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Comment on When We Get What We Ask For by admin

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:05:36 +0000

Hi Jeannie: Thanks for checking out the blog! Sorry, but I don’t have many contacts in PA or Pittsburgh. My best suggestion is to hit the http://www.EMDR.org website and look for folks in your area that way. Or, you could also hit the International Trauma and Dissociation site at http://www.isst-d.org/ Hope that helps. Best wishes to you! - SJ

Comment on When We Get What We Ask For by Jeannie

Jeannie — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:02:55 +0000

You seem to have some workable ideas to help someone with severe depression, anxiety, disassociation.
Do you have a referral network that I may find someone of your experience in the Pittsburgh area???
Thanks

Comment on Spam A Lot by admin

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:39:35 +0000

Ah, yes, fried spam. I had forgotten about that one!
Glad to see that your spam helps the creativity come alive. Less calories that way Thanks for posting your most recent inspiration!

Comment on Spam A Lot by Hack T. Witter

Hack T. Witter — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:36:08 +0000

I use mental spam to inspire songwriting…
Here’s one that occurred at 12:12am, I was unable to sleep with all that spam:

“Hollywood Attitude”

Living fast
And going all the way
Rock ‘n’ Roll
Sex & Drugs
We’re craving everyday

Star Power
And Hollywood Attitude
Rippin’ up hotel rooms
And acting really rude

Matre D’s and Concierges
Cringe when we appear
Spiderman and Son of Sam
Want another beer

The band has come
To show their bums
And request you all bow down

We’ll fornicate
With intent to mate
Then steal the prom queen’s crown

Going slow ’snot how we roll
When we cop a snort

Going home’s for sissy folks
And not for us Ol’ Sport

Living fast
And going all the way
And acting really rude

That’s how we roll
And spend our dough
The Hollywood Attitude

… sometimes, I like spam.
It’s pretty tasty when fried.

Comment on “Everything’s Not Lost” by Claudia

Claudia — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:32:34 +0000

“I hear tell
You’re doing well
Your days are never blue.
I wish I had your happiness
And you had a do-wacka do-wacka do-wacka do-wacka do-wacka-do”

Roger Miller, “Do-Wacka-Do”

I love the deep songs that make me think. But not always. Sometimes I want to hear the music that makes me happy just to hear it. And Do-Wacka-Do is one of those. Actually, ALL Roger Miller’s songs (with the possible exception pf “One Dying and a Burying”) make me happy.

Somehow, he has put endorphins in his songs. It is possible for me NOT to be hugely happy when I hear a Roger Miller song if I was suicidal before the song came on, but only possible.

I once sang about 10 Rogers Miller songs to my husband. He was amazed that I knew all the words and amazed I wouldn’t stop once I started. But he laughed with me.

Do you have songs that make you happy? Or are you always just happy without the aid of some upbeat songs? If so…..

I wish I had your happiness
And you had a do-wacka do-wacka do-wacka do-wacka do-wacka-do.

Comment on “Everything’s Not Lost” by Cindee

Cindee — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:52:35 +0000

I found these lyrics to be pretty intense, but the feelings have sure been there for me. As I listen to them and read them it reminds me of how far I’ve come.

Bring Me To Life lyrics

(feat. Paul McCoy)
how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where I’ve become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
before I come undone
(Save me)
save me from the nothing I’ve become

now that I know what I’m without
you can’t just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life

Bring me to life
(I’ve been living a lie, there’s nothing inside)
Free me tonight

frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life among the dead

all this time I can’t believe I couldn’t see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don’t let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life

(Bring me to life)
I’ve been living a lie, there’s nothing inside
(Bring me to life)

Comment on Energy Work and Therapy by Cindee

Cindee — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:08:24 +0000

I found this article today as I cruised the spritual websites. The entire article is quite long. I thought I would just share this portion of it as it it spoke to me. I truely feel little things in life tend to have enourmous meaning, and can effect a great change in our lives, or the lives of someone else. There are lessons to be learned from everything we experience, regardless of how large or small. We tend to overlook the small things in our lives that do effect change in our lives. I believe it is important to respect and care for our fellow human beings. How much does it take to say a kind word to the cashier at the grocery store, smile at a stranger, or even be so bold as to approach a stranger and tell them “how beautiful their hair is, or that their smile lights up the room”? If an elderly woman calls me “sweetie or honey” it just melts my heart. So remember small tidbits of kindness can lift a spirit at a time when it’s most needed.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other. –Meryl Streep

Seeing Human:
“Seventy-five percent of pet owners consider their animal part of the family. Eighty percent of computer users curse out loud at uncooperative machines. Seventy percent of people who own a Roomba the much-hyped room-cleaning robot end up giving it a name. Most of us are apt to attach human characteristics to nonhuman objects and animals, a tendency known as anthropomorphism. New research now suggests that this tendency reflects our deep drive to form social connections.” This article from Greater Good shares more on how our brains cope with loneliness.

Be The Change:
Make an effort to connect with someone who might be lonely today.

Comment on “Everything’s Not Lost” by admin

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:48:30 +0000

I am so excited that you all have been reading and writing about favorite lyrics. Truly, I am always amazed at how much songs capture the essence of our emotions, thoughts, and experiences.

I thought of another song with lyrics that I adore. Check out “Digging In The Dirt” by Peter Gabriel off of the album “Us.” This is, to me, the ultimate song about growth and change. It captures the essence of “digging in” and getting to the very bottom of our souls, where healing needs us to explore and learn from. It requires us to look in the darkest places, and shed light on them.

See if this track captures your experience at all. Hey, on top of that, I just dig Peter Gabriel’s music. Many of his songs capture the inner experience of healing.

Here is just part of “Digging In The Dirt”

“Something in me, dark and sticky
All the time its getting strong
No way of dealing with this feeling
Cant go on like this too long

This time youve gone too far
I told you
This time youve gone too far
I told you…

Digging in the dirt
Stay with me, I need support
I’m digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
Open up the places I got hurt…”

Comment on “Everything’s Not Lost” by Claudia

Claudia — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:10:31 +0000

Oh wow…Lyrics.

Two came to mind that touched me as soon as they came out (years ago).

Leonard Cohen wrote of “Suzanne” that “And you know that shes half crazy
But thats why you want to be there” and
“she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers”
and I wanted to be someone’s Suzanne.

Joni Mitchell wrote “Twisted” and I laughed at my own fears. And Patsy Cline sang “Crazy” and I again romanticized the feelings I had.

Lyrics I love for me are all about putting words…raw, beautiful, soul words to the feelings I couldn’t express.

I think I might write again on this.
Thanks for the songs.
Claudia

Comment on “Everything’s Not Lost” by Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:38:50 +0000

Linkin Park’s- Crawling is another good one:

crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
confusing what is real

there’s something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
consuming/confusing
this lack of self-control I fear is never ending
controlling/I can’t seem

to find myself again
my walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence I’m convinced that there’s just too much pressure to take)
I’ve felt this way before
so insecure

crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
confusing what is real

discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
distracting/reacting
against my will I stand beside my own reflection
it`s haunting how I can’t seem…

to find myself again
my walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence I’m convinced that there’s just too much pressure to take)
I’ve felt this way before
so insecure

crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
confusing what is real

crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
confusing confusing what is real

there’s something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
consuming,confusing what is real
this lack of self-control I fear is never ending
controlling,confusing what is real.