ostrich syndrome
for as long as i can remember sleep has always been my comforter when faced with problems, exams, and other unwanted stuff. when i’m troubled or stressed, i get sleepy. pretty inconvenient, frustrating even to me, but it’s a self-protective instinct, i think.
if sleep fails, procrastination rears its head. i am a champion at putting off doing things i must, but hate, to do, whether its something as mundane as pressing the laundry, or as vital as a trip to the gynecologist. over the years i have also developed the habit of turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, to things that don’t please me. if i can’t change it, i simply pretend it doesn’t exist, and focus instead on the things i opt to see through my rose-colored lenses. i go along my merry way and ignore unpleasant things, places, events… even people.
on one hand, this is, as i’ve said, self-protection. as a result, i seldom get affected by negative things, or more accurately said, by things that i perceive as negative. on the other hand, it’s a sort of escapist’s trick. like an ostrich sticking its head in the sand in the face of danger. instead of confronting the issue, i back off and recoil into my shell, a comfortable world impenetrable to things that are beyond what i am wiling and able to handle.
i know this isn’t productive, but at least i’m not being destructive.
how do YOU cope with unpleasant stuff?
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12 Responses to “ostrich syndrome”
November 15th, 2006 at
i guess wala namang tamang paraan to cope with unpleasant stuff, depende sa tao yan. pano nga ba ako? deadma. bala ka diyan. as in erase sa mundo.
November 15th, 2006 at
i just ignore the nega. inaalis ko sila sa buhay ko. dami pang mas importanteng bagay ang dapat kong pagtuunan ng pansin hehe. divah?
November 16th, 2006 at
with so many negativities around our lives, most just doesn’t have much option but to live in denial. pretending we’re truly living a perfect life, that’s one way to survive. I do exactly that, but on top of it, I’d look up to Him…and then that’s when I begin to see the positive side of everything.
November 16th, 2006 at
i’ve yet to learn how to play ‘deadma to the world’ when negative things happen in my life. often times, i let myself wallow in sadness or frustration and yes, i pray..
November 17th, 2006 at
ako ang reyna ng dedma when it comes to unpleasant stuff. as in! feeling ko kasi madali akong tatanda kung po-problemahin ko pa. and i eat, i eat,and eat. stressed ako e. my body’s got to compensate. hehe…
November 17th, 2006 at
I have yet to learn to choose my battles. I can’t deadma kse I am ms. react.
November 17th, 2006 at
Like Anp, am also Ms.react lol Hindi rin ata Psych. healthy kung lagi mo na laang repress mo si negative ah lol
November 17th, 2006 at
Usually confrontational ako. But if you have ever witnessed Gigay in her deadma phase, hahanga ka talaga! lol Small things I can ignore baka masira araw ko, but big things? Aba, araw nya ang masisira! hehe
November 19th, 2006 at
i am learning to choose my battles. as my boss always tells me, never mind about the battles, win the war instead so there….i’m trying not to let the littlest things affect me and focus on the more important stuff (ie important enough to get a reaction from me).
November 21st, 2006 at
glo, rhada, des: ah, di pala ako nag-iisa, hehe…
tin: oh yes, i do that, too. di naman ako bato, hehe… although pag grabe, i tend to blot it out after ko iiyak…
gigay, naku, delikado yan. buti di ka tumataba. ibig sabihin madalang kang ma-stress?
AnP: ikaw naman , madali mag-erupt, pero madali din mag-subside…
cheH: di ba healthy yon? come to think of it, di naman repressed siguro, channeled lang to something else. at least, that’s how i prefer to see it, hehe. but you tell me. ikaw ang psych major eh!
Q: haha, I know you! sigurado ka bang ilongga ka at di waray? hehe
Christine: mismo!
November 24th, 2006 at
Deadma. I’m not confrontational e so if something annoys me, I pretend it (or he/ she kung tao) does not exist. And I watch and watch a lot of movies. If that does not help, I complain to my friends!
November 27th, 2006 at
[...] am not yet done doing the ostrich maneouvre, but i ahven’t been entirely passive, wither. the last two weeks, i’ve immersed myself in so much work, i’ve left little time for idle musings. and you know what? it works. work is the best antidote to negativism. it’s steals your time, saps your energy, leaves you good for almost nothing else afterwards. but man, am i knackered! it has also put my sleeping patterns in a limbo. this weekend, i’ve been waking up nearly at noon, sleeping early, only to stare at the ceiling from 2 til 4 in the morning. wreck. [...]