Questions I Ask Myself

[kokopelle]

When are suicidal desires a product of a fear to live instead of the 'valid' results of depression?

When are the perceived accusations of others really just a smokescreen for self loathing?

Can fear of life remove joy from the same life?

How can a person tell when they are truly sick or just truly selfish?

One step forward, six feet deeper down...

Comments

[franciscan.livejournal.com]

These are good questions.

Sometimes, it is good to get out of one's head and just see the beauty in life around us.

Blessings

[chimerae.livejournal.com]

1.) Suicide is running away rather than moving toward. It's all the same, including the "valid" results of depression. The IMPULSE is an opportunity as it's essentially a dungeon map to treasures. You still need to pick your battles and your timing -- dragons' be there as well. He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.

When is self loathing truly self-sourced and not a pre-emptive learned response to personal attacks (and accusations) of others. It doesn't really matter, if you reel in your center of gravity so that you follow the feelings and map your own internal wounding. Map the internal minefield is mapped so that you can avoid, contain, or redirect explosions. THAT done, there are at least two more significant layers to address -- projections from others and legit (and useful) critique as opposed to criticism. There's all the difference in the world between critque and criticism but it doesn't FEEL that way unless you've learned to work with the benefits.

Fear of life becomes fear of experience. Fear of experience becomes fear of joy. Joy increases the experience of pain if you have a lot of wounding so it's not a misplaced fear . . .

. . .and DAMN, I gotta run. Hopefully, I'll be back at this later.

Strength to your sword arm, peace on the journey.

[greensh.livejournal.com]

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