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 Topic  Burden/Guilt/Anxiety 
 Message  Everyone is always busy. Important or not in the action preformed.

Answer the questions you want to. Details can be added but any answer is sufficient. Append notes. There will be a quiz section sometime soon.


1. Are you presently overwhelmed?

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day?

3. What are you’re future ambitions for the next month, the next year?

4. What was did you want to get done last year for this year?

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it?

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgement?

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life.

8. If you could learn anything, list things you’d want to learn.

9. List things you would do if you were presently on a years vacation with paid leave.

10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you?

11. Are you holding on to guilt? How long, if so?

12. How often are you overwhelmed?

13. What is the main root of your troubles:
1. psychological blocks(lack of will, motivation, troubles in interaction, guilt, fear of judgement)
2. others
3. Substances
4. Media, society, etc.


You don’t have to answer any. People need to vent sometimes. Talk about something that is troubling you. Articulate it, define it, debate it, set it at ease. We will support.


Dreams finalize your troubles so you can rest easy, but you wake up to the same nightmare.




Even if it’s just a list things, it will be interesting to see what people worry about. 

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 User   besodemuerte | 2005-01-07 |
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 Message  1. Are you presently overwhelmed?
nah... i’m usually pretty laid back about anything that comes up... dont let things get to me... kinda have that ’i dont give a shit’ attitude... (not always proud of that, but hey.. it’s who i am...)

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day?
well, i dont usually set daily goals because i know i wont accomplish them.. i do what i feel like doing for the most part... and i’m pretty lazy...

3. What are you’re future ambitions for the next month, the next year?
for the next month, i need to get a damn job... i’ve been trying, but to no avail...
for the year... hmm... i need to save up and move the hell out of my parents house... been here for about three months now and it sucks... then find a good school to go back to after i save up some cash..

4. What was did you want to get done last year for this year?
well... i was still traveling the country til this past october... i wanted to take a semester of school.. did that in philly... um... i dont know.. been trying to straighten out my life a bit, but that’s a more long term type thing.. could take forever...

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it?
i’m the voice of indifference... i can adjust to just about any situation and it doesnt really matter to me.. so, no, i’m not happy.. but i’m not sad, either... i’m just...meh...

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgement?
hmm.. well, i could talk to my ex boyfriend, but he’s still trying to get back with me, so that’s not working out right now cause i cant tell him everything anymore cause he takes things to heart too much... then i got my online friend... i can talk about anything cause i dont have to see him so it doesnt matter if he says anything to anyone cause they wouldnt know me anyways... i’ve never been good at sharing my self with people... dont know why, i’m just more introverted and shy about what i tell people...

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life.
maybe someone to share it with... but i’m not ready for that right now.. gotta figure myself out first.. but someday i think that’s the way i could be happy.. if it was the right person... maybe some self-confidence... not too much though.. i like humbleness..

8. If you could learn anything, list things you’d want to learn.
i want to learn so many things... different languages... metal working and welding... learn to play instruments better than i can right now... learn more about religions and cultures... i dont know.. i want to learn about everything...

9. List things you would do if you were presently on a years vacation with paid leave.
i would go to mexico (baja) and live on the beach... write and play with my dog... and drink smoothies all day long...

10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you?
complete? is this like the jerry maguire question? i dont feel complete... i guess cause i’m in no way a complete person.. i need to find myself... get to know and trust myself... and be comfortable with me...

11. Are you holding on to guilt? How long, if so?
guilt... hmm... i dont think i have much of a concience when it comes to guilt.. but i dont do much that i should feel guilty about...

12. How often are you overwhelmed?
very very very rarely.. i actually cant remember a time i was overwhelmed... but i’m sure there had to be one somewhere in my past...

13. What is the main root of your troubles:
1. psychological blocks(lack of will, motivation, troubles in interaction, guilt, fear of judgement)
2. others
3. Substances
4. Media, society, etc.

definitely psychological factors... i have a lack of motivation... dont really push myself to do things... i think i’m a litte bit crazy... cause i think about wierd things all the time ( i’m not going to delve into this any further.. cause i’m self concieous)  

 User   mixedemotions00 | 2005-01-06 |
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 Message  1. Are you presently overwhelmed? YES. I hate boys. No, I just hate my fickleness and unhappiness pertaining to boys.

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day? Not very often. I almost did today, though, and it was a busy day.

3. What are you’re future ambitions for the next month, the next year? in the next month--- practice my horn more (I’m a music major), break up with my current boyfriend, get the boy situation under control, get a good start in classes, hang out with friends more often.
Next year-- drastically improve on my horn, try out for Dakota Wind Ensemble, not spend so much money, learn Spanish better and finish my minor in it.

4. What was did you want to get done last year for this year? lose weight-- I succeeded and then met the Freshman 25 at college. :S But I’m losing again. I made first chair horn in the top band at my university, and I’m holding my plae well. :) I’ve also got a 4.0 so far.

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it? happy? what is happy? I am ok with my position in the world right now, but not with my relationships. and no, not a lot of the time.

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgement? shit. maybe one. not really. Ok, none.

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life. A stable relationship between friends and a significant other. Security for a few friends who are leading unsafe lives at the moment.

8. If you could learn anything, list things you’d want to learn. Italian. Quantum physics. Dentistry. How to build boats. How to scuba dive. Interior design and landscaping.

9. List things you would do if you were presently on a years vacation with paid leave. Travel around the world, take various friends and family.

10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you? No. Eric plus Andrew, all wrapped up in one body. The best of both combined, and married to me.

11. Are you holding on to guilt? How long, if so? not very long, I dont really regret a whole lot. If I do, it’s always things I"ve done, not things I haven’t done.

12. How often are you overwhelmed? Quite a bit. My mom says she’s always sending me notes in the mail and emails because it scares her to see me so stressed out.

13. What is the main root of your troubles:
1. psychological blocks(lack of will, motivation, troubles in interaction, guilt, fear of judgement)
2. others
3. Substances

1 mostly, but I try to and wish I could blame it on 2.  

 User   Forgiven | 2004-12-16 |
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 User   magnicat | 2004-10-31 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  1. Are you presently overwhelmed? Kind of, yeah. Being that I am back to being clean and sober, it’s like I want to fix everything all at once and get back on track in my life! Instead, I’ve got to focus on "One Day At A Time." Not easy!

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day? I’m great at procrastinating, so the answer would be not very often. I’m hoping that sticking close to my AA program will eliminate this "character defect."

3. What are your future ambitions for the next month, the next year? Right now, I’m trying to just focus on today and staying sober.

4. What did you want to get done last year for this year? I wanted to get back to school to get my Master’s degree in Education...

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it? For the most part, I am happy today. Tired, but happy. I spent this weekend at a spiritual retreat, and that was what I needed and wanted to do.

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgment? Actually, in my AA groups, I feel very free to talk about anything without worrying about judgment. It is a gift of this particular program.

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life? Not having to work so hard every day to make ends meet. I don’t care much for the material aspects, I’m just talking about basic needs.

8. If you could learn anything, list things you’d want to learn. I want to learn to speak Italian. I want to learn to play the cello. I want to learn to speak American Sign Language fluently. I want to learn to Let Go and Let God in my life.

9. List things you would do if you were presently on a year’s vacation with paid leave. I would travel to Italy and just wander...

10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you? That’s a hard question. I’m not sure what it means to feel complete...

11. Are you holding on to guilt? How long, if so? Yeah, I have some guilt about past behaviors when I was out using and drinking. Part of the program I’m working, though, is helping me to deal with it. Some of the guilt goes way back years and years.

12. How often are you overwhelmed? Probably at least once a day when I’m at work with my 5-year-olds!!

13. What is the main root of your troubles: #3 (substances: alcohol and marijuana)

This felt good to just write this stuff out and let it go for now. Thanks!! 

 User   Silverdog | 2004-10-28 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  1. Are you presently overwhelmed?
I think I am underwhelmed actually,- meaning I don’t feel any pressure at all to meet any deadlines, or feel compelled to exert myself in any way to do any particular thing.or act on certain issues in order to achieve a given goal set by myself or anyone else. I suppose this makes me sound like an unmotivated sloth, but that’s not really the case. I have spent the greater part of my life overwhelmed as a single career woman and mother of five;since my son’s graduation this June, I am enjoying a lengthy hibernation period with a simple reclusive lifestyle and spending time with my grandchildren.

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day? Most of the time.---but only because I don’t make lengthy lists of "must do’s" each day. Yesterday I didn’t even cook--just bought a slice of pizza from the deli. Today I promised myself that I would watch the lunar eclipse tonight, and buy cat food. I did both. But the dogs need brushing, the living room window would look nicer without those feline and canine nose marks on them, my jade plant would happier in a larger pot--- but on the other hand I can do that tomorrow. Maybe.

