Hi, I wonder where all the other solidaric people have gone to...maybe they
also felt fooled in a way by that extremely boring maccaroni video. I mean,
definitely you are not obliged to entertain us with your self-analysis, but
...since that was what we could relate to, noodles I can eat alone -
Anyway, I guess I have experienced a lot of stuff like this, and, what to
say, shortly? One, when I was for example in a group of friends, but I
didn't know all of them so well and was getting afraid about my behaviour
or somebody disliking me, or how to interpretate things, I used to ask my
really close friend if she was with me, and she would reassure me, mostly,
or give me some advice or explanation. (maybe this sounds as if I couldn't
think for myself, but she was older than me and knew the situation and
people better, so it made sense). I think you can open up and talk about
these things, if you feel like it, it just: shouldn't be the wrong people,
it shouldn't be too early or the wrong moment, and, even if it's good
friends who like you(me, anybody) very much, they can get fed up with it,
so it's always a balance to keep and to check how it is with them, somehow,
-that I find hard, unluckily, as I said above: since I often had this
"paranoia" it might happen, that by ignoring my fears (because I think they
are just imaginary..not founded,grounded. based on anything real) I might
also misbehave without noticing...so I think it's nice to be able to be
open and get feed back in time. I don't know if I make myself clear.
"Pseudo buddhist bullshit" - I don't think I want to go into all of this
here, especially because it would take me too long in writing, I am not a
very educated person in ..religious topics...if you call it that, but I
have had inclinations, and some years ago I was deeply in love with
somebody who lived far away and was tied up somewhere else and who I
believed love me, too. I was very happy for our love, even if it was so
little time, but what happened later was, that when I missed him and he
didn't have time, he didn't comfort me, but tell me, kind of, I should
meditate, do this mindfulness stuff, then I wouldn't have a problem, and
that if I felt hurt and so , if was only the ego. That he didn't miss
people (because: if you live in the moment only, what should you miss..? )
That time doesn't exist, that we're all one and don't exist as single
persons (or shouldn't at least feel so much like that, if we kill the ego
we don't have to feel lonely or abuse or anything, I suppose) and he
also proclaimed it was okay, if he said and did totally contradicting
things all the time. Because of constant change, he wasn't the same person
today like yesterday, so why should he be "nailed down" on what he said
then? And that the mind (thinking) anyway doesn't get close to the truth at
all, logic and contradictions etc. he didn't consider important,valid (at
least not in these our discussions) and also feelings (ego). Do you believe
me, because I loved this guy so much, and trusted him, it nearly drove me
crazy? Do you understand that since I'm trying to get over this, I have
developed a "Buddhophobia" (that's how I call it), because (even though I'm
sure not all Buddhist or hindu or mystical people are like that, and I
definitely don't mean to be rude or unfriendly to anybody because of their
faith or life strategies...usually I find it interesting or just okay as
long as the people are "decent" people) meaning, an aversion to all
mind-stuff that tries to tell people that it't kindof a sickness or
evilness if you love somebody and long to be loved, too. This Buddha idea,
that life is suffering because you don't get all your wishes fulfilled, so
if you don't want anything, you don't suffer.
Okay, if some people don't want to feel attached to whatever, material
things or human beings, so be it,..but they shouldn't tell to others that
they are not as good, enlightened or whatever, because they seek
attachment. ("Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is not freedom for
the tree". - citation after Rabindranath Tagore)
..all these ideas, even that the world doesn't exist and is only a dream
etc. These maybe nice ideas for some people, but for me they really turned
into a bad trip...
Okay, I don't know if you are interested in this, I rather stop now. I also
wrote a huge comment on your earnest outsider clip, maybe you didn't see it
yet, because it appeared later and is somewhere in between.
I think your friendship with this girl sounds nice and you should try to
take it easy as much as you can, sweet and easy, see what happens, have
fun, explore the place and be open to her.
Are you unable to connect with the emotional lives of others? Are you
unable to step outside yourself and try to imagine and feel what the other
people in your life are feeling when they want to get close to you but you
don't let them. I have a man in my life that I love so much but when things
start to get too close he pulls away. I long to see him often but he takes
trips away for months at a time and even though we talk, text and e-mail
it's not the same . I want a closer connection. All this fear of
abandonment at his core, that he is not even aware of, is what causes him
to push others away. But then it creates a self-fullfilling prophesy in his
life because how long can I hold on when I'm always being kept at arm's
length and can never get a deep emotional connection. I need that to
continue to be there for him. If he would just let me into his heart then I
would love him with all my heart and soul forever.
Thanks so much for posting this, your words resonated deeply and just
hearing them made that feeling subside and gave me some direction. One
thing I realized is that when you talk to someone who's not anxious in
their life/attachments, they'll probably prescribe the things that work for
them, which in turn only tells you to hide the anxiety and look harder for
that "flip in brain logic", which then makes the anxiety and relationship
you're in harder because you're hiding it! But really, thanks, you're not
alone.
Like others have said, I find myself relating to pretty much everything you
say. It seems like you know yourself very well and I have found your
insights helpful in exploring my own issues with anxiety. So, thank you for
having the courage to be open about these topics.
Thank you for just saying everything in my head. I've been dealing with
this for as long as I can remember and although I know other people have
it, I just needed to see it. So thanks again.