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We are all aware of the existence of addictions – like clinical addictions to drugs and alcohol or psychological addictions to gambling, computer games or driving fast cars.
It set me thinking about the opposite of addiction, which I guess is phobia – to fear or hate something so much that you avoid anything to do with it.
But that raised the question of what happens when the two combine – where you end up in a situation where you are trapped by circumstances in a situation that you hate but can see no way out? The classical example is the job you hate and long to escape but the mortgage, your skills and the job market dictate that you’re stuck in a rut.
You know when this is happening to you when going to work seems like a punishment and you start getting the ‘Monday morning feeling’ on Friday evening!
oh gawd, dont mention traps, you never know when he might show up.
i sometimes dream i’m trapped by a giant spider with boots on 8-[
@chickenman wrote:
i sometimes dream i’m trapped by a giant spider with boots on 8-[
Just burst out laughing at that :lol:
@bassingbourne55 wrote:
We are all aware of the existence of addictions – like clinical addictions to drugs and alcohol or psychological addictions to gambling, computer games or driving fast cars.
It set me thinking about the opposite of addiction, which I guess is phobia – to fear or hate something so much that you avoid anything to do with it.
But that raised the question of what happens when the two combine – where you end up in a situation where you are trapped by circumstances in a situation that you hate but can see no way out? The classical example is the job you hate and long to escape but the mortgage, your skills and the job market dictate that you’re stuck in a rut.
You know when this is happening to you when going to work seems like a punishment and you start getting the ‘Monday morning feeling’ on Friday evening!
My boss is depressed on Fridays and excited on Mondays………… talk about live to work :twisted:
WELL SOMETIMES I GO OUT BY MYSELF, AND I LOOK ACROSS THE AWATERRRRRRRRRR
there are two kinds of people in this situation.
those who work to live.
and those who live to work.
having the balance right is up to the individual. i chose to work to live. and enjoy the benefits. while i was nursing however i definateley lived to work. its not just a money thingis it ? its a mental attitude toward your life.
mortgages, and loans, holidays and luxuries are the traps we climb into only too easily, if you think about buying a car that will mean you working full time for 5 years to pay the loan off then you and you alone are responsible for that decision. so we shouldnt moan when we are in a situation where you cant afford to be sick or have a saving account you can fall back on. there is no justification for accrueing thousands of pounds in loans and goods etc, then moaning that you cant go on holiday for 5 years, just dont buy what you cant afford simple as..
mind you its taken me almost half a century and a failed business to come to this conclusion. :wink: been there done that comes to mind.@waspish wrote:
there are two kinds of people in this situation.
those who work to live.
and those who live to work.What about the unemployed; the retired; the disabled; and so on then?? You going to discriminate against them then eh???eh???eh???
I might have misunderstood your point PB, but are you suggesting that disabled people aren’t able to make that decision?! That’s a shocking attitude!
:lol:
@johnboy25 wrote:
I might have misunderstood your point PB, but are you suggesting that disabled people aren’t able to make that decision?! That’s a shocking attitude!
:lol:
Unfortunately, you did misunderstand my point – which was quite the opposite of what you assumed I meant.
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