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Topic: do you live in your own little world?
no1phD's photo
Mon 06/13/16 12:45 PM
My World is absolutely crazy..
Mixed with moments of intense sanity.... mixed with moments of incredible romantic feelings...
Mixed with moments of intense sensitivity.... mixed with moments of being highly naive.... now who on Earth wants to be part of that.?.lol

TMommy's photo
Mon 06/13/16 12:50 PM
my world is very small...on purpose


if I think about it

as a kid I had a group of friends I would hang out with

but only one best friend

the other day my son asked me how many schools I attended

I counted them up...ten

3 high schools in 4 years

mom moved around a lot


I graduated and went off to college
had some room mates I considered friends
but then got married


my world consisted of me, the hubs, the kids, the pets..the house

TMommy's photo
Mon 06/13/16 12:53 PM


Living in ones own world is sad :C
When I started taking the train and running to my destinations—saying hi and good afternoon, splitting lunch with the homeless person, making small talk— the world is big yet little on its own. So closing it off and accepting your own little space restricts your ability to express oneself and communicate who you are to the world.
I'm just the kind who like to make people's day. AKA a people pleaser, if you may... (Yet some people don't like that term)

I don't think it's sad.
I'm also a ppl pleaser, but I also need a lot of 'me' time. And can thoroughly enjoy company, going places, but always glad to have some time on my own after that.
I'm very intuitive and sensitive, my energy gets out of whack easily when around others. I can shield myself, but that also costs energy, esp if I'm feeling a tad tired or under the weather. At home I don't have to shield myself at all. I can just be.
That's why I need a lot of 'me' time. So occasionally going out, socializing etc. can give me a boost, but if it goes on too long or too many days on end, it'll wear me out.
And I like the personal freedom to do whatever the heck I want to do.

I think it becomes a problem when you start to fumble in social situation, don't know what to say, how to chit-chat anymore. And when you start to look lonely and sad.
That's when you gotta be wary and make sure you get out of your little world more often.
see now this is interesting to me
I find myself doing this more and more..
because I have a tendency to be the one
that most turn to when they have troubles and want to talk

( which don't get me wrong, will be good when I am a counselor)

sucks the life outta me now
and I have to monitor how much of my time I give away

when I need to close the world off for a awhile

no1phD's photo
Mon 06/13/16 12:54 PM

my world is very small...on purpose


if I think about it

as a kid I had a group of friends I would hang out with

but only one best friend

the other day my son asked me how many schools I attended

I counted them up...ten

3 high schools in 4 years

mom moved around a lot


I graduated and went off to college
had some room mates I considered friends
but then got married


my world consisted of me, the hubs, the kids, the pets..the house
... you are a lone wolf....aaaawwwwoòooo... I'm not sure if that's what a wolf sounds like..lol..

no photo
Mon 06/13/16 01:05 PM
Edited by lu_rosemary on Mon 06/13/16 01:13 PM
I'm happy in my own little world, just like everyone else I do need my space, just to be with myself and my thoughts. One needs to make time for everything and keep a balance in between, somehow. I know I do try.
It's not always easy but I've learned it's not supposed to be easy all the time.

I try to carry my little world of happy with me, wherever I go.

SparklingCrystal 💖💎's photo
Mon 06/13/16 01:20 PM



Living in ones own world is sad :C
When I started taking the train and running to my destinations—saying hi and good afternoon, splitting lunch with the homeless person, making small talk— the world is big yet little on its own. So closing it off and accepting your own little space restricts your ability to express oneself and communicate who you are to the world.
I'm just the kind who like to make people's day. AKA a people pleaser, if you may... (Yet some people don't like that term)

I don't think it's sad.
I'm also a ppl pleaser, but I also need a lot of 'me' time. And can thoroughly enjoy company, going places, but always glad to have some time on my own after that.
I'm very intuitive and sensitive, my energy gets out of whack easily when around others. I can shield myself, but that also costs energy, esp if I'm feeling a tad tired or under the weather. At home I don't have to shield myself at all. I can just be.
That's why I need a lot of 'me' time. So occasionally going out, socializing etc. can give me a boost, but if it goes on too long or too many days on end, it'll wear me out.
And I like the personal freedom to do whatever the heck I want to do.

