Dibble Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 A big hello from the Netherlands! I haven't been listening to FDR for a very long time (4 months or so) but since I like to have something to listen to while I work from home a few days a week I've been plowing steadily through the backlog of Sunday Philosophy Shows, which are my favorite. I've gone from "My parents used to hit me and it didn't hurt me or make me a bad person" with a lenient attitude toward 'corrective spanking' to "My mom used emotional blackmail and hysteria to get us to do what she wanted and my dad ignored us until he deemed it necessary to dish out some physical disciplining" in those short months. It's been quite a ride. I have always liked the Super Nanny shows because it's nice to see families in distress become harmonious but now it's turned in to quite an obsession. I've watched so many episode it wouldn't surprise me if one day one of my neighbors asks me how my kids are doing since they've heard so much screaming and yelling coming from my house. I don't have any children, so that will be a confusing conversation if and when it ever comes up. Anyway. Looking forward to meeting the folks here and doing some more digging in my past as I simply can't remember anything from before age 7 or so.
Ruben Zandstra Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Hi SPRNanny, welcome to the boards! I have the same thing with early childhood memories: not much to go on. But from the later stuff I do remember, I can make some pretty good guesses. Journalling, writing down dreams, therapy, talking with parents/ siblings / old neighbours and friends has been of help to me. How did you find out about FDR?
Dibble Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 Hello Ruben, I found Stef's video on the uselessness of voting on Youtube and started clicking on his other videos in the 'related' list and found that they were pretty interesting. So I subbed to his channel and then found out about the Sunday shows which struck a lot of chords with me whenever someone talked about their childhood. Since I'm on a 'self discovery' road at the moment I just steadily keep going deeper down the rabbit hole Still considering therapy. Talking with my immediate family won't do me any good as I just have to accept that there's going to be no aknowledgement forthcoming from them, stuck in their own issues as they are, I might have to seek external parties for digging in the subconscious memory :S
Ruben Zandstra Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Did you have a go at Stef's books yet? Real Time Relationships and On Truth might be of particular interest to you. They're available in audio. So sorry to read about your brother / family in the other post.
Dibble Posted February 2, 2013 Author Posted February 2, 2013 I have downloaded the Relationships one. Will check out On Truth after that, thanks []
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