Beyond the Pain

I wrote this post about "Dancing with My Muse" over at Creative Careers Unleashed.

It’s got me thinking about the relationship between pain and pleasure.

I’ve noticed that when I feel the building rush and tingle of sensual pleasure… and push it down, suppress it… then I immediately feel the crush of myalgic pain.

I wonder how much this has to do with being abused as a child.

Was pleasured followed by pain? Were they somehow inextricably linked?

Or, is the repression of fundamentalism that paints any hedonistic feelings as BAD?

I don’t know.

All I do know is that when I breath and let the pleasure flow… the pain goes or doesn’t even come.

Tags: Pain Relief

What happens when you feel tired?

Does the "Monster" take up residence behind your eyeballs?

You know the one that whispers in your ear.

Dis-couraging advice like: "Why bother?" "Give it up! You”ll never succeed." "Nobody wants your talents." "Why don’t you just jump…"

I don’t remember where I first heard this advice, but it’s a damn good. Apparently, folks attending Al-Anon meetings are told to remember the acronym H.A.L.T. Why?

Because, when you are H – hungry, A – angry, L – lonely, or T -tired you will be more susceptible to dis-couragement… to the "Monster" behind your eyeballs.

I know whenever I’m tired I get very dis-couraged and down on myself.

So, when I hear those dis-couraging words I tell Monster to "SHUT UP!"

Or, I find something I enjoy doing, like Blogging, and I do it!

Tags: Pain Relief