MD and the Future Self - Wild Minds network2024-03-29T07:51:25Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/md-and-the-future-self?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A102952&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI am not confident either...b…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-10-07:4661400:Comment:1036832012-10-07T17:41:54.368ZGina Blackhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/GinaBlack
<p>I am not confident either...but do feel a need for my crazy world to be open for criticism. Admitting it openly makes me feel less crazy. I just...changed my avatar from a photo to a manga face, in case someone I know is here :p</p>
<p>I am not confident either...but do feel a need for my crazy world to be open for criticism. Admitting it openly makes me feel less crazy. I just...changed my avatar from a photo to a manga face, in case someone I know is here :p</p> I have a blog but I have not…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-10-07:4661400:Comment:1036752012-10-07T16:14:45.276ZLauren W.https://wildminds.ning.com/profile/LaurenW
<p>I have a blog but I have not talked about MD in it at all. I have a personal journal where I'm writing about it. I feel kind of raw sharing it publicly still.</p>
<p>I have a blog but I have not talked about MD in it at all. I have a personal journal where I'm writing about it. I feel kind of raw sharing it publicly still.</p> Whoops...I thought I had post…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-10-07:4661400:Comment:1036742012-10-07T16:09:04.234ZGina Blackhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/GinaBlack
<p>Whoops...I thought I had posted this to your other thread here :p</p>
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<p>Whoops...I thought I had posted this to your other thread here :p</p>
<p><a href="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/daydreams-deceptive-problem-resolution">http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/daydreams-deceptive-problem-resolution</a></p> The results were great! Whene…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-10-07:4661400:Comment:1037572012-10-07T15:03:44.389ZGina Blackhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/GinaBlack
<p>The results were great! Whenever I reversed my DDs, the result was always a copy of reality. I soon realized I always see things I don't believe I can do. So, my problem is not fighting for what I want. Yes, things may be close to impossible sometimes, but I have decided to fight fear, and fight for MY reality. </p>
<p>I've had half the DDing time than usually, and it keeps reducing! Wish me I can keep the "fighter attitude" up!</p>
<p>Thanks for the method!</p>
<p>The results were great! Whenever I reversed my DDs, the result was always a copy of reality. I soon realized I always see things I don't believe I can do. So, my problem is not fighting for what I want. Yes, things may be close to impossible sometimes, but I have decided to fight fear, and fight for MY reality. </p>
<p>I've had half the DDing time than usually, and it keeps reducing! Wish me I can keep the "fighter attitude" up!</p>
<p>Thanks for the method!</p> Haha, thanks :) I'll probably…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-10-01:4661400:Comment:1032232012-10-01T00:22:14.692ZGina Blackhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/GinaBlack
<p>Haha, thanks :) I'll probably start one, to keep track of my progress. (From that point of view, it's a good idea for anyone here, now that I think of it. Do you have one?) <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Lauren W. said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/md-and-the-future-self?id=4661400%3ATopic%3A102805&page=2#4661400Comment103222"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Gina, you should totally start blogging!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Gina Black said:…</cite></p>
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<p>Haha, thanks :) I'll probably start one, to keep track of my progress. (From that point of view, it's a good idea for anyone here, now that I think of it. Do you have one?) <br/> <br/> <cite>Lauren W. said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/md-and-the-future-self?id=4661400%3ATopic%3A102805&page=2#4661400Comment103222"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Gina, you should totally start blogging!<br/> <br/> <cite>Gina Black said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/md-and-the-future-self?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A103401&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment103401"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Well, I am also at the age I fantasized about. That's the reason I just started fighting my MD. I don't want to wake up one day and see in the mirror an old, lonely hag that has dreamed her life away. Sacrificing my dreamwalks is certainly worth avoiding that!</p>
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<p>It's as if I'm a butterfly in a cocoon. When it all started I was a child, and wrapped myself in the MD cocoon to protect me from everything that tried to change me-or crush my spirit. And it worked. Now that kid is waking up from a loooong daydream, unweaving the cocoon is a hard work though (People always think I'm younger, usually 6-7 yrs younger, about as long as my "heavy DD period". Funny, isn't it?)</p>
<p>Another interesting thing... I'm starting to realize what I want from life, but I also get flashbacks of wanting the very same things before getting wrapped in MD. And flashbacks of situations pushing me to wait for being the person I wanted to be. In the surface I became empty and weak, but in the end it looks like I were just really stubborn! It's only today I realized this (Because of massive flashbacks, mainly!)</p>
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<p>I believe that getting out of MD won't hinder my imagination, as I remember being creative all my life. It just won't be overactive anymore. I'm discovering new things every day, maybe I should start blogging this? XD</p>
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<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/md-and-the-future-self#4661400Comment103091"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Gina, I agree. I think part of the reason that I am feeling much worse lately is because I'm now the age I used to fantasize about being. I'm realizing that time is limited and I may never achieve those dreams if all I do is keep dreaming.</p>
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</blockquote> Gina, you should totally star…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-10-01:4661400:Comment:1032222012-10-01T00:04:23.319ZLauren W.https://wildminds.ning.com/profile/LaurenW
<p>Gina, you should totally start blogging!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Gina Black said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/md-and-the-future-self?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A103401&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment103401"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Well, I am also at the age I fantasized about. That's the reason I just started fighting my MD. I don't want to wake up one day and see in the mirror an old, lonely hag that has dreamed her life away.…</p>
