taking risks

inspiring story by paddy about his scooter attempt. i ve done various fun wheeled adventures and broken bits, too. im a girl BTW. i dont think male thought processes are limited to the blokes. taking risks is great fun sometimes. sometimes not so great. My BF attempted to squeeze his car through a gap too small for it, between two other vehicles. lucky the other drivers were nice and we js got away with a bust light. we were inspired to get 3rd party insurance. so now we just stick to kiddy playgrounds.
Any other risk taking attempts out there?

I was areal risk taker.

It was a long standing comment from a friend of mine that when I died that I would be nominated for a Darwin Award.

I use to puch the boudries when hunting, camping, mtbing etc.

Sadly I have settled down a bit now.

It is intresting to note though that risk takeing, or not knowing where the boundires can be / is often a side effect of mental health issues.

I would agree with you, Roswell, taking thoughtless risks is associated with mental illness. The impulsive, regrettable ones.
But it seems to me those activities you mentioned are very positive. I used to do some of them too. Got into some hot water along the way, but I don't regret tham.
Maybe i should call it challenging oneself. I always liked to call it risk because it makes it more edgy. Challenging oneself is so nice sounding.

I have settled down now, too. Ive been noticing I have trouble getting out there and doing something different. It is the medication I think. Im feeling too comfy. Bit worried oneday I will fight the comfy feeling too much if I don't step out of my comfort zone voluntarily, before something else pushes me.
Does anyone else do silly things just to feel the fear again?

Taking of risk is a good thing.
We grow to know what is right for us that way
and delete that which dosnt do much at all for us.
Taking no risks at all
is deadening and
where Boredom
Arises
from.

greasemonkey wrote:Taking of risk is a good thing.
We grow to know what is right for us that way
and delete that which dosnt do much at all for us.
Taking no risks at all
is deadening and
where Boredom
Arises
from.

agreed.. I have had a few high speed car accidents (by myself) due to driving under the wrong circumstances.. Im also a keen mountain biker with a haematoma near my ankle that wont go away to prove it.. Now a days i think closing my eyes while i pick a drink from the dairys fridge is risky enough

Ive started making myself do more to fill in my day so i dont get so bored and wonder what walking around a buildings window ledge feels like

adrenalin junky moving on to........maybe there's a need to seekout more profitable ventures?

We do need an interest,to become enlivened,to become real otherwise the world is dark.
Getting turned on is important,staying turned-on is even more important.

Life is the Answer.

If you were to beguin a study of what makes you tickntock
you would be helping yourself find what it is you truely want
in the World.

PPl need Goals

Yip i take risks all the time and have no idea why i do it to myself! I have anxiety issues but yet i love it at the same time! I am my own worst enemy at times!

its an awakening 'process' Claire.
Whilst we have anxiety,there are two.
One is the Witness,the Other is the Body.

When you enter the flow(that which you love)
where does anxiety go?

Anxiety can only exist when there are TWO

In the Flow we are ONE!
Staying in the Flow is the Art of LIFE!

Ive spent ages trying to figure out why i do the things i do! I know what triggers my anxiety but yet i sign myself up for the same attacks time and time again. It definately is risk taking as i know it will have huge consequences but yet i do it anyway! Im talking about simple things like - goign on holiday - i take holidays all the time, always have, even as a kid, i would go wandering, exploring, now im older even going overseas i almost give myself a stomach ulcer even just thinking about it, i cry on the plane like a baby and get there and feel lost but yet i love that lost feeling!

Ok not sure ive gone way off topic sorry!

But id love to learn how to let go the anxiety and actually enjoy the benefits of risk taking rather then consequences!

Claire,

All I know that in my situation, if I do nothing, I'm not only going to hurt, cos I'm sore pretty well 24/7, but I'm going to be even more bored and more insular than I already am.

So, Pat does something stupid once in a while. Yeah, it hurts. So what? I already hurt.

Now though, I have the fun of 'The Big Idea', the fun of planning it and the fun of seeing whether or not its going to end in tears this time.

And a bloke can never have enough new scrapes n bumps to snivel about whilsts hes' waiting for his next debilitating round of man-flu.

Just do stuff. Cos, we're allowed to.

Just dont bloody tell me PAt.....grrrrrrrrrr

Luffs you!

Not off topic Claire,
just enlargening it somewhat,
maybe to bring the light in,
as light Comes when you open-up doors or windows in the HOME!

Its fine to ask outside yourself for help or direction,
or for some feedback,
ESPECIALLY if you are working your life OUT!

We do find ppl for this use when the time is right,
NEVER before.

The Karma Factor comes into play,
and the fact is 'pain' can be used to Hollow a Vessal, to make it usefull moments before love comes and fills the vessel! Whilst we have 'pain to work with', best learn new ways to handling emotional pain,such as in making some headway 'thro expanding ones Knowledge Base'.
There are 'ways to move emotion' and depleat karma in the East,much like sitting in meditation,and practicing self observation, but utilising the breath we have to undo stress(pranayama).
The awareness we develope in this way,
goes along way toward clarifying our Questions
about why we do these crazy things we do,
having done a few myself,
in my earlier
crazy-daze.lol

Basically,we need to deal with pain
rather than run away(with a Holiday)or two,which you do.
Maybe start a thread on this Topic and Commit yourself to also helping others
with the knowledge your've alread gleened from living LIFE yourself.

I'd be into THAT!
cheers

claire_sky wrote:Ive spent ages trying to figure out why i do the things i do! I know what triggers my anxiety but yet i sign myself up for the same attacks time and time again. It definately is risk taking as i know it will have huge consequences but yet i do it anyway! Im talking about simple things like - goign on holiday - i take holidays all the time, always have, even as a kid, i would go wandering, exploring, now im older even going overseas i almost give myself a stomach ulcer even just thinking about it, i cry on the plane like a baby and get there and feel lost but yet i love that lost feeling!

Ok not sure ive gone way off topic sorry!

But id love to learn how to let go the anxiety and actually enjoy the benefits of risk taking rather then consequences!

Hey thanks for your input greasemonkey as always a pleasure to read!

I am famous for running away from situations when they get too difficult, i may see if i have the courage to spark up a new thread on this.

there is much wisdom in illness.
We need to re-adjust the word 'attitude'
into the positive sector.

Most ppl think that 'to have attitude' is a Negative thing.

Once its in the positive sector,when illness comes,
then we look into how it effects first of all our body,and mind
and go about actualising how the releasing of Repressed Energy
serves us in positively healing ourselves.enlightening?
Psychosis and psychosomattic illness all come out of the mind to be GIFTS
if we approch them in the correct manner,
Rather than having a negative attitude toward illness
(time off work etc).