Originally Posted By CHERRYONIONKISS HE WASN'T SAYING THAT HE PERSONALLY THINKS GIRLS ARE WEAK, HE WAS JUST STATING THAT GIRLS AREN'T USUALLY HIRED BECAUSE MEN ARE STRONGER AND IT'S A PHYSICALLY DEMANDING JOB.

_Pheonix_I suppose by your definition I could say that I've experienced the attacks when I was young. Perhaps it would even be fair to say that I've experienced them more recently and have simply gotten better over time at controlling and supressing the anger and stress. Perhaps I was too intelligent for my own good as a child which caused me to stress over minimally-significant trivial things (most of which were beyond my own social control) but who knows for sure. Consequently I attempted a few counter-productive techniques of what I thought was stress/anger management. To say the least I'm actually quite ashamed of how ignorantly I acted. I was violent towards people and my environment, violent towards myself, bitter, resentful and sometimes even spiteful towards figures of authority, and even did certain things (many of which were subconscious & involuntary) to draw attention. The truth is that I tried relentlessly to forget parts of my childhood because the memories of stressful situations I had experienced would resurface and almost revive themselves completely in my current emotional state. I have since come to acknowledge that alot of people commonly react to stress in ways which are never justifed. Furthermore, these reactions should never be forgotten as they help us to understand who we are and provide us with the knowledge on how to deal with similar reoccuring situations. I've also come to understand that if you are grateful to have negative experience then you can learn from them much faster than if you deny or resent them. I think its very imptant that we all come to accept our imperfections and work towards bettering ourselves so that we can socially evolve as individuals and obtain a sense of complete enlightenment.

Originally Posted By HOST_ONE I DONT STRESS OUT AS MUCH ANYMORE...I GUESS IT'S CAUSE I'M TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD INSTEAD OF BACKWARDS...PROGRESSION IS BETTER THAN REGRESSION. AND MEETING NEW PPL IS FUN! IT'S NOT STRESSFULL, ESPECIALLY WHEN PLAYING VIDEO GAMES FOR A LIVING!

Originally Posted By MOONDANCER

Out of curiousity how big of a part do you think that acceptance of yourself, the world and those around you affected your situation? What role do you think that facing these things played in toning down your anxiety? Mostly the only help you hear for people in really tough times is "smile","be happy" but it don't mean nothing and the only other solution society ever comes up with besides "smile" is drugs and the entire world seems so completly convinced that for some people it's the only thing that can help, especially the ones who are taking the drugs. However, I would rather kill myself than live off of artificial happiness. It always pissed me off when people said happiness is a choice cause I don't believe that happiness is a choice, but I DO beleive that it is something that you have to earn(thru many choices over long periods of time) and I do beleive that true contentment is completely absent without acceptance and appreciation of all that's ugly as well as beautiful. As socrates said : "Death may be our greatest gift".

Originally Posted By Host_One I dont stress out as much anymore...I guess it's cause I'm trying to move forward instead of backwards...progression is better than regression. And meeting new ppl is fun! It's not stressfull, especially when playing video games for a living!

yeah well you don't work at ubi!

Originally Posted By DJNEOFORM

Anyone who works 60 hours a week and gets paid for 40 is an idiot. they're exploiting you because you put up with it. there's no way i'd ever work overtime without pay. hell, if my boss makes me work overtime on any sort of regular basis i'd quit without question.

Originally Posted By DJNEOFORM GUESS WHAT, THE GUYS WHO ARE EXPLOITING YOU.. ARE SMARTER THAN YOU. THEY PLAY YOU LIKE IDIOTS, MAKING YOU WORK REDICULOUS HOURS, WHILE THEY GO HOME AFTER WORKING A 30 HOUR WEEK, AND GUESS WHO'S GOT ALL THE MONEY?