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invaderhorizongreen
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04 May 2015, 10:39 pm

One of my co workers needs surgery, they are a good friend of mine too.

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08 May 2015, 6:24 am

I wish I didn't have poor social skills
I wish I am able to hold down a job
I wish I was as confident as I was 10 years ago
I wish I didn't have the mentality of a 5-year-old brat
I wish I was more independent

I wish I could have all these things and lead a normal life.

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08 May 2015, 3:27 pm

I wish heaven was down here on earth, and that all my earthly worrisome things in my life would just evaporate.

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08 May 2015, 9:30 pm

I wish we could get some rain soon, it is too dry out and rather warm for this time of year.

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08 May 2015, 9:35 pm

Washington's water supplies [snow pack] are too low for its own good.

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10 May 2015, 10:51 am

I really hate the way some people treat me. It makes me SO angry! People bully me a lot and get away with it but as soon as I defend myself/respond to them everybody gets mad at me. UGH CAN'T PEOPLE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?! :wall:

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10 May 2015, 12:45 pm

Taylor1002 wrote:

Some people, who I don't even know, tell me about their problems...It seems to happen every few weeks. I'm not heartless. I care about other people, but it's really upsetting to know that someone's suffering and not know how to help them or what to say.

a few days ago a classmate, who I hardly know, cried on my shoulder because of her stress...she talked about her schoolwork and, almost apologetically, mentioned her anxiety disorder and her new medication for it. I think she talked with me for about 5 minutes. I didn't know what to say or do and I said anything I hoped would comfort and help her. People who don't know me have told me about other things, like their divorce or their dying child.

I don't know why they would tell me about those things...I hope that it makes them feel better. But, it leaves me feeling emotionally drained and like I can never say the right thing.

This used to happen to me a lot back in high school and the post-years. I'd try and give the best and advice and do what I felt was right and hope that they felt better about everything. A lot of the time my friends would come back to me saying "I should have taken your advice" or "you were right" because I guess they did the complete opposite. Ah well, I did all I can, still do.

Just try and not get to upset and drained about it and take comfort that they find you to be a trustworthy and dependable friend. Others though probably do it (talking about people that barely know you or not at all) just to have someone to vent to for convenience.

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10 May 2015, 9:18 pm

Sometimes, this place gets really annoying. If I knew everything already, I don't think I'd bother posting at all.

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12 May 2015, 8:55 am

Today, I am teetering on the edge of a deep anger with you. I'm sick and tired of your out of control anxiety being my problem, I'm wondering are you behaving like this for kicks? What the hell are you panicking about anyways, something concrete, life threatening? ...No? A fricking noise you thought sounded like one of the dogs being run over, even though they are all here in their baskets, visibly safe and sound.

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14 May 2015, 1:42 pm

Uh, you're an adult. Choose for yourself, and don't act like it's unreasonable for me to consider it something other than a privilege when you ask me to choose for you. It's a burden, and you know it.

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15 May 2015, 4:05 pm

It's been nearly a week since I got into this huge fight on a reality show forum and my OCD compelled me to go back on and people are STILL talking about me. People I don't even know are talking s**t about me and even the f*****g moderators are talking s**t about me as well. JUST SHUT THE f**k UP AND f*****g LEAVE ME ALONE AND GET A f*****g LIFE YOU f*****g LOSERS!! ! I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO ANY OF YOU!! ! GO f**k YOURSELVES YOU f*****g TWATS!! !! !

Sorry for swearing but I'm just so angry. WHY CAN'T THESE PEOPLE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE FOR GOD'S SAKE??? :wall:

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15 May 2015, 8:04 pm

vercingetorix451 wrote:

I'm not sure if discussion is appropriate on a "rant" thread, but here goes:

I've found it more useful to avoid concrete advice, because it can sound judgmental. I prefer to paraphrase their words back, tell them it is OK and natural to feel how they are feeling, and whatever else I think will let them "get it all out" without adding additional stress. Whenever I consider offering advice, I remember that its not about the nail.

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15 May 2015, 10:45 pm

domanite wrote:

I'm not sure if discussion is appropriate on a "rant" thread, but here goes: I've found it more useful to avoid concrete advice, because it can sound judgmental. I prefer to paraphrase their words back, tell them it is OK and natural to feel how they are feeling, and whatever else I think will let them "get it all out" without adding additional stress. Whenever I consider offering advice, I remember that its not about the nail.

that sounds very Rogerian of you :wtg:

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16 May 2015, 6:49 pm

Another co worker is out with an injury, we are short on people as is. :skull: :skull:

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17 May 2015, 9:10 pm

I dislike it and think it's absurd and ridiculous when people think there is some kind of psychological or abstract meaning behind my artwork, as in they analyze it and think there's subtleness and double-meanings. Or I am projecting myself or my experiences into my work. They treat it as though I'm doing modern/contemporary abstract art or something...I'm not doing any of these things. Far from it, actually. What you see on the paper or canvas is all that it is.

It's imaginative realism, that's all it is. I'm illustrating stories, myths, and legends. It's just storytelling and art, nothing more. Most illustrators I look up to are striving to bring back the Renaissance way; which technically was illustration. The artists during that time were illustrating things like Bible stories and other mythology, history, that sort of thing. Today, artists are illustrating modern fiction, their own ideas and stories, and even the things that the artists of the past were doing as well.

That's what I do with my work too. I primarily work in the fantasy, science-fiction, and history genres. I enjoy drawing scenes from my favorite books and other elements from scifi/fantasy worlds, or things from humanity's past. Drawing character/creature concepts is something else I find enjoyable. Just creating art, that's what I want to do with my life.

Often get from people that I could be rich and famous from my work. I just want to be able to make a living on my work, nothing more. I don't seek fame or fortune. That is for fools. I would find that sort of lifestyle to be very uncomfortable and miserable. Enough to lead a comfortable life is okay with me, and to share my work with people that enjoy it as much as I enjoy creating it is all I want.

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18 May 2015, 6:23 am

"Good" Body language and language tone = "Good attitude"

No, just no. :evil:

And good manners? Do you know that your 'good manners' from where you live, is useless somewhere else?

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