Jul 22 2008
Mental Health Humor : Sticks And Stones
Free Mental Health Humor : Sticks and Stones -
Almost every child has heard the old saying “Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.” I’m not sure if this is just an American expression or if other countries have their own saying like it. If there is, please feel free to comment about it.
Well, Monday’s post kind of focused on my writing and grammar issues. Now, I really did appreciate the comments I got about it. So, thank you very much. But what you don’t see is my real writing. See every thing I post here is meticulously edited by my wife. She is the type that loves to find typos too… Still, unless you are a VIP Today.com blogger, you might not really see what I’m talking. So, feel lucky you won’t need to have a decoder ring to read this.
Really makes you think about what we are talking about when we allow stuff like this to affect us? It’s about our own self-worth. For years, I limited myself because I thought I was stupid. I turned down jobs because I would have to read and write and I never wanted anyone to see how bad it was. This fed into my already crumbling self esteem…
How important is our view of our self-worth?
“Self-Worth and Depreciation
Self-worth is frequently based on our feelings of worth in terms of our skills, achievements, status, financial resources, or physical attributes. This kind of self-esteem or self-worth often cultivates an independent and arrogant attitude. When we find ourselves not measuring up to society’s criteria for worth, we suffer serious consequences.”
Self-worth and self-esteem is like a beautiful, stained glass window. It can be admired by all but it is fragile. All it takes is a few sticks or stones to bring it crumbling down! How do we protect it? Well, I will leave this for you to answer… How do you maintain your self-worth?
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As you may know, Chato, I got my life back once I addressed my nutritional deficiencies and I use two specific items for that. Great! But once I’d leveled off and the screaming roar from my bipolar was down to a low rumble, I realized that my inner self had to be addressed as well. I distinctly felt that something was wrong with my thinking that I could work on if I just knew how.
That feeling led to research and I tried many different products. Nothing helped although many teachers made some very valid points. I eventually found the meditation tools I still use today and they were the ticket to this problem you’re blogging about.
The meditation I do does not make my problems go away. But it raises my tolerance for those problems and I simply don’t feel so concerned about them. Over time, this applies to more and more of my life. I still have the problems, in some cases, but they’re more like hurdles or simply unsolved riddles for the moment. Things that can’t upset me and I know I’ll rectify soon. Or if they’re large problems that would have normally upset the crap out of me, I now have more patience to deal with them in their own time.
When it comes to self worth, I learned I was putting way too much of a load on myself that only existed between my ears. A lot of what I thought others were thinking of me, didn’t exist. I was manufacturing it and then giving it permission to ruin me from there. Sort of like getting your butt kicked by a theory or an idea. It’s not really there!
So my form of meditating, which is not traditional and couldn’t be easier, allows me to deal with more and more and gives me the strength of character that I need, almost by default. The stuff that made me feel weak, scared, and alone, no longer lives. I became stronger as it died off. A calm has taken root in me that, to be honest, is not always present, but usually. And when a situation happens that causes me to get mad, I don’t develop the same intensity of rage and its shorter lived than before. In the process, this new way of feeling and thinking has led to a stronger sense of self. I feel valuable but I also do NOT feel the need to make sure others know that. I’m good just knowing it myself and that is like two-layer confidence! If you think you’re strong but feel bad if no one acknowledges it, then you’re not really strong yet. Or you’re a lower level of strong.
I just don’t look at the world the way I did when I was sick and it continues to evolve. As my view changes and expands, I simply feel better about myself at the same time.
And that’s how Kenny got to feelin’ good about Kenny again!
Take care,.
Ken
Well Said Ken! I just had a WRAP training a few weeks back. Some of what your talking about was part of the wellness tool box.
It’s really encouraging to hear success stories such as Kenny’s; my life has certainly improved big time due to the Clozaril…..I can face who and what I am and have even accepted my illness as a vital part of myself. I love being manic; I’m so much more creative, all my ideas are wonders, the energy is immeasurable and along with that such euphoria….well my meds have brought the illness into an acceptable measurement so that the moods don’t fly as high or sink so low. I kind of feel like losing my mania is a price I have to pay for keeping away from depression. But I still feel really well, and am still getting used to what it’s like living life on the level, and I like what I’m finding!