healthwiz
09-03-05, 06:25 PM
I started this off in the therapy section because it started off about Psychodrama. However, it ended and mostly was about college. So i'm reposting under college.
Just a follow up, after many months. Psychodrama, which i have participated in for 4 solid 10 month seasons a year, has definetley improved my life and my outlook. Ofcourse there are still stubborn problems, but my view on solving them has changed. I've recently come to the conclusion that i can do anything i want with my life, and there is no reason not to. this is quite unusual for me, as i typically sit around nervously avoiding doing what i want in the world. I recently entered grad school, just a week ago, because i felt the confidence to simply do what my feeling was telling me to do. Normally, that is a lot of risk for me, and infinite avoidance of risk...this time i jumped in with no solid answers about where it was taking me..oh well, faith.
I don't think it is entirely psychodrama that made the difference. However, i do think psychodrama helped a lot. I'm debating whether to start my 5th season of psychodrama soon. If i don't do it, it will be a big life change for me. I think i may do it another half year. Grad school schedule is going to interrupt psychodrama nights next semester...so i may not have much of a choice in the matter.
By the way, grad school is fun. I like the classes, i like the challenge, and i am not bored anymore. I encourage everyone who is sitting there, thinking should i or shouldn't i, to just do it. Don;t worry so much about where the degree is going to lead, because it is certainly going to lead more places that no degree is going to lead. Where is the current situation leading? Waiting to see some infomercial on late night tv that will make all your wealthy dreams come true? How often does that happen? Getting a degree, any degree is farther down the road of life changing experiences that any infomercial can offer. Doing nothing, may produce life changing experiences, but normally those are not the ones we are hoping for, like, negative experiences.
In my opinion, its easier to bear a little failure in school, perhaps a bad grade, or the need to drop a class and still pay the tuition, or the need to go to the department on campus that helps students with disabilities...that is not nearly as painful as a lot of nothing in life.... just some thoughts to think about.
Anyhow, i'm prosteletising, don't let the ADD, the mood disorders, the learning disabilities, or low self esteem issues or Depression or money fears, or just fear itself, or panic disorders, stand in the way of your education...just do it! Everyone, even people with these problems we all face, deserves to be able to make some dreams happen, even if they are harder in some ways for us...we still deserve to be able to do it! So do it!
Jonathan
Just a follow up, after many months. Psychodrama, which i have participated in for 4 solid 10 month seasons a year, has definetley improved my life and my outlook. Ofcourse there are still stubborn problems, but my view on solving them has changed. I've recently come to the conclusion that i can do anything i want with my life, and there is no reason not to. this is quite unusual for me, as i typically sit around nervously avoiding doing what i want in the world. I recently entered grad school, just a week ago, because i felt the confidence to simply do what my feeling was telling me to do. Normally, that is a lot of risk for me, and infinite avoidance of risk...this time i jumped in with no solid answers about where it was taking me..oh well, faith.
I don't think it is entirely psychodrama that made the difference. However, i do think psychodrama helped a lot. I'm debating whether to start my 5th season of psychodrama soon. If i don't do it, it will be a big life change for me. I think i may do it another half year. Grad school schedule is going to interrupt psychodrama nights next semester...so i may not have much of a choice in the matter.
By the way, grad school is fun. I like the classes, i like the challenge, and i am not bored anymore. I encourage everyone who is sitting there, thinking should i or shouldn't i, to just do it. Don;t worry so much about where the degree is going to lead, because it is certainly going to lead more places that no degree is going to lead. Where is the current situation leading? Waiting to see some infomercial on late night tv that will make all your wealthy dreams come true? How often does that happen? Getting a degree, any degree is farther down the road of life changing experiences that any infomercial can offer. Doing nothing, may produce life changing experiences, but normally those are not the ones we are hoping for, like, negative experiences.
In my opinion, its easier to bear a little failure in school, perhaps a bad grade, or the need to drop a class and still pay the tuition, or the need to go to the department on campus that helps students with disabilities...that is not nearly as painful as a lot of nothing in life.... just some thoughts to think about.
Anyhow, i'm prosteletising, don't let the ADD, the mood disorders, the learning disabilities, or low self esteem issues or Depression or money fears, or just fear itself, or panic disorders, stand in the way of your education...just do it! Everyone, even people with these problems we all face, deserves to be able to make some dreams happen, even if they are harder in some ways for us...we still deserve to be able to do it! So do it!
Jonathan