. . a n a d a 1 5 3 0 9 - 1 2 - 0 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Hamlet Syndrome" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by BMC . . w w w . a n a d a . n e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DISCLAIMER - There's probably a real name for the condition and someone has probably used the phrase "Hamlet Syndrome" before, but that's too bad cause this is The BMC and what I say is law. -introduction- Ok, I know teen angst is real and I know that indecisiveness is real. I have gone through it many times and I by no means want to make light of it, but I find it to be very frustrating, especially when I see it in other people. How can you convince someone that the reason they feel alone is because there is only one consciousness within their body and that is ok? Yeah everybody is alone, but you have to deal with that and please yourself. Pleasing yourself is not difficult. Start by masturbating. As you come, keep in mind that although you will never share the same body as someone else. You'll never get treated like a mothered infant again. Is that ok? Is it ok to grow up and realize you're never going back in your mom's tummy? I hope so for your sake because this is the path we must all travel in life. We all have to accept that at some time. So to the devil with your complaints about being alone! We are all alone, get used to the idea. Hey, is it any consolation that everyone can deal with your feeling of being alone? We are all united by that feeling. -topic change- Is your problem that you worry too much and never seem to get anything done? Well here is the solution. Take some of that time that you spend obsessing and spend it working on the things you are obsessing about. After doing this three or four times you will notice that there are not as many problems and you have fewer stomach problems from devoting more than half of your time to stressing out. I read this once and I'm going to pretend it is a quote even though it is loosely paraphrased from the original. "If you spend too much time thinking about the future and past you should ask yourself if you are actually living in the real world." -topic change- Are you trying to "find yourself?" Well you're not going to do it by running away. You're not going to do it through analysis. You're not going to meet some magical person to find you. The key is to stop looking. Who gives a shit if you find yourself or not? Stop wasting your life and make it count. Make it feel good. Do what you want to do and stop worrying about what might happen. If you live in the present you will never be disappointed with yourself! If you're so smart, why aren't you happy? It seems to me that the smart thing to do would be to blind yourself to whatever your source of pain is. Maybe I'm just stupid for being happy though. -summary- Hamlet couldn't even kill his uncle because he spent too much time thinking about the plusses and minuses. If he would have spent about a minute of that time killing his uncle everything would have been ok and he would have been King of Denmark. But then I guess we wouldn't have a kick- ass play. A tragic play. If you want to live life as a tragedy that's your choice. Just remember that you don't have an audience. . . w w w . a n a d a . n e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . anada 153 by BMC (c)2000 anada e'zine . . . w w w . a n a d a . n e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .