Is it just me?

United States
June 30, 2008 2:57pm CST
I feel like my life is so crazy. I always have something so dramatic to discuss. Does anyone feel like life is a big rollercoaster? I know I do. Maybe it's this apartment building I live in. SO MUCH DRAMA!
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
30 Jun 08
I'm sure it isn't just you. Many young people seem to live lives filled with drama. Maybe it is your age that makes you so aware of it all. As an old guy I don't find much drama in my life. It might be there, but unless it concerns me personally, then I don't care. If it isn't my problem, I do not try to fix it :)
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• United States
30 Jun 08
That is very true, it probably is my age. Also that I am very friendly and like to be friends with everyone.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
30 Jun 08
If I were living in an apartment building as you are, I would certainly try to be friendly. I would not care to be friends with everyone though. I see the people in my neighborhood and say hello or how's it going? but that's about it. Because I don't care to know all their little life details nor do I share mine and we all get along just fine. I'm sure as you get older and more tired of the drama of everyone around you you'll get to that point too :)
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@sunita64 (6468)
• India
1 Jul 08
Few days back I was reading a book, key to mastermind by JOhn K Fennel, that said that there is a law of attraction,if you like drama in life than that is what you will attract towards you, so a large number of people do have dramatic lives.As far as I am concerned I always loved an active but peaceful life, so that is what I have.
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• United States
1 Jul 08
Hey that's a great response, I'd be interested in learning more about how to NOT attract drama. I am very friendly to my neighbors, maybe I should keep to myself a bit more.
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• India
3 Jul 08
Yeah, life is full of drama, each and every day, there is a new situation and new twists and turns. I just had a huge emotional flow as i just got rejected for a perfect job, i always wanted. Im still in that mood, i donno when i could succeed. Life is a challenge.,
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@Winter08 (441)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
In a previous response, you mentioned you should perhaps keep to yourself more as a way of reducing the drama in your life. I've read a number of your discussions (have not responded to all of them) and you come across as a very loving, caring, friendly person who likes to help others. Would you be able to realistically keep more to yourself? Years ago, I ran across a "labelling" concept that said people usually fall into a category of "rescuer" or "victim". I think there was a third category but it didn't really register. I just remember thinking, "Am I a rescuer? Am I a victim?" My answer was, "Both." What I have worked on doing was stopping being a victim. Took a while but I did it. The harder one was stopping being the rescuer. But ... I eventually realized that I could not help everybody. And, frankly, some of them didn't want help. They wanted to stay in their own personal "drama". BUT they wanted to rest of the world to hear about their drama. HEAR IT BUT DON'F FIX IT!!! So ... my long winded way of saying: Maybe you could continue to let them tell you their story, but let them keep their story without you expending your energy on trying to help them change their story. Then, when you come across the ones who do truly want to change their story, you can offer your helping hand to them.
• United States
1 Jul 08
Thanks, I have often been told that I am a doormat. I have been working so hard not to be one, but I always feel so bad for people especially if they are in a similar situation as me. Although I have no money, I have given neighbors gas money. I have spent some of my foodstamps on neighbors, etc. I don't know why, I think it may stem from me needing help and a lot of the time no one is there for me. So I know what it feels like to need the help, I just need to focus more on my family and stop helping other people. I wouldn't want to give to someone else what my children need.
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