3. What are you’re future ambitions for the next month, the next year? Live each day as serenely as possible, and try to be a little less reclusive.

4. What was did you want to get done last year for this year? I meant to get a book of poetry published, as I have a private benfactor who will cover the costs. But then I started reading more and more--and even more modern poetry--as well as classics--and got cold feet. I still want to do it, and so does she,--but I have culled so much out that it’s going to be an onerous task. I am not good at onerous.

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it? " Definitely

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgement? With all those qualifiers--two only in my ftf world and two long time on-line pals. I have many friends, going back many years --in as many places. but I still think think I am fortunate to be able to count on the two I mentioned, as they are here and now.

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life? If every one in my family were truly happy and could answer your question without hesitation,--ie making a life over making a living. But then they would be older, wiser and I wouldn’t be around to watch the fun.

8. If you could learn anything, list things you’d want to learn. To play guitar, keyboard, to ride a motorcycle, and do beautiful beadwork like the Cree.

9. List things you would do if you were presently on a years vacation with paid leave. Greece, Spain, India, England ,--Texas , Maritimes and Florida.

10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you? Yes , I do. I feel I done all I set out to do at 17 when I ran away from home--and more. Some of it I wouldn’t wish on anyone--but all in all my experiences brought me to this place, here and now and I am amazed at times at who I am---- I really would never have believed that I would age gracefully.

11. Are you holding on to guilt? I had so much guilt as a single mother after 23 years of marriage that I choked on it--but I gave it up. Now and again the taste rises in my throat-- that I could have /should have done more, or been more flexible, tolerant, or stricter, more liberal or more authoritarian---with my kids; but it passes,--that kind of guilt comes with the territory and I would get those feelings no matter which way I had been.

12. How often are you overwhelmed? Not often, and when see over-commitment headed my way I burrow away or head for the hills. Been there done that.

13. What is the main root of your troubles:
I think I have a hard time being a mother--now that my children are adults. It’s not that they are tied by apron strings, but I tend to defend them, try to help and teach too much--the time for that is over--unless of course they ask. I think I know it all, and I hate to see them learning things the hard way. I wanted life to be easier for them, and surely it is-- but I cannot resist helping out or giving advice--which I feel they often see as meddling. (But Damn it I am right!) Also I am often too generous with them when I really can’t afford to be, which often leads to me doing without things. This in turn drives my real friends crazy. But none of them had 5 kids. 

 User   eener | 2004-10-25 |
 Subject  here you go... 
 Message  1. Are you presently overwhelmed? Not at this current moment in time. Call back in about 5 months, when I’ll be in the middle of spring semester.

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day? Some days I do, some days I don’t, I think it’s half and half.

3. What are you’re future ambitions for the next month, the next year? Next month....have classes planned out for the rest of college (at least the next semester)...Next year....Good grades, and having everything done I need done in order to go on vacation in Australia to see boyfriend.

4. What was did you want to get done last year for this year? I wanted to get really good grades last year, but college life and inexperience/stupidity/wrong major/controlling boyfriend/Dad going to Iraq/etc. got in the way, so I’ve got a second chance now, and I’m gonna do very much better now that ever one of those circumstances has changed for the better.

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it? Moderately happy. I wish I knew how to spend my time better, but the Internet is addicting. What would make me happier is living away from miserable lifeforms that intend to ruin my family, and living where the wonderful man in the world (my boyfriend, of course) lives, but that will come in time.

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgement? I only have one close friend (my boyfriend, of course) at the moment, he lives in Australia, and we can tell each other anything. I don’t really have any other friends except family members, and they are pretty judgemental, so I can’t talk about much with most of them.

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life? A completed education. Marriage and children. Family of my own to love and take care of.

8. If you could learn anything, list things you’d want to learn. How to play any string instument, how to swim, the right way to treat my little sister, and a higher understanding of philosphy, physcology, and computers.

9. List things you would do if you were presently on a years vacation with paid leave. I’d be in Australia with boyfriend. What we would do is a business of our own, people!!

10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you? I don’t feel complete at the moment because my other half is halfway around the world, and I don’t have a college degree in English Teaching yet. Once I have that, and he comes and takes me away, and we get married, get jobs, and have kids, then I’ll be complete.

