The Negative Zone - a place to dump all your accumulated negativity

[Frank]

A problem has been itching at my soul for some time but I am not sure where to let it out.
So I thought that I would make a discussion here in the Trash for dumping negativity.
A place to bitch about your itches
to itch about your bitches
oops I am being poetic
But I do have a few gripes or bitches and I did want to have a place to dump them
so this is it

Feel free to dump your sh*t here too if you like - a dump for one is a dump for all

[Frank]

I am sick up to my wazoo with people moaning and bitching
except that I am doing it Now
so I guess that makes me a hypocrite but tough-o - sh*to
I know people have to get their crap out but does it have to be
where ever they want ? I feel like making a space for light and happy
and somehow this only attracts people with negativity
The key to feeling better is the letting go of the crap
not trying to find people to dump your crap on

I am hoping that no one reads this but I have to get it out somewhere
I chose to make this my place to let off my crap
Don't take this seriously - it is just me dumping my crap

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

dump away, Frankie

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

Isn't that what MPs are for?

[Frank]

no - because somethings are needed to be told to other people
sometimes we need to dump our crap with other people around
but I do not want people to think that they have to listen to my crap
but I think sometimes people dump on me because some part of me wants them to
that part is healer/helper but sometimes I have had enough and I want people to respect my boundaries.
So here is where I will listen to anyone's whining but look out if you whine where I am trying to be creative - I will vent here on you

[Lin Neiswender]

You sound really ticked off, Frank. Are you upset with some of us at CCS?

[Frank]

No
but I think CCS is all about being creative and being inspired by other people's creativity
I come for inspiration and I get it - especially from you Lin
thank you
I created this discussion to make a place for people to get whatever is bothering them out of their system
There seemed to be no proper place for that in CCS
If you went to a discussion group to talk about art
and someone dominated the discussion by talking about their car trouble
you might say okay bad day
but if you went the next week to the same discussion and that same person was talking about car troubles, you might offer advice hoping they would take and then the group could actually talk about art.
But if you back the next week and the same person is talking about car troubles again, you might say ARGGGGGGGHHHHHH enough already - I want to talk about art
Well that is where I am at.I don't want people to stop whining and dumping - I just want them to do it here.

[Jules]

I have tamed that healer/helper through out the years. I do not just tell people what I think about their situation, but if, and only if they ask I let them know "Don't ask me what I think about it unless you really want to know...because I will tell you what I think, and you may or may not like it"

Yeah, I think somethings have to be heard as well as said in order for the situation to improve. Like Lin, I hope it isn't us...

[Frank]

No Jules it is not you.

[Jules]

Phew! That's a relief.
Things at this moment are all ok with me...but life is life, so before long I will have to take a dump. Nice to have a place to go.

[Maureen]

I just found this lovely discussion on crap. This was a great idea, Frank -- I know where you are coming from, and I think this is a great idea. I know that I have dumped crap in the middle of Flash Poetry and probably Haiku Land, and I am sorry about that; I try to catch myself. Once, Lin and I nearly talked about literal crap when we got in our colonoscopy discussion -- but I have to admit, I still chuckle over that tangent we went off on!

In all honesty, I am glad this is here. During my haitus away from CCS the past week or so, I was getting quite depressed over how sick I was (I was feeling very inadequate, unworthy, insecure, etc.), and I wanted to "talk" to someone about it here, but didn't know how or where. I wanted to respect this site as a creativity site, and respect others' boundaries, and not be a drain, etc. It is kind of a fine line here -- we are friends and I want to share my feelings with my friends, but this is a site for creativity, not group therapy.

I thought about going to one of the discussions here on Taking the Trash Out, but I never did. Little did I know you made a spot just for what I was needing at the time. I should have checked in after all.

By the way -- I really get what you're saying here. I was feeling the same way you were about the same time you posted this.

Thanks Frank.
- mo

[Beverly]

Well, the demon photo here scared out all the negativity that I had brewing inside me.
Yikes, but still a good place to dump more dark junk. Today, I feel light and positive.
Tomorrow may be another story. In the meantime, I am glad to know I can take refuge
with my words here.
Perhaps a haiku or poem I will dump here as a release. We all need to let it out, no matter
how b*tchy it seems.

[Frank]

Better making it a bitching poem, Bev
let it out and then feel better, our goal here