I think it becomes a problem when you start to fumble in social situation, don't know what to say, how to chit-chat anymore. And when you start to look lonely and sad.
That's when you gotta be wary and make sure you get out of your little world more often.
see now this is interesting to me
I find myself doing this more and more..
because I have a tendency to be the one
that most turn to when they have troubles and want to talk

( which don't get me wrong, will be good when I am a counselor)

sucks the life outta me now
and I have to monitor how much of my time I give away

when I need to close the world off for a awhile

That's why I do NOT counsel. I coach. Short term, ppl with motivation who just need a lil help for a while but when it comes to the crunch, they can do it themselves. You don't need to carry them.
Counseling clients, horrible. They'll NEVER get the strength to stand on their own two feet, they'll lean on you, and come back for years and years and years.

It takes a specific kind of person to do that, I am not that person. Learnt by trial and error during my Coaching & Counselling study/education. And also knowledge of self.
I am shite when it comes to working with ppl who lack motivation and cannot be stimulated (regardless what field, it's just not me). That's because I am so frigging strong myself, that no matter what happens, I will ALWAYS bounce back. So I have little understanding, or sympathy maybe, for ppl who lack a backbone. The shite I've been through, and STILL recovered, then most everyone should be able to recover from minor stuff in life.
That's how I feel, and I know it isn't 100% correct, but it IS how I learnt that I am just not suited to be a counselor.
I'm the kind of person who needs a challenge, variety, change. And it is how I function, am wired, and I cannot change that. Acceptance and knowledge of self is important.
I DO make one helluva coach though!

Another reason I'm no good at counselling: I give a helluva lot to my clients. I give it my all. And because counseling-clients don't really reach that point that they can do it themselves, it means I will have to keep giving my all for too long. Then it wears me out. I will start to dislike the sessions etc etc.

I have learnt to draw the line now when I help. But it still means counseling to me is no fun at all. And I truly :heart: coaching!
You also get results, and that's great, what I need for myself too. It's rewarding. It's fulfilling to me.

Know thyself, girl, so you make the right choices and go for the right clients. I even put that info on my practice site (explaining in a polite way that I coach, not counsel).

SitkaRains's photo
Mon 06/13/16 02:18 PM
I think for me because my job is dealing with people all day long
That on my down time I do stay in my little world.
Most of the time I am thankful to do this. I enjoy my down time.

There are time when I want to go out with friends and enjoy it and yet
mostly I like the quietness of my little world.

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Tue 06/14/16 12:42 PM
I have a house full of people and still feel alone. I don't know what it is. is it a feeling or mental thing. Yet yesterday I spent seven hours talking at the library and still feel alone.
For me retirement really sucks but so does work! its crazy!slaphead

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Tue 06/14/16 12:48 PM
Yes I tend too, it's mostly a happy place

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Wed 06/15/16 06:06 AM
I'm happy and contented in my own little world :smile:

MelMaxx's photo
Wed 06/15/16 12:36 PM

my world is very small...on purpose


if I think about it

as a kid I had a group of friends I would hang out with

but only one best friend



my world consisted of me, the hubs, the kids, the pets..the house


^^^This, I think describes Ole Mel happy

I DO enjoy my "me" time, but also get "stir crazy" when I have a full day of absolutely not talking to anyone...which are few, but still happens. Since I've been widowed, I've tried to get out and not be such a wallflower, but it gets tiresome trying to "fit in" with others.

I AM in a great relationship right now, it's just slowing down from the new-ness. His work is in full swing-to overtime...when we met, it was his slow-time. My work is busy at this time of year as well. So, now I find myself looking for peeps to talk to.

My own little world....yes bigsmile

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Wed 06/15/16 05:19 PM
In my own little world it hardly ever rains
i never gone hungry, i always felt safe
i got some money in my pocket, shoes on my feet
in my own little world; population- me

"MY OWN LITTLE WORLD"
Mathew West

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