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<p>Gina, you should totally start blogging!<br/> <br/> <cite>Gina Black said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/md-and-the-future-self?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A103401&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment103401"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Well, I am also at the age I fantasized about. That's the reason I just started fighting my MD. I don't want to wake up one day and see in the mirror an old, lonely hag that has dreamed her life away. Sacrificing my dreamwalks is certainly worth avoiding that!</p>
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<p>It's as if I'm a butterfly in a cocoon. When it all started I was a child, and wrapped myself in the MD cocoon to protect me from everything that tried to change me-or crush my spirit. And it worked. Now that kid is waking up from a loooong daydream, unweaving the cocoon is a hard work though (People always think I'm younger, usually 6-7 yrs younger, about as long as my "heavy DD period". Funny, isn't it?)</p>
<p>Another interesting thing... I'm starting to realize what I want from life, but I also get flashbacks of wanting the very same things before getting wrapped in MD. And flashbacks of situations pushing me to wait for being the person I wanted to be. In the surface I became empty and weak, but in the end it looks like I were just really stubborn! It's only today I realized this (Because of massive flashbacks, mainly!)</p>
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<p>I believe that getting out of MD won't hinder my imagination, as I remember being creative all my life. It just won't be overactive anymore. I'm discovering new things every day, maybe I should start blogging this? XD</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Lauren W. said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/md-and-the-future-self#4661400Comment103091"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Gina, I agree. I think part of the reason that I am feeling much worse lately is because I'm now the age I used to fantasize about being. I'm realizing that time is limited and I may never achieve those dreams if all I do is keep dreaming.</p>
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</blockquote> Well, I am also at the age I…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-09-30:4661400:Comment:1034012012-09-30T23:52:03.294ZGina Blackhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/GinaBlack
<p>Well, I am also at the age I fantasized about. That's the reason I just started fighting my MD. I don't want to wake up one day and see in the mirror an old, lonely hag that has dreamed her life away. Sacrificing my dreamwalks is certainly worth avoiding that!</p>
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<p>It's as if I'm a butterfly in a cocoon. When it all started I was a child, and wrapped myself in the MD cocoon to protect me from everything that tried to change me-or crush my spirit. And it worked. Now that kid is…</p>
<p>Well, I am also at the age I fantasized about. That's the reason I just started fighting my MD. I don't want to wake up one day and see in the mirror an old, lonely hag that has dreamed her life away. Sacrificing my dreamwalks is certainly worth avoiding that!</p>
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<p>It's as if I'm a butterfly in a cocoon. When it all started I was a child, and wrapped myself in the MD cocoon to protect me from everything that tried to change me-or crush my spirit. And it worked. Now that kid is waking up from a loooong daydream, unweaving the cocoon is a hard work though (People always think I'm younger, usually 6-7 yrs younger, about as long as my "heavy DD period". Funny, isn't it?)</p>
<p>Another interesting thing... I'm starting to realize what I want from life, but I also get flashbacks of wanting the very same things before getting wrapped in MD. And flashbacks of situations pushing me to wait for being the person I wanted to be. In the surface I became empty and weak, but in the end it looks like I were just really stubborn! It's only today I realized this (Because of massive flashbacks, mainly!)</p>
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<p>I believe that getting out of MD won't hinder my imagination, as I remember being creative all my life. It just won't be overactive anymore. I'm discovering new things every day, maybe I should start blogging this? XD</p>
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<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/md-and-the-future-self#4661400Comment103091"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Gina, I agree. I think part of the reason that I am feeling much worse lately is because I'm now the age I used to fantasize about being. I'm realizing that time is limited and I may never achieve those dreams if all I do is keep dreaming.</p>
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</blockquote> The best thing you can do, I…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-09-30:4661400:Comment:1030952012-09-30T20:36:52.752ZJohn Khttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/JohnK
<p>The best thing you can do, I think, is look at where you are and from there pick a good direction and take one small step in that direction. It might not be going exactly where you dreamed you'd end up but it is at least momentum of some kind. You can always change your direction at any point, so it would be better to focus on what you want now rather than what you wanted in the past or what you think you might want in the future.</p>
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<p>You, in this very moment you are in, is who…</p>
<p>The best thing you can do, I think, is look at where you are and from there pick a good direction and take one small step in that direction. It might not be going exactly where you dreamed you'd end up but it is at least momentum of some kind. You can always change your direction at any point, so it would be better to focus on what you want now rather than what you wanted in the past or what you think you might want in the future.</p>
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<p>You, in this very moment you are in, is who you are. Who you were is already gone and who you will be doesn't actually exist. Stay focused on who you are.</p>
<p></p> Gina, I agree. I think part o…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-09-30:4661400:Comment:1030912012-09-30T19:46:07.589ZLauren W.https://wildminds.ning.com/profile/LaurenW
<p>Gina, I agree. I think part of the reason that I am feeling much worse lately is because I'm now the age I used to fantasize about being. I'm realizing that time is limited and I may never achieve those dreams if all I do is keep dreaming.</p>
<p>Gina, I agree. I think part of the reason that I am feeling much worse lately is because I'm now the age I used to fantasize about being. I'm realizing that time is limited and I may never achieve those dreams if all I do is keep dreaming.</p> Lauren-That's not far from th…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-09-30:4661400:Comment:1033012012-09-30T19:41:04.865ZGina Blackhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/GinaBlack
<p>Lauren-That's not far from the truth, if you ask me. Thinking on how you would want your future shows you what you would be more comfortable with. Only...we sometimes just dream through the future, because we're afraid to risk living it, and give reality the chance to turn our dream into something ugly. Maybe we're all closet perfectionists? :p</p>
<p>Lauren-That's not far from the truth, if you ask me. Thinking on how you would want your future shows you what you would be more comfortable with. Only...we sometimes just dream through the future, because we're afraid to risk living it, and give reality the chance to turn our dream into something ugly. Maybe we're all closet perfectionists? :p</p>