This may seem strange to those of you that know me, but I tend to worry a lot. That part probably doesn't surprise you as I'm fairly well known to be paranoid about a lot of things :) the bit that is surprising is that very often I worry about other
people, in a way best described as "caring" about those people :O :O :O
This is something I suppose I've always done, but perhaps when combined with my increased level of boredom it becomes more pronounced? After all, do we not keep our minds busy to avoid contemplating the inevitable negativeness of a situation? So while my
mind is not kept busy, I focus on the hypothetical negativity of a situation. I say hypothetical because in 90%+ of cases where I am worrying about something/someone the odds of something bad actually happening is remote if at all existant, however, despite
the fact that I know this, it does not seem to help, knowledge does not translate to re-assurance, facts have no bearing on emotions. Despite the fact that nothing bad is likely to happen, that does not mean that it cannot happen.
The question therefore, is how to deal with this problem? Alcohol would seem to be an obvious answer, after all, what is one of the first things we stop doing when we drink? We stop worrying, however I am not so short-sighted as to not see the possible
long term results of such a course of action. Medication has proven ineffective in the past and besides which, I do not wish to replace one chain (worrying) with another (dependency on pills). I am not a person to put weight in the opinions of others without
due cause, so Counselling or other "talk to someone about it" therapies do not seem to be the answer either.
Perhaps, as is often the case, I shall look to certain more "extreme" but tried and tested solutions. Aversion therapy often seems to me to be a suitable solution to most problems related to the way a person thinks or feels, so perhaps this is another situation
where it would be applicable? Pain administered whenever one worries, with the ultimate solution that a person will conciously or otherwise choose to cease worrying because of the result, although this could create an interesting paradox? Would one worry about
worrying because of the result of worrying? Further study into the area is probably needed.
Well, that will do for our "blog" portion, let us now proceed to our regular appointments...
IRC Quote of the day
I seem to be branching out into more channels on IRC again, so expect to see some new faces today...
Announcing todays bronze trophy.....Nici/Vesta/NCC for 'boob slapping' - NCCs first entry into the competition and a while since we last saw Vesta take a trophy
Announcing todays silver trophy.....Kyoto/Vlad/Nici for 'ohshi-' - Kyotos first entry into the competition
But todays gold trophy goes to.....TSLOLWedgeAntillesPDA for 'Everyone hates NPO' - TSLOLWedgeAntillesPDAs first entry into the competition, even if it is because he's rofl stupid :)
No movement as such, but we have a challenger coming up from behind:
1st Place: Vladisvok with 19 points across 9 showings - up 2 points and 1 showing
2nd Place: Cyphon with 16 points across 7 showings - No change
3rd Place: Vesta with 15 points across 8 showings - Up 1 point and 1 showing
3rd Place: Nici with 15 points across 9 showings - Up 3 points and 2 showings
Will Nici overtake Vesta next time? Stay tuned to find out!
Quote of the day
Todays QoTD is brought to you by Frederick Ellis :
"Death is my final civil liberty, and I do not choose to surrender it to the state, a church or a physician."
I hope you'll come back next time for another edition of..."Vlad's Musings!!!"
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