11. Are you holding on to guilt? How long, if so? I don’t know how to treat my family sometimes, and I feel guilty for the way I’ve treated them during some parts of my life, and I wish I could take back some of those times. I feel guilty for the promises I made to exes that I never should have made. I feel guilty for making promises to myself that I should have kept.

12. How often are you overwhelmed? Every once in a while when no one thinks I’m doing what I’m supposed to or haven’t done it right.

13. What is the main root of your troubles:
psychological blocks(lack of will, motivation, troubles in interaction, guilt, fear of judgement)
Anxiety disorder: Dermatillomania. Years of bitterness and resentment within caused by my surroundings. Forever feeling like I’ve never belonged where I’ve grown up; always feeling detached, different, alone, not understood. 

 User   latentlylyrical | 2004-10-21 |
 Subject  here are my answers: 
 Message  1. Are you presently overwhelmed? Not at the moment.

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day? Seldom.

3. What are you’re future ambitions for the next month, the next year? Get through each day with some sense of sanity and peace.

4. What was did you want to get done last year for this year? Hm. Not sure how ya mean that, so I’ll skip it.

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it? "Do I have to spend my time the way I want to in order to be happy?",would be the better question to my mind.

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgement? Can count them on one hand. It’s always been true.

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life. A particular person.

8. If you could learn anything, list things you’d want to learn. At least two more languages, more geography and history.

9. List things you would do if you were presently on a years vacation with paid leave. l Travel as far and for as long as I could afford to.

10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you? Please see #7 above.

11. Are you holding on to guilt? How long, if so?

12. How often are you overwhelmed?

13. What is the main root of your troubles: 1. Not at the present moment.
2.
 

 User   Aksuri | 2004-10-19 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  Guilt since you were 3? What does that mean? 

 User   BCute | 2004-10-18 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  1. Are you presently overwhelmed? ISN’T EVERYONE

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day? VERY RARELY

3. What are you’re future ambitions for the next month, the next year? GETTING THROUGH THIS YEAR OF COLLEGE AND TRANSFERRING TO THE ONE I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO TO

4. What was did you want to get done last year for this year? GETTING A LOVING BOYFRIEND INSTEAD OF AN ASS

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it? NOPE

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgement? ZERO

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life. BEING IN A LOVING RELATIONSHIP

8. If you could learn anything, list things you’d want to learn. LOVE, HOPE, HAPPINESS

9. List things you would do if you were presently on a years vacation with paid leave. TRAVEL THE WORLD, LIVE IN HAWAII FOR 4 MONTHS, SKY DIVE

10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you? NO. A LOVING RELATIONSHIP

11. Are you holding on to guilt? How long, if so? YES. 16 YEARS

12. How often are you overwhelmed? EVERY DAY

13. What is the main root of your troubles: # 1 

 User   camoflage | 2004-09-25 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  1. hell yeah
2.NEVER
3.futher my poetry skills(and pass social studies)
4.find someone to help me with my mistakes in my writing.
5.no, yes.
6.none
7.someone to talk to
8.new words
9.study famous poets
10.no, a friend who I know, and trust
11.yes, 2 years
12.everyday
13.
a)school
b)my best friend
c)cigarettes
d)everyone, everything.......
-camoflage 

 User   Aksuri | 2004-09-22 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  How could you be guilty about something you did when you were 10? 

 User   Lightbringer | 2004-09-08 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  1. Are you presently overwhelmed?

-no but I’m sure I will be soon

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day?

-2 days out of three (usually if I set my mind to something I accomplish it)

3. What are you’re future ambitions for the next month, the next year?

-survive, oh yeah add more short stories and less poetry to my book

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it?

-is anyone ever really happy?

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgement?

- one........that’s all I need

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life.

- being able to stop procrastinating

10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you?

-I could really go for a beer right now

13. What is the main root of your troubles:
1. psychological blocks(lack of will, motivation, troubles in interaction, guilt, fear of judgement)
2. others
3. Substances
4. Media, society, etc.
-If I could answer this one I wouldn’t have any problems 

 User   lukewarm | 2004-08-03 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  1. yeah, gone from sudden overwhelming anger to just flat out depression in about 3 hours... mostly depessed cause of the stupid things i did while angry...
2. never. there’s always something else
skip to 5. not really. there are other things i would rather do, though people would probably see me as crazy or wierd, maybe just eccentric, but most often they don’t, that’s what keeps me from spending my time the way i want to.
6. only myself, and i don’t count myself as a friend
skip to 11. yes, forever so i never forget
12. every now and then
13. answer choice #1 

 User   SugarMouse | 2004-07-23 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  Oops, missed 2:
12. How often are you overwhelmed?

