That's really a major step in controlling your own abilities. Registering what affects you on an unseen level can be very difficult.  One thing I do is analyze how I am feeling as often as...|||I wish people would notice there is more to life than fighting. Every time I post on any political forum the extremists come out of the woodwork to bombard me with ugliness. I wish we could all just...|||Thank you for bringing this issue to light, Starflower. I can't count how many times I've wondered if I was losing my mind over the years. I figured it out in my mid to late twenties after I'd done...|||Sex is a fascinating subject. There are so many different taboos, practices, and methods to read about! I remember going to New Orleans when I was nineteen and buying my first copy of the Kama Sutra....|||I understand how difficult it is not to take things personally. I've been through many of the same things you're describing with family and friends. I wish I could help you grow a thicker skin. You...|||I wish that America would take a great big dose of curiosity.   I wish that I could meet more people in my daily life that are as fascinated by life, love, people, and the world as I am.   I wish...|||I've really enjoyed this thread.   These are mostly questions I get from my husband and family.  What are you reading? Did you already finish that other book!? Are you ok? Are you upset?...|||I was referring to a time before chiefdoms during a more egalitarian form of living (If it ever truly existed). I do agree that there have always been haves and have-nots, but I would surmise during...|||In the time of hunter-gatherers, before humankind divided the earth up into haves and have nots. When people lived every minute and worked only a few hours a day to feed their families. When the...|||I am the one...  who rarely shares her problems, but gladly listens when someone wants to share their own.  that reads my favorite stories year after year to revisit characters I have come to...|||Curses! Your plans for world domination exceed my own!|||That's the hardest part of being in love, that nagging feeling that he just doesn't want you around. It stays there for a long time; it did for me anyway. I still grill him now and then on how much...|||I think your instincts are right. Let him get in touch with you. I know it's difficult, but you can be sure if he calls you that he misses you. Don't let it get you to distraught if he doesn't call...|||After reading these posts I guess it's just natural for us to question and most others not to. I need to just learn to accept that. It has caused me no end of annoyance.|||I wish I could do more. I'm so sorry things went so badly for you. Perhaps in time she will realize you never meant her harm, and that she misses your friendship. Much of what you've said sounds like...|||Anytime I find myself in hyper-thought mode I'm  usually also anxious and unhappy. For me it is a matter of channeling that excess, restless energy. I have to get rid of it to feel content again. I...|||I've gotten into a really heated fight with a racist before. There were four of us in a car on our way to an archaeology job. The racist guy and I were in the backseat. I had never met the guy. He...|||I think you should take a chance and write the shy guy you like an email. See how he responds. Maybe just tell him about your confusion over your major, and some of what you're doing with your...|||Good on you man! Also, INTJs rock my world.|||I detest the waiting game. I remember playing this with my INTJ. I felt like if I called him I'd scare him off. So I waited on him to call me. It drove me crazy. I don't know what to tell you other...|||I agree with everything VividTexture had to say. I don't feel I have the right to police anyone's thoughts. In my opinion we should have the freedom to do as we please as long as it doesn't infringe...|||I would be suspicious of any compliment from someone I felt didn't know me. If you took the time to ask some questions and get to know me a bit then the compliment would be more believable.|||My problem has never been with loving people. I can usually find something to love in anyone I meet. Sometimes I meet people that exhibit so many traits I can't tolerate that I never look any deeper,...|||I just never counted it as being in trouble if I never got caught.|||I'm with gloosle on this one. Most people tell me all about themselves. Every now and then I'll meet someone who listens as well as I do, and we'll stare at each other for a while. I love to ask...|||I didn't get in  much trouble in school, but I usually kept my head down in a book. Got in a little trouble for that a few times because Stephen King wasn't on the required reading list.   I used...|||I hear you. I feel you. I agree with you on almost every point. However, I feel that each individual contributes based on what they have to give. I used to believe that I had to accomplish something...|||Such a tall order to make this list. I read and reread my favorites until they are practically falling apart. When I was a kid I loved Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Robert Jordan, J. R.R. Tolkien, Anne...|||I really enjoyed your take on this. You came up with something almost completely new, and wholly unlike me. Very nice. Unfortunately I'm not much of a poetry critic or I'd give you more feedback....|||That cracked me up. Thanks man.|||The most important thing is that you realize what behavior you want to change. This realization can take some people an entire lifetime. Some never realize it at all. Several years ago I realized...|||Would it be possible for you to teach art? You seem like you'd be excellent at it.|||I understand where you're coming from. I played basketball for a year, and found I had the same issues you do. The same went for softball. I ended up forsaking sports in school in favor of band. I...|||I totally feel what you're saying.|||It sounds fascinating. My father is a great coach - though he never got into it professionally. He taught me so much, and still does to this day. I admire the confidence you guys bring to a...|||Thanks, Lady K! I'd love to help you learn guitar. Just holler if you want some tips.|||I think families are falling apart for multiple reasons. One reason is that people have to work to long and to hard to make ends meet. They have little time left for their families. Without time and...|||Here is another I've written recently.  Going Home    Soon I'll be going home  To the humid air of Alabama  The heat will slap me    like a good friend slaps you  on the back  The breeze...|||I love reading everyone's poems. Thank you all so much for posting them. Here is one of my new ones.  For the Gulf            Sparkling water shimmers in the noonday sun    Underneath, a growing...|||Reading this post made me realize that I have bubbly moments. Dancing and singing to my dogs would qualify as bubbly methinks.  Thanks Razvan, it's always nice to realize something new.|||I met my first best buddy in the fourth grade. She wanted to ride my bicycle and I said no wai! We've been friends ever since. I guess that would be twenty-five years now. We're not as close as we...|||I wanted to be a musician or an actress to begin with. Stage fright just overwhelmed me. I managed to perform in the senior play and was thrilled by it, but talk about a draining experience. I hosted...|||If your letter doesn't work you might consider the gentler version of Omar's suggestion. He's right, sometimes people just can't take a hint. Sometimes something concrete like a letter works wonders...|||I can't draw to save my life. I mismatch my socks quite often. I dress to be comfortable, so I end up agonizing over special occasions. My room ends up looking like my closet exploded. I seem to...|||Are you my sister? So many similarities it's almost eerie.     This sentence is beautiful and dead on. When I began studying anthropology in college I developed a fascination with the...|||I am fascinated by this topic. Recently I put the two closest men in my life through an experiment to see if I could detect them lying. They are both INTJs. One loves to tell tall tales. The other is...|||No way. Everyone is just different. I have seen my husband cry once in the thirteen years I've know him, and that was because I drove him to it. I was so shocked when he cried I didn't know what to...|||How many people here that get depressed also exercise regularly? I'm just curious. I had issues with depression throughout my twenties and into my early thirties, but I didn't exercise regularly....|||You should listen to your intuition. If you feel danger signals there is a reason for that. From reading your posts I would say you're not ready. Don't let people peer pressure you into a...|||I've written a couple of sad ballads. Here's an example. I've never had it recorded, unfortunately.   A Sad State of Disrepair Walls, Ceilings, Spiraling Stars A Sad State of Disrepair I can't...