Instead of stealing signs, people were lying on the road to get photos taken. They stopped putting street signs up and started painting it on the road. It’s a tourist attraction to the point that our council tried to buy the name: they wanted to buy us out of our name many years ago. Thousands of street signs have been stolen from there because of us. “It’s where we started! That’s the street that our drummer, Ben, his parents’ house is on. What’s so special about the road Parkway Drive? Alicia Rutter, email I screamed at the dude up the bank: ‘There’s a fucking shark coming for you!’ There were, like, 300 people in the ocean that day and nothing happened. I got away from the head, thinking, ‘Please don’t turn around, please don’t turn around,’ and it started lazing its way up the sandbank. It was a juvenile white, four metres long. “Last year, on my birthday, I came off a wave and stopped straight on top of one. You quickly realise how ill-equipped you are in that environment.” Imagine a car coming towards you that has teeth. Their eyes are probably their weakest point but, fuck dude, if you see one of these things in real life, you realise how much of it is basically just luck. I’ve thought about the shark part many times. “Bear, because you could at least hold onto its fur and won’t have to hold your breath. Would you rather wrestle a bear or a shark? Chris Flynn, Facebook Otherwise you’re left with the same elements to try and figure out a new thing.” It’s like anything else in life: if something’s not working for you, bring in a new element to really make change. There are massive systems of wonderful people out there specifically to try and help with that. You need a voice outside to help you get a different perspective and provide you with new pathways. Even with their positive reinforcement, the voices you have now will continue the cycle that’s going on, and that cycle needs to be broken. I can’t stress enough the value of a voice that’s outside the experiences you’re already having. Talk to someone that’s outside of your family group and your support group, not anyone that’s going to lead you to continue the cycle you’re on. How do you cope with extreme depression and what steps can we take to stop the self-loathing? Zare Ralof Karadzin, Facebook
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