When I'm really bummed, I'm never sure if wallowing or distraction is the right call.
My god...he's gonna do the whole speech.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
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erikaj - Apr 30, 2013 6:25:08 pm PDT #29556 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Burrell - Apr 30, 2013 6:31:49 pm PDT #29557 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Wallowing is rarely the right call, but sometimes it's the only thing I can manage.
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2013 6:33:03 pm PDT #29558 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I don't know, I think on Day 1, you can wallow.
amych - Apr 30, 2013 6:36:08 pm PDT #29559 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think there should be a socially recognized wallowing window. It's not exactly "wear solid black and a full veil for a year", but "take the night off and have some cookie dough and booze" has its place.
Cass - Apr 30, 2013 6:41:22 pm PDT #29560 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Wallowing is rarely the right call, but sometimes it's the only thing I can manage.
It's definitely not the healthy long-term strategy, but some cathartic wallowing is sometimes what you need. And sometimes it's all you can manage, so it's what you do.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 30, 2013 6:47:26 pm PDT #29561 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I think wallowing gets a bad rap. Sometimes you gotta lay low so you can get to where you don't need to anymore.
Atropa - Apr 30, 2013 6:49:01 pm PDT #29562 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I think there should be a socially recognized wallowing window.
Yes. Good lord, yes.
Pix - Apr 30, 2013 7:07:28 pm PDT #29563 of 30001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Wallow is a funny word. The more I say it, the funnier it gets. Wallow wallow wallow wallow.
Burrell - Apr 30, 2013 7:16:51 pm PDT #29564 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
"take the night off and have some cookie dough and booze"
Oh by all means, YES to cookie dough and booze! And yes to going to bed early and just giving up on the day. My wallowing tends to be of a significantly more morose variety. And even then, as I said, I think sometimes you do what you got to do.
DavidS - Apr 30, 2013 7:18:16 pm PDT #29565 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm in the "wallow on the day of" camp, and then try to snap-to on the next day: hot shower, cup of coffee, face the day. However, I make exceptions for a day two wallow if it's really bad.
After that, you're just resetting your neurotransmitters to "low."