somebody Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Hello, I am new to the forums, and would love some advice on a problem I've been encountering with reaching a personal equilibrium of sorts. For me, visualizing myself as an entity within the context of time, and society is very important in feeling stable with relationships - relationships with my self, and relationships with others. Recently, I've been feeling like I am summersaulting, my life is too chaotic to level my head long enough to gain a strong grasp on the elements that make up my environment. Any advise on reaching personal equilibrium? what works for you?
neeeel Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Hi, its not clear to me what you mean by, for example "summersaulting" or "reaching personal equilibrium" Your post is very general, and very vague, non specific. Would you be able to give a bit more detail on what is bothering you? 1
surfingthoughts Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Journaling and trying to be aware of what's going on in the moment helps me if I understand you correctly, more details and examples would be good to help us understand.
Drew. Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I would second journaling. When I was absolutely lost in my life, I began journaling. I had a record of who I was, how I was feeling, and what I was thinking. It remained consistent day by day. After time, I was able to better distance myself from all of my surface thoughts and feelings, and I was better able to dive deeper into the core of who I was, and from there gain some grounding in myself and in my life. I found that working with a therapist helped to teach me how to peel the layers and get back to who I was so that when I became lost, confused, and split off I could find my way to my core and work from there.
Katkat Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I am not in the right place to say what would help you. I somehow related to this post cause I am very confused, I am starting to as pill the layers of my emotions and thoughts, started thinking about myself and things that bother me, even if I am not in place to journal (like in bus, or at school, etc) . And it's not rarely to find myself unable to function on daily basics, I lost track of time,I am not in the moment with surrounding, I forget to eat, I stay up late, I can't maintain conversation that somehow I find not interest in at that moment, so everyone around me started feeling that something is going on. I don't think it's good, I am sometimes very nervous because of it, but when I get things it's very pleasant and it gives me more strength to continue and I feel like it's just about practicing every day, and it's getting better. So, just try to think about balancing thing in your day, try to set some roles for yourself that will help you achieve what you want, don't attack yourself for not achieving everything you set as goal, but try to be happy if you do somethings, and so you will encourage yourself to continue. It's not like wasting day after day, but give yourself time, you don't want to be bad parent to yourself. I hope this is somehow helpful for you or anyone.
Omegahero09 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Elliot Hulse has some great material on this, and has been interviewed by Stefan before! Highly recommend checking out his stuff too Hope this helps!
somebody Posted March 7, 2015 Author Posted March 7, 2015 Thank you all for the replies! there are some important techniques in there. Something I have been experimenting with is freestyle rapping as a way to engage with subconscious mind flow - the word associations and ideas that can arise when raw instinct replaces the linear nature of traditional logic. Opening myself up to these alternate perspectives that already exist inside me has been an interesting process, and not so different from my experiences with meditation or dream analysis. I am wondering what you all think about the legitimacy of freestyle rapping as a process of self exploration.
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