may be as expansive as giving you a college education and the resources to travel around the world. Most likely, the very fundamentals of it are that your parents loved you, raised you, and want the best for you, in spite of their faults. Make the list. Write it down, and the next time you’re visiting with them, read the list to them, expressing your gratitude for what they did as parents. Do this in person. Don’t criticize anything. Don’t qualify anything. Just express your appreciation.
If your family has had an overall positive and constructive impact on your life, you have to honor that. Make the time and effort to see them. Spend quality time together. They were there for you. Be there for them.
Remember: if you encounter something in life that is positive, you want to confirm it, be grateful for it, and use it to fuel your endeavors. If it’s a negative, you want to articulate it, isolate it, and distance it from your definition of who you are.
Speaking of the negative…Your parents may have said and done things that may not have been helpful, and even hurtful and harmful. They may have said or implied that you’re not that smart, that your abilities are limited, that you’re not a person someone else could ever love. They may have sabotaged your efforts to progress by threatening to withdraw their love if you move on, or laid guilt on you for wanting more or being different. They may also disapprove of your decisions, as they are not the decisions they would have made. Don’t feel like you’re alone here.
Break these memories and feelings down into smaller, more manageable elements. First, look at your parents’ intentions toward you as a child, and then look at their intentions toward you as an adult. Have these intentions evolved as you’ve become an adult? Or do they still treat you like a child? Whatever your answers are to these two questions, simply repeat to yourself: ‘I make my own decisions.’
Recognize that a painful, negative influence by a family member is not always a verbal statement made in the open. It can be subtle, manipulative behavior, which is worse because you can’t as easily identify it and address it. This type of influence and behavior may color your self-image and may negatively impact your self-worth. It can hinder personal growth and breed resentment.
If you feel your family has an overall negative impact on your life, there are three things you can do: make your own money, live your own life, and live it at a distance. If you can’t move to a different city, put up your own boundaries. If you can’t support yourself, get a second job. Be attentive about what information you share and who you share it with. Be attentive about being too available for needy family members. Moderate your responses to your family’s behavior. Maintain your integrity. Don’t be self-destructive or contrary just to make a point.
Understand that sometimes your family is meddling in your affairs, and sometimes they are expressing genuine concern. Try to recognize the difference. Do this by considering the source and the intent. Ask yourself: is this a typical concern for a mother or father? Then ask yourself: what are they trying to accomplish with this behavior? Is it to control me? Keep me safe? Help me in the long run? Hold me back?
If you’re in eminent physical danger, a victim of domestic violence, addicted to alcohol or drugs, or risking the health and safety of your own children, then your parents have a right to get into your personal business and, with the assistance of qualified professionals, intervene. Otherwise, they get to leave you in peace.
Keep in touch regularly, but not frequently. Share information selectively. ‘Let them read about in the newspapers,’ is how one Old Money Gal put it when asked if she was going to tell her parents she’d sold her company. I’m guessing they had some issues, but she had definitely come to terms with who she needed approval or recognition from, and it wasn’t Mom and Dad.
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The Benefits Of Being A Naturalist
1. The Benefits Of Being A Naturalist By: Nathan Young @nvyoung
2. Disclaimer You will not find any NSFW photos in this presentation. If you are looking for lewd photos, go somewhere else!
3. Why Naturalism?
4. Why Naturalism? Naturalism is a philosophy that encourages you to embrace your body and to learn more about what it can do; it should not be a philosophy that limits you. The human body was God's final and greatest earthly creation. Being nude is a wholesome way of life, and an acceptable state of dress which was never condemned by God in the Bible. Nudism is about the feeling of the air, water, and sun on the skin and the comfort of not being restricted in any clothing. Clothing hides our bodies, and allows us to bury any shame or criticism we have of them deep in our subconscious mind. Time spent in the company of others of all body types without clothing helps normalize our views of our bodies and the bodies of others and gives us a more realistic perspective on how we look. The more aware we are of our bodies, the more likely we are to keep a healthy and active lifestyle. None of us have the, so called, "perfect body". We are all normal everyday people. Naturists come in all shapes, sizes, races, ages, and physical conditions.
5. The History Of Naturalism History reveals many cultures that were not clothes-minded. Spartans were basically bare and their victories in pan-Hellenic sports competitions enticed all neighboring Greeks to exercise nude, creating the word “gymnasium” (Greek gymnos = naked). Romans mingled in magnificent bathhouses, enjoying dense communal nudity as they drank, dined, defecated, bathed, read books, argued politics, and watched theater. Adamists — naked heretics — performed stripped-down church services in North Africa, Bohemia, the Netherlands, and England. Pre-Hitler Germans were avid adherents of Freikorperkultur (“Free Body Culture”) with 70,000 attending co-ed Nacktkultur schools. Today, there’s naked Japanese in hot springs, naked Finns in saunas, “sky-clad” Jain monks in India, plus millions of nudists worldwide going to “Nakation” camps, beaches, and resorts.
6. Naturalism And Christianity Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed - naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it otherwise. All have entered it naked, unashamed, and clean in mind. They entered it modest. They had to acquire immodesty in the soiled mind, there was no other way to get it. Nudism is about health. It is about recognizing that "clothes *DO NOT* make the man" (God does!). It is about being practical and realistic. It is about getting back to basics and keeping it simple. It is about letting the body function as designed. It is about recognizing the design as normal and good, and not something to be ashamed or embarrassed about. It is about seeing ourselves and others with a pure heart and mind, and teaching others to do the same. (It actually takes greater moral integrity and stronger character to live the life. Those who only think dirty thoughts, or feel shameful or uncomfortable when nude or seeing others nude, show that they do not have a pure heart.) It is about a mindset or attitude of honesty, trust, and complete openness before God and others. It is about walking in the truth and in the light. It is about acceptance. It is about relationships; how we see and relate to ourselves, how we see and relate to others, and how we want others to see and relate to us. In the end, it is about returning to God's original design in the Garden, God's idea, God's ideal, God's best. For many people, it is a form of worship and an expression of the redemptive work of Christ, declaring to "the rulers and authorities" and all creation how the Lord "made A Public display of them" when He "triumphed over them. It is about all of these things and more.
