tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495971764170848323.post5710767297026309675..comments2024-03-22T06:53:58.375+00:00Comments on When I'm King: Mental StateBatsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426643733506493701noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495971764170848323.post-55493364328267174392020-10-12T09:35:47.280+01:002020-10-12T09:35:47.280+01:00Happy to help! Happy to help! Batsbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06426643733506493701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495971764170848323.post-76085117296671857952020-10-09T13:17:24.186+01:002020-10-09T13:17:24.186+01:00I never comment here because I usually agree with ...I never comment here because I usually agree with the posts. This time, I want to say something. May I?<br /><br />In the "old" days of my generation, and my parents, there was a "shit happens" attitude. A close knit family, the Church, the priest, the family doctor, aunts, uncles and even neighbours down the pub, listened, comforted and gave advice like "shit happens!". Tranquilisers were hugs, a beer, a hot toddy, a cigarette, an Epsom salts bath, hot soup, or walking the dog. Only rich people went to psychiatrists/psychologists, ordinary people thought such therapists needed therapy themselves. Their children turned out "weird". "Grit" was an admired trait. "Porn" was what you saw in A5 dog eared magazines from Sweden, and "sex" was something you discovered. Wolf whistles were signs of appreciation. Flirting was an art. Marriage was a solemn contract of mutual support. Children were immature adults being introduced into a world where "shit happened" and education was set to give them a support raft of history, geography and literature.<br /><br />All that has gone.<br /><br />Shit still happens. We need to allow it to nurture us, somehow, to foster "grit" rather than "helplessness". <br /><br />Thanks, I feel better now!<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495971764170848323.post-56718888761312828582020-10-08T13:40:31.655+01:002020-10-08T13:40:31.655+01:00It's little short of a miracle that the baby b...It's little short of a miracle that the baby boomers are still going strong in such numbers. They didn't have a tablet to take for every problem in life and they were sadly deprived of all talking cures. Big pharma and the councilor hadn't been invented and they got through life without Facebook and mobile phones as well? Tough cookie your baby boomer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com