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Trying to be more outgoing but it's not working for me.
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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 607708" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>Well, here's the thing. People are strange. We are weird. We do what we can to comfort ourselves, and half the time, it doesn't work. We overeat, we oversleep, we work too much. Brene Brown has been writing about shame (it's universal) and about allowing vulnerability as a way of overcoming social anxiety. If you are interested, her book is...huh. I can't remember what it is. She does have a TED talk about vulnerability. I will find the link for you tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>And the title.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Here is a story: Blind Melon has a video about a chubby little red headed girl in spectacles and a bee costume. She tries so hard to fit in, but everyone rejects her. Finally, they toss her out the door and right into a roomful of...people in bee costumes!</p><p></p><p>The moral is that we all need to find "our" people. Once we do, then we understand that there was never anything wrong or different about us. It was just that we hadn't found "our" people.</p><p></p><p>If you are content (and it sounds like you are), then you are probably more fortunate than anyone you work with. Why your relative would say something like that, I don't know. </p><p></p><p>But it seems a little abusive ~ like, cleverly verbally abusive, in that it was spoken to make you feel weird. </p><p></p><p>I will find the video and the Brown info and post it for you here, tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>You will get the biggest kick out of that video, I think. I know I did.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 607708, member: 1721"] Well, here's the thing. People are strange. We are weird. We do what we can to comfort ourselves, and half the time, it doesn't work. We overeat, we oversleep, we work too much. Brene Brown has been writing about shame (it's universal) and about allowing vulnerability as a way of overcoming social anxiety. If you are interested, her book is...huh. I can't remember what it is. She does have a TED talk about vulnerability. I will find the link for you tomorrow. And the title. :O) Here is a story: Blind Melon has a video about a chubby little red headed girl in spectacles and a bee costume. She tries so hard to fit in, but everyone rejects her. Finally, they toss her out the door and right into a roomful of...people in bee costumes! The moral is that we all need to find "our" people. Once we do, then we understand that there was never anything wrong or different about us. It was just that we hadn't found "our" people. If you are content (and it sounds like you are), then you are probably more fortunate than anyone you work with. Why your relative would say something like that, I don't know. But it seems a little abusive ~ like, cleverly verbally abusive, in that it was spoken to make you feel weird. I will find the video and the Brown info and post it for you here, tomorrow. You will get the biggest kick out of that video, I think. I know I did. :O) Cedar [/QUOTE]
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