7. Naturalism And Christianity Naturalism is a cultural and political movement that practices, advocates, and defends the rights of the human body and the basic human right to be naked in private and in public. At the heart of our desire to be naked is a deep subconsciousness impulse to be spiritually whole, to be a valid and real person which can be achieved only in being as God made us or through divine communication. For many, the ultimate reality of the human body is something shameful, something to be indulged in some perverse fantasy. Yet some Christians believe that after death, a person must stand naked before God and be judged, something of a major trauma for those afraid to be seen naked. If God made us in his/her own image, clothing is to the body maybe offensive to God. Being naked in nature is the act of being totally unconstrained by clothing and being at one with heaven and earth.
8. The Benefits of Naturalism
9. Naturalism Gives You Freedom The sense of freedom when you remove the ‘entrapments of civilization’ is fantastic. It is simply more comfortable to be free of clothing. The sheer joy of diving into water without a clinging costume has to be experienced to be understood. Having the wind blow across all your body is a sensuous feeling which is enhanced by the warmth of the sun. You have no clothing restricting your movement, which makes playing sport easier and instead, your body is as it should be – free! The naturist lifestyle allows you to experience the true ‘freedom’ of exposing your whole body to nature’s elements. It is a lifestyle choice, and you will find, after you have experienced and dispelled all the myths surrounding it, you can live a normal life naked in a safe environment. It’s about being ok with yourself and accepting of others who are nude. Not hiding what we naturally look like and excusing it with shame. If you’ve ever slept naked, gone skinny dipping in a cool mountain lake, or taken advantage of the high fence around your backyard to get a full body tan then you have already experienced some of the joys and freedoms of Nudism, or Naturism.
10. Naturalism And Being Equal Clothes indicate the wearers status, position in society, wealth, etc. and usually involve a considerable degree of pretence. The clothes we wear are an expression of who we are. Clothes give status not just relative to one's peers but also in relation to the natural world. They allow humans to regard themselves as better than the other occupants of this world. When one goes naked in a social setting all that posturing is left behind. In contrast with a bar, night club, or anywhere else you might meet a stranger, new relationships (be it friendship or something else) built from a nudist lifestyle are built on personal qualities, personality, and friendship instead of personal appearance. To bring this point home, we take a look at a man walking down the city street. If he were wearing a suit and tie, carrying a briefcase we would assume he was a busy businessman headed to the office. If we were to take the same man and dress him in a torn pair of jeans, a plaid jacket with a stain on it, and a carrying a cardboard box – we would assume he was a lazy or homeless person. In this scenario, we demonstrate our social prejudice toward appearance. A nudist event removes this prejudice and allows people to socialize without preconceived notions about who they are. Plus, pro-nudity students “were significantly more accepting of other religious groups and gays and lesbians” when compared to the anti-nudity students. They were also “less prejudiced towards ethnically dissimilar others.” If you want to learn to accept and like your whole body, relate better to other people, get out from under current social pressure for bodily perfection, adopt a very relaxing attitude of mind, or bring up your children to be confident young people assured and happy with their bodies, then take up the naturist approach to life.
11. Naturalism And Sexuality Even for adults coming to natural social nakedness later in life it can create a major lift in their spirits to treat their body as an integrated whole rather than as something containing parts which are 'dirty'. Men are often taught as boys that their penises are naughty and nasty and that the associated natural functions are something of which to be ashamed. Men often feel sensitive about the size or shape of their penis without realizing that among men there is a large range of normality. Women are often made to feel inferior because, for example, they perceive their breasts as being too big, or too small, or somehow differently shaped than other women's; yet very few woman have actually seen more than a few other unadorned female breasts and are thus unaware of the great variation there is in breast size and shape. Similarly it is thus a liberating experience for men and women to mix socially together naked where no more notice is taken of genitals, than of ears, hair, etc. One of the greatest benefits of naturism is that it allows men and women to interact as people without the socially imposed barriers that go with the textile world. Naturist men and women regard each other first as people. Once our culture's artificial mystique about the other half of humanity is taken away people cease to regard bodies of the other gender as sex objects and relate to them as part of a total person. Being naked with other people shows a sense of openness and trust not usually experienced with current 'textile' cultural barriers. 12. Naturalism And Sexuality Accepting their own bodies as they are is especially beneficial for women and men who today are under constant pressure to live up to the ideal body image as conveyed in glossy magazines, and are made to feel inferior if their bodies are not the size ten of catwalk models. Human bodies come in all shapes and sizes, yet how many people today, other than those in the medical professions, have seen a representative range of naked human bodies. Thus when they come to the naturist environment women and men become immediately aware that many of their self-perceived bodily imperfections are nothing more than examples of the normal range of human diversity and they have nothing about which to feel inferior. This is a liberating experience and immediately lifts off a great weight of social pressure. Naturists come in all shapes and sizes, fat and thin, short and tall, unblemished and scarred, and they are all accepted as normal human beings. Rather than treating the genitals as part of the whole body with their own function children are taught that there is something nasty about the parts between their legs. This can lead to all sorts of sexual dysfunction in later life. A study by psychologists concluded that children who has seen their parents naked were more comfortable with physical contact and affection, had higher self-esteem, and showed increased acceptance of and comfort with their own bodies and sexuality. Clothing hides and creates mystery, anxiety, and ignorance about natural body processes such as pregnancy, adolescence, and ageing. Seeing other people going through these stages in life is valuable to children. The more aware we are of our bodies, the more likely we are to keep a healthy and active lifestyle. But we will also be less judgmental of others who don’t have the stereotypical and hyped “perfect” body. Being nude will help a society built around shame that the naked body does not equate to the sexual body. 13. Naturalism And Vitamin D The body naturally produces vitamin D when exposed to the sun. In addition to promoting cell growth, calcium absorption, and immune function, sun exposure prevents a huge number of health problems. And your body looks good without tan lines. Despite negative publicity on the risk of skin cancer from too much sun exposure, it is sun burn that leads to skin cancer not sun exposure. Naturism is more about doing normal, everyday activities, without the encumbrance of clothing when it is actually not required than lying about in the sun to get an all over suntan. The area of skin covered by a bathing suit doesn’t really make much difference when out in the sun – the same precautions have to be taken naked or in clothes and sun protection is always advisable when out in the sun, especially between 10 am and 3 pm in the summer months. There is a lot of literature on the benefits of the sun on the body due to the production of vitamin D in response to sun exposure. The most natural way to get vitamin D is by exposing your bare skin to sunlight and the recommended ‘dose’ of sunlight on the total body, required to maintain adequate vitamin D levels, is considered by many specialists to be half the time it takes to burn per day. Not only does it feel good, but the sun has been documented to be beneficial in the prevention of a large number of diseases, from rickets to some forms of cancer (including melanoma), arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular disease. Studies also show that human skin needs a healthy amount of sunlight in order to ward off major skin problems; as with everything however, proper precautions should be taken to avoid skin damage such as sunburn. Finally, in proportion to the general population, people that generally enjoy a textile free lifestyle tend to be more active later in life than their counterparts. 14. Naturalism And Your Skin Clothing impedes the functions of the skin, our largest organ. The skin is a barrier to invasion by microbes. We sweat to keep us cool by evaporation. Clothing slows down that process. With clothing the by-products of the skins processes build up in contact with the skin and this can cause irritation. The skin has quite a developed system for keeping us warm, and undue use of clothing impedes that process. Studies have shown that tight clothing can slow down lymphatic fluid flows and aid the advancement of disease. One study showed that bra wearing for more than 12 hours a day leads to much higher rates of breast cancer. Although it is obviously not necessary to go naked to avoid the problems of tight clothing the naturist attitude is that we should use clothes and not be used by them. Exposure of the skin to sunlight helps the body produce vitamin D, an essential vitamin especially in the development of children. Another health benefit is de-toxing one's body. The human body has thousands of pores all over our body. These pores are meant to absorb good vital and needed vitamins and to allow the release of bad or used toxins from our system. If the human body is 90% covered 80 – 90% of the time, how does the body release toxins? This can not be done efficiently or effectively. People believe clothing absorbing sweat is good, but it's not. Sweat is meant to cool the body when needed. When allowing clothing to wick away the cooling sweat, the body does not cool properly. Medical studies confirm, people who are practicing nudists 75% or more of the time, are healthier and their bodies retain less harmful toxins. Naturists expose themselves to the sun gradually and frequently so they do not get the severe sunburns of people in a midsummer rush to get a suntan. Naturists have been aware for a long time about the dangers of excessive exposure to the sun, especially the dangers of getting sunburnt. So they have been taking 'sunsmart' precautions for years. Most naturists wear sunhats when outdoors, they slip on a shirt if in danger of getting burnt, and they certainly use sunscreen. 15. Naturalism And Mental Health Being naked outdoors on a sunny day isn’t sexual, but it is sensual – a delight to your senses – creating a feeling of well-being. Researchers are now discovering that vitamin D may play an important role in mental health and in depression. We all know how invigorating the sun can be and how depressed we can feel in the winter, during days and days of cloud and rain…it even has a name SAD (seasonal affective disorder). Naturalism allows us to feel the breeze over the whole body and the cool grass under our feet. Add swimming without clammy suits into the mix, and you get a total stimulation of the tactile (touch) senses. In today’s world, where stress seems to be ‘part of the deal’, a visit to a naturist club can let you totally unwind. They often use the expression ‘shed your stresses with your clothes’ and that is totally true – once you get through the gate and dispense with your clothes, all your stresses can be felt draining away as nature’s elements caress your whole body. Naturists know they lead a much healthier life, physically and mentally due to the euphoria which creates a sense of well-being that can only be experienced to understand it. 16. Naturalism And Overall Health When you put a plaster cast on a broken arm the skin starves for Vitamin D. When you cover everything but your face, neck, and hands you are obliterating the symbiosis of the planet. Something else you may not have known is that nudism actually aids in the development of your brain and stimulates neuron growth simply because your range of motion is not hampered by clothing. Humans developed hairlessness long ago to reduce parasite loads, but when you wear garments it can be a breeding ground for fungi and bacterium causing yeast infections, rotting toenails, and UTIs……gross. Not to mention men’s snug pants raise testicle temperature lowering sperm count and fertility. Clothing actually tends to restrict the movement of the body; denying full range of motion. Clothing also tends to restrict the body’s natural method of temperature control when exerting energy which causes more sweating. Many health conditions such as Sickle cell anemia, arthritis, breast cancer, prostate cancer, other cancers, osteoporosis, MS, ALS, and heart disease are greatly improved or prevented completely by receiving appropriate levels of vitamin D via natural sunlight. Human beings evolved living outside, wearing minimal clothing during the summer, exposed to many hours of sunshine for several months of the year. This was our main source for healthy levels of vitamin D in our bodies. Vitamin D also prevents osteomalacia and rickets. Osteomalacia, which causes weakness of the muscular system and brittle bones, is most prevalent among adults with vitamin D deficiency. Rickets is a skeletal deformity mostly seen in children with vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D regulates blood pressure, reduces stress and tension, relieves body aches and pains by reducing muscle spasms, reduces respiratory infections, helps in differentiation of the cells, aids in insulin secretion, helps fight depression and schizophrenia, improves overall skin health by reducing wrinkles, makes skin soft, strong, and smooth, and improves cardiovascular strength by providing a protective lining for the blood vessels. Vitamin D also — improves blood flow and detoxifies the lymph system, prevents dermatitis, and helps improve learning difficulties and bipolarism. As you can see, naturalism is one of the best ways to stay healthy! 17. Naturalism And Being Barefoot Another part of being nude is going barefoot, did you know that going shoeless can boost your brain against Alzheimer’s? The sole sensation entices your brain into growing extra efficient neuron connections. Going shoeless is now recognized as an anti-Alzheimer’s, brain-boosting activity because the sole sensation entices your brain into growing extra, efficient neuron connections. Skipping shoes increases brain flexibility and youthfulness, and many podiatrists now advise going barefoot as much as possible. Clothes act as a barrier between nature and ourselves, they stop the flow of our vital life-force energy and symbolically bind us to society and all the constraints that it represents. When we are naked, our skin (the largest organ of the body) becomes an instrument of perception of the physical world, on a par with our eyes, ears, nose, and tongue. Our bare skin gives us access to a whole additional dimension of the real world. Not all the sensations we can feel in any of those modalities are pleasant, of course. The best thing to wear for walking is nothing at all. You get out to experience nature, right? Well get out there as natural as you can. Feel the sun and breezes on the largest sensory organ on the human body . . . the skin. People can enjoy walking clothed, but nude walkers know firsthand that doing so naked makes the experience quantitatively and qualitatively superior in every way. A solo nude walk in a remote forest is a spiritual experience. It renews your soul and fills you with joy. You will love everything about walking nude – the feeling, the exercise, and the beauty.
18. Naturalism And Body Acceptance Being nude is fun, healthy, and good for the soul. It promotes body acceptance and awareness, age acceptance, freedom, self-esteem, self-confidence, and celebrates one of God’s greatest creations. Naturally, nudity keeps the body from the restrictions of clothing, which shift and compress our bodies, and exposes the body to the air and sun, which has numerous health benefits. People raised in a nudist environment grow up with healthy attitudes about the body and easily understand the changes in their bodies. Instead of preaching shame about body parts and functions, the naturist movement instills respect for the body. They will understand better the ramifications of jumping too soon into adult behaviors and will be less apt to turn the body of another into an object of desire. This respect for humanity will carry through a lifetime. As the body ages, one will more readily accept the natural changes the human form undergoes through adulthood and into old age. Being accepted for who you are, not how you dress, your shape or size, or your walk in life. None of us have the, so called, "perfect body". We are all normal everyday people. The media and advertising that we are constantly bombarded with, has created a stigmatism, of what people should look like. They constantly tell and show us how women and men should look. But how many people do you know that look like the people in the ads on TV or in magazines? Not that many. You will not be judged or looked at differently for how you look. Naturists come in all shapes, sizes, races, ages, and physical conditions.
19. Naturalism And Self-Esteem Along with the increase in euphoria created by exposing the whole body to nature’s elements, naturism helps to increase confidence and self esteem. Once people shed their clothes they regard each other as equal individuals and pay little heed to status symbols – people are accepted as themselves and they can truly relax. The naturist philosophy encourages the acceptance of all people, no matter who they are or what they look like – what your body looks like becomes irrelevant ‘you are you’, and we are basically all the same underneath. Many people, women especially, think that their body isn’t good enough to show to others. However they needn’t worry – there are all shapes and sizes, colors and creed in the general population and the same exists in a naturist environment but everyone is accepted without prejudice. Some have experienced surgery, childbirth, or have scars from accidents, but social nakedness quickly shows you that you are accepted for who you are not what you look like – there is no need to worry about how your body compares with someone else’s. You will gain more confidence and feel totally ‘comfortable in your skin’. Clothing hides our bodies, and allows us to bury any shame or criticism we have of them deep in our subconscious mind. Time spent in the company of others of all body types without clothing helps normalize our views of our bodies and the bodies of others and give us a more realistic perspective on how we look. Shame can be released and we can come closer to the true joy of existing in the body we have for this life. Although newcomers to Nudism often worry about feeling self-conscious, in truth most self-consciousness melts away almost instantaneously and is replaced by self-acceptance and unprecedented feelings of relaxation.
20. Naturalism And Nature Some people feel more connected with nature when naked. For example, gardening naked is a great way to feel invigorated, liberated and at one with nature. The touch of plants against the skin and the feeling of grass under your feet awakens the tactile senses and the birds seem to accept you more as part of the surroundings when you are naked. Clothes cut us off from many of the tactile feelings of the natural world. We cease to feel the air and sun on our skin. We cease to feel the rain, the brush of foliage as we go through bush, the ceaseless communion with the wind. Unending wearing of clothes puts us out of contact with the physical world in which we live and on which we depend. We become cerebral beings who lose contact with our bodies. In fact it seems many people would like to dispense with their bodies and live only at the mental level. It seems to come as a shock to these people that they have bodies with natural functions that place demands upon them and change with age. As a contrast naturism places us firmly in the physical world and puts us in touch with the elements on which we depend for life. You again become a whole person and find your true place in the world. This is a spiritual experience. It is joyful to stand in the rain unadorned, feel the warm summer breeze caress all your skin, or walk through the bush naked.
21. Naturalism And The Environment Many people believe that nudism (or naturalism) is a way of life. Many do it for the environmental effects but also as a way to save money. But, as we know this way of living is not always socially acceptable which is the main reason a lot of people decide not to go nude. However, if everyone did we could help the environment in a huge way. If everyone went without clothes for at least once or twice a week we, as humans would leave a much smaller footprint on this earth and maybe even require one less earth. Naturalists are people who live naked everyday. They like to think of themselves as one with nature, they live in the woods and build homes with natural resources. Not all people believe in the use of factories or wearing the clothing produced by them; naturalists are a prime. They use what resources they can find to help save money and live a greener life. If we wore less clothing we would not have to shop as often. This helps the environment because that means fewer cars on the road driving to retailers. Clothes are a huge money and time-suck with shopping, laundry, closets, dressers, and gazillions of hours wasted wondering what so-and-so looks like with their garments removed. The global markets for swimsuits alone is expected to reach $17.6 billion annually by 2015; our carbon footprint would shrink like a wool sweater if fabric was no longer manufactured. With this new knowledge of nudism in regards to your health, you will have a different outlook on life and take less medicines. This also positively effects the environment because most medicines end up in landfills and take long periods of time to decompose. Meaning, you will be healthier and take less medicine. Also, by being more self confident, and supposedly better educated, naturalists are more likely to get better jobs, making more money, and have a better quality of life.
22. Naturalism And Your Inner Spirit Another beneficial factor of going nude is the ability to become self aware and confident in your own skin. Choosing to be naked on a daily basis or every so often boosts ones self-confidence. It breaks down the walls of stereotypes and pressure put upon us each day to be “perfect”. When you’re nude you have no one to impress, not even yourself. Doing things like Yoga or Tai Chi in the nude connects you to your inner spirit more closely. Without the restrictions of clothing, you can experience all the movements your body can do. And feel all of your muscles moving and working. Doing spiritual exercises in the nude is like nature at it’s pure finest. And you will feel better and more connected to nature and the spirit around you.
23. Naturalism And Children Pediatricians agree that infants thrive with a daily dose of “naked time” because the unhampered range of motion aids brain development, and stimulating neuron growth. Naturism is great for kids. Children who have grown up in a naturist environment have a better understanding and acceptance of all body shapes and sizes and how they develop. They grow up familiar with people of all ages and free of the usual curiosity about the human body and naturism gives children a healthy attitude to people of the opposite sex. Children are natural naturists and are usually too busy playing or making new friends to worry about the general lack of clothing. Studies have also found that children raised in nudist homes tend to be more socially developed (and often more intelligent) than those raised in “textile” families. The physiological effects of nudity on children are negligible at worst. In fact, children tend to take to nudity much easier and faster than their adult counterparts. In cases where children are raised in nude environments, they tend to see other people as the whole person without staking any more issue with a person’s private area than their elbow or ear.
24. They grow up very well adjust and whole as any child that has been raised in a textile world. Children from these environments tend to have higher self-awareness and higher self-esteem than their counterparts due to the lack of shame placed on appearance. Studies actually show that a percentage of children, boys in particular, that benefit greatly in their adult relationships because they failed to objectify women as a child. Children raised in nudism grow up with greater self esteem, and less likely to confuse nudity with sex. They grow up without bodily shame, have a greater understanding of human anatomy, and understand that the body is not something to be ashamed of, and it becomes less of a taboo to experiment with. Thus, they have fewer instances of teen pregnancy, std's, and criminal behavior. Children also are the most natural on naturists; they only learn that the body is something to be ashamed of and covered up from their parents, who tell them to cover up. Children also seem to be very well protected in a naturist atmosphere. They are not only there with their parents, but have around them their peers and adults that see nudity in a healthy and non-sexual way. Naturalism And Children
25. Naturalism And Teens Research has discovered that nudists have significantly higher body self-acceptance. Another study concluded that teens at a New York nudist camp were “extraordinarily well-adjusted, happy, and thoughtful.” It’s also excellent for teens to grow up free of shame about the human body. Teens growing up in a naturalist environment go through a lot, from puberty to thinking about their adult futures. Most teens will begin to feel bad about new features on their bodies when they go through puberty, so if they begin to dress up, don’t feel bad. Eventually, teens grow to accept their new bodies and features and begins to be naturalists once again. It is perfectly normal for teens to wear clothes and not be naked while going through their puberty stages. Don’t force a teen to be naked if they are not 100%. But encourage teens and praise their bodies while they go through this stage of life. Most teens in a naturalist family only takes a little bit of time wearing clothes before they are back being naturalists once again.
26. Naturalism And Families Remember the ‘good old days’ when Mom, Dad, and the kids all went out together on the weekends? Naturism is so good for quality ‘family time’ together. Studies have indicated that children raised in nudist homes are less inclined to become burdens to society. They are less likely to become involved in early sexual or drug experimentation or to commit crimes against society. This is partially because they are not as materially oriented and because they are already familiar with the looks and workings of the opposite sex. In general, nudity allows them to be more open and honest in their family life, which is expressed in how they relate to others in general. Nudists save money by not having to bail their children out of jail, take them to the doctors to treat sexually transmitted diseases, or help them raise unwanted grandchildren (as frequently). If all families raised their children with the same attitudes as nudists, we would all be able to save money by having to pay less in taxes to support fewer children of unwanted pregnancies, drug addicts, juvenile delinquents, vandalism, etc.
27. Naturalism And Families Many people that participate in naturist activities do so as a family. It is not uncommon to see several generations enjoying nudism together. Families that participate in nudism together seem to develop stronger family ties and values. Families who practice naturalism also raise kids who understand their bodies. Kids have complete acceptance of their bodies. They know the proper names for their anatomy and use them accordingly. There is no fear or embarrassment about seeing a person without clothes. Talk with your children about being comfortable with nudity at home, your children will grow up understanding that being nude & being seen nude at home isn't something uncool, horrible, and utterly embarrassing. Allow your children - from birth - to see you in ordinary nude situations (e.g.- dressing, bathing or showering, using the toilet) or any activity where nudity is a natural part. By being comfortable with your own body you will naturally convey the message to your children that nudity really is okay and not something to fear. This, in turn, will help children associate nakedness to routine activity instead of exclusively naughty activity, helping illicit forms of nakedness to lose their appeal later in life.
28. Naturalism And Animals People who practice naturalism are often also friendly to all types of pets and animals as well. Think about it, every species of animals on planet Earth is naked and does not wear clothes. Animals usually have fur or a coat to cover their skin. Humans does not have fur and only skin. This fact is true, humans is the only species on Earth that often wears clothing and does not practice naturalism most of the time. Once you try naturalism, you will see what every animal species on Earth already knows, that being nude is no big deal, and is a benefit to yourself and other animal species including humans. Plus, people practicing naturalism are also animal lovers and often helps out other animals who are in need.
29. Naturalism And Exercising No matter if you hike naked, canoe naked, bicycle naked, ride horses naked, run naked, walk naked, play volleyball naked, play badminton naked, play ping-pong and chess naked, swim naked, lifting weights naked, dance naked, naked bowling, or other activates naked. Exercising naked makes your body more fit, and with no clothes, your pores can release more toxins. Having no restriction of clothing makes your exercise routine easier. Naturalism is not only for the slim and trim or muscular. Evidence shows the slightly overweight to "obese" nudist have experienced dramatic weight loss due to an increase of activity largely explained by becoming secure with their appearance resulting in the confidence to socialize more.
30. Naturalism And Swimming Swimming is a natural recreational activity for nudists as it allows them to be in the water and to feel the water next to their skin. They do not have to worry about swimsuits that bite or chafe, and when they get out of the water, they are only dealing with the weight of the water, not the weight of soaked spandex. Imagine swimming in the pool without that uncomfortable bathing suit, then getting out of the pool without that wet, soggy suit clinging to your skin. Then lying in the sun and getting a tan without those unsightly tan lines. As you walk around, you are dried off naturally by the sun and breezes, what a wonderful feeling. Plus, being nude under a waterfall in nature is one of the best feelings ever.
31. Naturalism And Having Fun In a nutshell, nude recreation is no different from any other type of recreation. Nudists do not stop enjoying the activities that they previously loved simply because they do not have clothes on, and as more people consider this lifestyle for themselves, they realize that clothes do not really add much to the experience! Think about your favorite types of recreation, and think about how they can be enhanced by removing your clothing. Wearing clothes when we don't need them is like wearing a blindfold over our eyes or earplugs in our ears. We miss so much - the warmth of sunlight, the coolness of fog or a waterfall's mist, the caress of the breezes, mud between our toes, a summer rain funneling down our flanks. This feeling is often carried off into everyday life, in the textile world. You will probably begin to feel better about yourself altogether. In some cases job performance may increase, you may do better in school, and find it easier to get along with others. You will enjoy feeling totally free. The feeling of the air, sun, breeze on your body. Nowhere else can you feel totally free, without the constraints of clothing.
32. Naturalism And Other People Nudism is often referred to as the “Great Equalizer”. When people are naked around other people, it is difficult to tell if a person is the president of a bank, or a school janitor. Consequently, nudists tend to be far less “class-conscious”. Nudists are typically less likely to want to keep up with the Joneses, realizing that not only do clothes not really make the man, but neither do homes, cars, boats etc. . Naturists are some of the friendliest and open people on earth. When our clothes come off, social barriers also come down. People open up, and begin communicating with others, that they may have never considered talking to in a clothed situation. No longer can you tell what a person does for a living, their economic status, or their walk in life, simply by how they dress. Doctors, lawyers, construction workers, educators, even clergy are now all on an equal basis. Just think, if you are at any clothed activity, who would you be likely to talk to, based on other people's appearance? After you've answered that question, now think about this. Which type of world would you rather live in? One where people are afraid to communicate with others based on pre-conceived ideas of what a person is like by how they are dressed? Or one where everybody is accepted for who they are, their personality, and how they treat others?
33. 1 Communal Showering More and more schools are eliminating the need for showering after sports and PE. But, there are several benefits to requiring students to shower with no clothing. One, it makes the classroom environment easier to learn without smelly students. Two, it teaches students that all males or females have the same body features, and you should not be ashamed of your own body. And three, it teaches students about body acceptance, and your body and other people’s bodies are a natural thing. Communal showering would make the school environment better than what we see today like bullying, academic problems, and other school problems.
34. Get Started With Naturalism
35. Start In The Bathroom 1 You take a shower or a bath without clothes. For a lot of people this is the only moment of nudity of the day. Well, take one more step. Once you step out of the shower or the bathtub, stay naked to do what you have to do: brush your teeth, comb your hair, apply some make up, shave, etc. 36. Sleep Without Clothes 2 If you are used to pajamas or boxer shorts, try to sleep without. Add an extra blanket if you feel cold and enjoy the pleasure of feeling the sheets on your skin. Ensure you use your best sheets, either cotton with high quality thread or satin. You need to feel good slipping in your bed and getting this unique feeling of the sheets on your skin. Sleeping without clothes makes your sleep experience better.
37. Walking Inside Your Home 3 If you are comfortable nude in your bathroom and have spent a good time sleeping nude, you may move from your bedroom to your bathroom. Get up naked and walk to your bathroom, do what you have to do and go back to your room to get dressed.
38. Watching TV Or Reading 4 Why not strip off before going to bed. If you intend to watch some TV or read a book before going to bed, strip off. Do this ritual: take a shower, brush your teeth, and get comfortable on your couch to watch your favorite program or read your favorite book. Once you are ready to go to bed, you just have to move to your bedroom and slip in your bed, in your best pajama, your skin.
39. Doing Housework 5 If you are used to doing your chores on Saturday or Sunday morning, start a nude day: wake up, get your breakfast, take your morning shower, and continue your day naked, starting with your chores without restrictive clothing.
40. Cooking Meals 6 Preparing a meal is great done in the nude. Of course, if you are frying, put on an apron, getting hot oil on your skin is not a pleasant experience. So, put on some good music and start cooking. Being naked makes you more aware of your environment. After a couple of minutes, you forget you are naked, because it becomes an integral part of who you are.
41. Go Gardening 7 Now that you are hundred percent comfortable naked inside your house, if you have a garden, your next step is to go outside and enjoy the feeling of the wind and the sun on your bare skin. This is one of the finest enjoyments in life. Go and walk on the grass barefoot. You will find veggies, herbs, and flowers enjoying the sun (or the rain), as well as your skin.
42. Go To A Nude Beach 8 Now that you are comfortable with being naked outside, you are ready to visit your local nude beach and get in the middle of other naturists. On a nude beach, nobody cares about who you are and how you look, because everybody is naked. You may fear meeting somebody you know. Well, there are chances this someone will be naked as well and if he or she has been a nudist for a long time, will welcome you among the nudist community.
43. Go To A Nudist Resort 9 Spending a day at the beach is great to get the feeling of being naked in the middle of others. You are now fully ready to spend a couple of days without wearing any clothes. This is an exhilarating feeling to be able to walk around, chat, dine, have a drink, play games, just nude! Nudist resorts are great places full of friendly people. Go and do some research on the web before. Check if it’s affiliated to the local/national nudist/naturist federation. This is a guarantee of quality and respect of the nudist spirit. Then call to chat how things happen for newbies. Generally greeters in nudist resorts are really, really nice. Book for one or two nights and jump. There are chances you will never ever go back to clothed resorts and you will find any possible opportunities to get naked.
44. Go Naked Hiking 10 The last and final step of the naked journey is going out in nature to enjoy nature the best way: entirely naked. By discussing with fellow nudists in the resort you will now be visiting regularly, you will find people who are hiking naked. Find the right group and the right date, and jump on the bandwagon of naked hiking. Walking with friends naked, possibly meeting textile and resisting the temptations to dress, and getting comfortable being outside completely naked is when you can feel you are a complete naturalist.
45. Throw A Clothing Optional Party 11 Once you are a seasoned naturalist, you are ready to do parties at home with your nudist people. So invite your friends to a clothing optional party. This could be a barbecue for instance in the summer. It’s great to share your nudism in your own place. The great thing about clothing optional parties is you do not need to wonder what you are going to wear. Just your own skin! Have fun!
46. Reasons Why People Try Naturalism
47. 1 Reasons Why People Try Naturalism •All it is, is skin. •Am natural. •Because it feels good. •Because it’s natural. •Clothes are not as comfortable. •Comfort and freedom. •Comfort, friends, family. •Exuberating. •Freedom. •Freedom with friends. •Freedom with family. •Freedom and good times. •God created us to live nude. •Had God meant for us to be nudists, we would have been born without clothing! •Happiness. •Healthy Mind & Healthy Body. •I adore nature in raw. •I feel sixty years younger. •I like being nude. •I like to be nude. •I was born nude. Weren’t you? •I was born this way. •I was born nude! •Its how I was raised. •Its natural for me.
48. 1 Reasons Why People Try Naturalism •It’s so much more comfortable. •Just like to be nude! •Liberating! •Love the feeling being nude. •Makes life better! •Makes me feel good. •Mother Earth. •My bum loves the sun. •Nothing feels like more. •Nudity Equals Peaceful ,Beautiful, Freedom. •Only purpose for clothes is when it’s cold I’d rather be nude like how its meant to be. •Our Societies bull. •Perspective. •Sheds societies bill be free. •Straining Skin nerves sensory overload! •Sun good, clothes bad. •Sunlight, cool breezes, and water. •Sunshine all over my skin. •To be nude without shame. •To connect to nature naturally. •Unique, relaxing, and fun. •Warm sun and breeze. •We’re all equal when nude. •Why not? •Wind, sun on my skin.
49. Bullet Points On The Benefits Of Naturalism •The most natural way to get vitamin D is by exposing your bare skin to sunlight and the recommended ‘dose’ of sunlight on the total body, required to maintain adequate vitamin D levels. •Naturism allows us to feel the breeze over the whole body and the cool grass under our feet. Plus it can improve our mental health and prevent depression. Walking barefoot also helps to improve our health. •Along with the increase in euphoria created by exposing the whole body to nature’s elements, naturism helps to increase confidence and self esteem. You can truly relax, release stress, and be comfortable in your own skin. •Naturism is great for kids. Children who have grown up in a naturist environment have a better understanding and acceptance of all body shapes and sizes and how they develop. They grow up familiar with people of all ages and are free of the usual curiosity about the human body and naturism gives children a healthy attitude to people of the opposite sex. Naturalism is great for couples as well. •Naturalism helps control and reduces stress. •Naturalism increases self-confidence and the ability to overcome groundless fears. •Naturalism encourages greater honesty and openness with others. •Naturalism reduces dependence on artificial symbols of status and success. •Naturalism fosterers greater acceptance of the bodies and personalities of oneself and others. •Naturalism provides the experience of feeling greater freedom and heightened integration with the natural world. •Naturalism leads to a fuller experience of life beyond the mere attainment of selfish desires for approval and physical gratification. •Clothing impedes the functions of the skin, our largest organ. The skin is a barrier to invasion by microbes. We sweat to keep us cool by evaporation. Clothing slows down that process. Naturalism allows your skin, the largest organ on your body, to open its pores and allows your skin to release toxins. •People practicing naturalism save money by washing less clothes, using less air conditioning, and other products.
50. In Closing Love your body. Every fold, every curve, every hairy bit, every crack, and crevice. Do not allow society to tell you what your body “should” look like. Do not fall into the trap of weighing your happiness on the pound. Your body is your home. It grows, it changes, it fluctuates, it carries the emotions of the day. Understand it is strong, it bends, it folds, it rolls, it brings life. Love your body in all of it’s beautiful glory. Nudity brings a significant handicap on one’s ability to manipulate their own body image. If people were less able to change how they look then they would be less likely to search for the things society has defined as “flaws,” leading to less shame, more acceptance, and happiness with one’s body and less graffiti on mirrors. Naturists, by their very nature, are very respectful of others, friendly people. They enjoy doing the same things as does anyone else, just without the constraint of clothing. They are welcoming on newcomers, and hope you'll join them to find out what you've been missing.
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HELLSTATE TASK XXV. ― identity.
if  you  focus  on  what  you  left  BEHIND,  you  will  never  be  able  to  see  what  lies  AHEAD.
name meaning
MIRZA --- from a personal name based on the Persian honorific title Mirza, a shortened form of mir-zadeh 'child of a prince'. When The Mathur family lived in Karachi, they were plenty of Mathur’s to differentiate who was who, they had the title Mirza in front of their names. They dropped it when they came to America but it remains on Shantipriya’s birth certificate. 
SHANTIPRIYA--- Shantipriya is a Sanskrit name for girls meaning lover of peace.
NEERJA  --- Meaning of the name Neeraja is 'Lotus'. Neeraja is a name of Hindu / Indian origin, and is commonly used for females. 
MATHUR --- Hindi, unknown meaning.
astrological
BIRTH DATE --- August 7, 1986
STAR SIGN --- Leo
ELEMENT --- Fire
QUALITY --- Fixed
COLOR --- Gold, Orange, White, Red
DAY --- Sunday
RULER --- Sun
GREATEST COMPATIBILITY --- Aries, Sagittarius 
LUCKY NUMBERS: 1, 4, 10, 13, 19, 22
People born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist. They can achieve anything they want, whether it's about work or time spent will family and friends. Leo is a fire sign, which means that he loves life and expects to have a good time. Like other fire signs, Sagittarius and Aries, Leo is also able to use his mind to solve even the most difficult problems and take the initiative in solving various complicated situations. Ruled by the Sun, Leo worships the Sun in all is forms which is also a metaphorical expression of the state of his ego. This can be good, because Leos can easily search for what they need. But, on the other hand it can be problematic when Leos ignore the problems and needs of others in order to fulfill their desires. Leo has a specific strength and "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has too many friends because he is very generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, Leo is able to unite many groups of people at every opportunity. Problems can arise, when Leo becomes too fond of his achievements. This zodiac sign can also be arrogant, lazy and inflexible, because he assumes that someone else will clean up after him. A healthy sense of humor can make the collaboration with other people, easier.
STRENGTHS --- Generous, idealistic, great sense of humor Creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted, cheerful, humorous
WEAKNESSES --- Arrogant, stubborn, self-centered, lazy, inflexible
LIKES --- Theater, taking holidays, being admired, expensive things, bright colors, fun with friends
DISLIKES --- Being ignored, facing difficult reality, not being treated like a king or queen
YEAR OF THE TIGER --- Ranking as the third animal in the Chinese zodiac, Tigers are the symbol of brave. People born in the year of the Tiger are friendly, brave, competitive, charming and endowed with good luck and authority. With indomitable fortitude and great confidence, the tiger people can be competent leaders. On the other side, they are likely to be impetuous, irritable, overindulged and love to boast to others.
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ENFJ ( THE PROTAGONIST ) Protagonists are natural-born leaders, full of passion and charisma. Forming around two percent of the population, they are oftentimes our politicians, our coaches and our teachers, reaching out and inspiring others to achieve and to do good in the world. With a natural confidence that begets influence, Protagonists take a great deal of pride and joy in guiding others to work together to improve themselves and their community.
People are drawn to strong personalities, and Protagonists radiate authenticity, concern and altruism, unafraid to stand up and speak when they feel something needs to be said. They find it natural and easy to communicate with others, especially in person, and their Intuitive (N) trait helps people with the Protagonist personality type to reach every mind, be it through facts and logic or raw emotion. Protagonists easily see people’s motivations and seemingly disconnected events, and are able to bring these ideas together and communicate them as a common goal with an eloquence that is nothing short of mesmerizing.The interest Protagonists have in others is genuine, almost to a fault – when they believe in someone, they can become too involved in the other person’s problems, place too much trust in them. Luckily, this trust tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy, as Protagonists’ altruism and authenticity inspire those they care about to become better themselves. But if they aren’t careful, they can overextend their optimism, sometimes pushing others further than they’re ready or willing to go. ( READ MORE )
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TYPE TWO ( THE HELPER ) We have named personality type Two The Helper because people of this type are either the most genuinely helpful to other people or, when they are less healthy they are the most highly invested in seeing themselves as helpful. Being generous and going out of their way for others makes Twos feel that theirs is the richest, most meaningful way to live. The love and concern they feel—and the genuine good they do—warms their hearts and makes them feel worthwhile. Twos are most interested in what they feel to be the “really, really good” things in life—love, closeness, sharing, family, and friendship.
When Twos are healthy and in balance, they really are loving, helpful, generous, and considerate. People are drawn to them like bees to honey. Healthy Twos warm others in the glow of their hearts. They enliven others with their appreciation and attention, helping people to see positive qualities in themselves that they had not previously recognized. In short, healthy Twos are the embodiment of “the good parent” that everyone wishes they had: someone who sees them as they are, understands them with immense compassion, helps and encourages with infinite patience, and is always willing to lend a hand—while knowing precisely how and when to let go. Healthy Twos open our hearts because theirs are already so open and they show us the way to be more deeply and richly human. However, Twos’ inner development may be limited by their “shadow side”—pride, self-deception, the tendency to become over-involved in the lives of others, and the tendency to manipulate others to get their own emotional needs met. Transformational work entails going into dark places in ourselves, and this very much goes against the grain of the Two’s personality structure, which prefers to see itself in only the most positive, glowing terms..
BASIC FEAR ---  Of being unwanted, unworthy of being loved
BASIC DESIRE ---  To feel loved
HEALTHY LEVELS
LEVEL ONE, THEIR BEST: Become deeply unselfish, humble, and altruistic: giving unconditional love to self and others. Feel it is a privilege to be in the lives of others.
LEVEL TWO: Empathetic, compassionate, feeling for others. Caring and concerned about their needs. Thoughtful, warm-hearted, forgiving and sincere. .
LEVEL THREE: Encouraging and appreciative, able to see the good in others. Service is important, but takes care of self too: they are nurturing, generous, and giving—a truly loving person
AVERAGE LEVELS
LEVEL FOUR: Want to be closer to others, so start "people pleasing," becoming overly friendly, emotionally demonstrative, and full of "good intentions" about everything. Give seductive attention: approval, "strokes," flattery. Love is their supreme value, and they talk about it constantly.
LEVEL FIVE: Become overly intimate and intrusive: they need to be needed, so they hover, meddle, and control in the name of love. Want others to depend on them: give, but expect a return: send double messages. Enveloping and possessive: the codependent, self-sacrificial person who cannot do enough for others—wearing themselves out for everyone, creating needs for themselves to fulfill. .
LEVEL SIX: Increasingly self-important and self-satisfied, feel they are indispensable, although they overrate their efforts in others' behalf. Hypochondria, becoming a "martyr" for others. Overbearing, patronizing, presumptuous.
UNHEALTHY LEVELS
LEVEL SEVEN: Can be manipulative and self-serving, instilling guilt by telling others how much they owe them and make them suffer. Abuse food and medication to "stuff feelings" and get sympathy. Undermine people, making belittling, disparaging remarks. Extremely self-deceptive about their motives and how aggressive and/or selfish their behavior is.
LEVEL EIGHT: Domineering and coercive: feel entitled to get anything they want from others: the repayment of old debts, money, sexual favors.
LEVEL NINE: Able to excuse and rationalize what they do since they feel abused and victimized by others and are bitterly resentful and angry. Somatization of their aggressions results in chronic health problems as they vindicate themselves by "falling apart" and burdening others. Generally corresponds to the Histrionic Personality Disorder and Factitious Disorder.
character alignment 
NEUTRAL GOOD A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them.Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. Neutral good can be a dangerous alignment when it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.
four temperaments
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Your temperament is sanguine. The sanguine temperament is fundamentally spontaneous and pleasure-seeking; sanguine people are sociable and charismatic. They tend to enjoy social gatherings, making new friends and tend to be boisterous. They are usually quite creative and often daydream. However, some alone time is crucial for those of this temperament. Sanguine can also mean sensitive, compassionate and thoughtful. Sanguine personalities generally struggle with following tasks all the way through, are chronically late, and tend to be forgetful and sometimes a little sarcastic. Often, when they pursue a new hobby, they lose interest as soon as it ceases to be engaging or fun. They are very much people persons. They are talkative and not shy. Sanguines generally have an almost shameless nature, certain that what they are doing is right. They have no lack of confidence.
miscellaneous
HOGWARTS HOUSE: Gryffindor 
ILVERMORNY HOUSE: Pukwudgie
DIVERGENT FACTION: Amity
HUNGER GAMES DISTRICT: 9, Grain
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