…Uh, sorry if this answer induces gagging and choking among the hordes of the internet, but pretty much every time I see my boyfriend, most of the time that I’m with him. The intensity is unnerving, but I thrive on it.

13. What is the main root of your troubles:
1. psychological blocks(lack of will, motivation, troubles in interaction, guilt, fear of judgement)

Yes, it would be that one, although I don’t think I have any troubles… I am very fortunate… It is fear of loss that bothers me, and sometimes I feel… Now what is the word… Oh, yes, overwhelmed!

Becky  

 User   SugarMouse | 2004-07-23 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  1. Are you presently overwhelmed?

… Right now? No. I do feel overwhelmed on a fairly regular basis, though, of late.

2. How often do you finish everything you want to in a day?

I don’t tend to set plans for the day. I really should. I’m happy if I write something, but it tends to take precedence over homework, friends and, sometimes, eating.

3. What are you’re future ambitions for the next month, the next year?

The next month… Get a summer job. Write. Do my coursework/artwork for my A-level exams. The next year… Get As in my A-levels… Apply to university. I want to study English at Cambridge… Yup. I know. Good luck trying, eh. I’d also like to get some poetry publshed somewhere.

4. What was did you want to get done last year for this year? Oh, man… I was a different person last year. I can’t even remember.

5. Are you happy? Is your time spent as you want to spend it?

Most of the time I am very happy, but it’s the kind of turbulent, painful happiness that comes from being maybe too much in love (my boyfriend is a year older than me, and is leaving for university in the autumn). My time is spent as I want to spend it, but I have a feeling it shouldn’t be… I should probably be sh*tting myself about the coming year, which will be my last year in High School, thus lots of very important exams.

6. How many close friends around you can you really talk to, any subject, of any degree without worrying of judgement?

ANY subject, to ANY degree? I can talk to my two sisters about anything (although I am not always inclined to talk about certain things), and I can talk to my boyfriend about anything except, oddly, how I feel about him. Also my friend Kathryn, although I will tend to stop just in case I’m boring her. So, four, if we’re not being completely strict about the question.

7. Besides any material collections, what would make you more happy in life.

Certainty. I want to know that things will be all right. But that’s something of a tall order.


8. If you could learn anything, list things you’d want to learn.

I want to learn how to write great poetry (not just good poetry, great poetry, like captial-G Great).

I’ve beome interested in philosophy lately, so I want to learn more about that.


10. Do you feel complete? What would complete you?
Yes. More complete than ever before in my life.


11. Are you holding on to guilt? How long, if so?

Hmmmm no. Which is a good thing. I deal with guilt very, very badly.

Becky 

 User   nameless_nobody | 2004-06-26 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  1. yes
2. never
3. next month i want to be a month older. next year i want to be a year older
4. dont understand the question
5. no. no
6. none
7. her
8. how to love
9. go and stay with her for a while and have some fun.
10. no. her
11. no
12. sometimes
13. (2) and (4) 

 User   Webmaster | 2004-06-09 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  You move from arguing points to just arguing and attacking. You’re the type of person that could never be a close friend. Blame your past and others whatever. You’re just lazy and ignorant. 

 User   Webmaster | 2004-06-08 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  >Didn’t read your poetry to be honest, I figured you didn’t need feedback. It seems not everyone is a depressed poet, the poetry seems to depress you though?

I posted all writings in the beginning of the site to encourage posting, I’ve already said this. That was the only poem I had on the site.

>Make everyone happy and we all win.

I meant this in sarcasm.





See, now you just pick points to jack at. Why? Because your a lazy jackass that gets off on trying to play fucking mind games. 

 User   Webmaster | 2004-06-08 |
 Subject  untitled 
 Message  >But what if your rules are wrong? Ofcourse you only have one site to experiment.
>At that time, as you say it nicely, the poet is "praised stupid" as well, but the line for improvement is set.

No matter what I say most people won’t listen. In fact, most people don’t like to read more than a paragraphs worth of text. We won’t run out of people who compliment everything they see. They are safe. I wish more would go into detail though.


Yes, it’s fear sometimes. Though as you stated, sometimes it’s just laziness. I’ve heard it directly from people that they don’t want to get harsh reactions. That’s how people will act. No way to ’fix’ the mentality other than to encourage more interaction.


>Every single teen is like that I think. It’s why most of them write poetry, and that’s why the adult poets are messed up, including you. Those that think differently are most likely in denial.

I didn’t write poetry when I was young. I wasn’t depressed. I was a soccer playing mexican into programming and piano. I’ve had one poem about wasting time on this site. Quit judging on one action. You categorize everthing stubbornly. Friggin’ palm reader.

>So afraid to be afraid, why are people afraid of pain? They just need to learn how to give and take. Hurt is powerful emotion, people are afraid to feel.

Make everyone happy and we all win. Living in ignorant superficial bliss. They’re used to running and being overwhelmed with the guilt of unsettled action.

>Rationalization, I’d rather not classify poetry, even though I’ve given it some thought. I’ve seen good and bad poetry of any given style.

A girl asked today why people would call a poem choppy when she had put her heart onto it. We get to seeing the same poem so much we see them as no big deal and all too common. I can’t feel the compassion for the suicide poems as I had when I first saw them. We get desensitized to emotion after things seem all too common. I think it’s fine to comment on how to improve the style it was presented but the main point has always been giving detail in the feedback. The connections made with the piece or advice given to the concepts still help. I feel bad about cracking up when someone gives a "THATS LOTS OF EMOTIONS WAY TO GO" when the author is talking about killing themselves in the most grotesque way their imagination could come up with. Depends what the authors are looking for though. We all want interaction. 

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 Message  >Hence I could say I think the poem sucks, this would places anything else I add in the proper perspective. Taking a stance is a problem though, unless there is a majority to support it mostly. Individuals are easy to oppress.

The rules here say do judgement but give detail. What if I made the site where it had a "good" and "bad" button. No comments. Just judgement. Anyone could post their opinion and qualify a post. Would it be helpful though? People need to give honesty about where and what made them not like it. Same thing with the compliment drones. You can ask your grandma what she thought of the poem and she’ll tell you she loved it. How do you know if she really did or not? Here, we can evade bias. Well, should be able to, a bit more than if we asked a stranger face to face. To articulate is to understand well, else the ideas and concepts behind "WHY" seems a mystical evaluation. Yes, it’s categorizing styles. If the poem was in the same cheesy style many girls use, I tell them, and try to give advice on the topic. Sometimes they just want to be heard. Sometimes they want to hear acclaim. Sometimes they really don’t know what they want other than to post in the little box, it still confuses me.

I still don’t see what you mean. Rationalization of emotion when used with unjustified hate can create excuses for the person to convince themself what they do is fine. The excuses created are not really the reason though. It’s more of a bond by common hatred. People group together to make fun of things all the time. Rationalization can be used to support evil thoughts only because people lie to themselves a sufficient enough reason to continue using the hatred. The venting poems. Those people write down their emotions to have them on paper. It’s not just thoughts flying everywhere in spurts. It helps them quarantine the sitation.

> The internet is a scary place filled with strangers after all. Children are oftenly raised inside their familiy locked out of the outside world, like a little mini dictatorship.

Poetry, most prefered tool of the depresssed teen. Many come here saying, "please, I’m lonely, talk to me" or "I’m feeling down right now, is anyone there". Click on their profile and it’s a cute little girl icon and it says 14-17 on that ASL feature. Usually I send a PM saying becareful. That’s a invitation to the evils that would love to exploit her for being vulnerable at that time. "Comfort me, make me feel better, talk to me and tell me it’s not true and I’ll give you back my love." Opening up with problems and emotional stability to strangers can lead to serious hurt.


>Black people are against racism, kids raised by homosexuals are pro gay-marriage, circumcised aka mutilated (look up the meaning of that word in the dictionary) children are in denial, and placing these experiences into a broader context always seems the issue.

ah circumcision. It costs more, the kid is multilated without pain medication, the head endures a painful callusing process, and the mucus membrane is open to direct exposure. go technology. People are raised with that reasoning. Their parents held strongly to certain beliefs. They saw their parents beliefs as simple and harmless and grew up with the same rationalizations. People have to argue for themselves what they really believe in instead of feeling like their defending their families beliefs. 

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