I don't wanna be flat any more

I just wanted to skip this as i saw the flat, Dawny. Go to the kitchen door. Open it, stick your foot in there and slam it, okay. That should wake you up. What's biting your butt? TATA.

Do you remember that Judy Blume story "Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret"? In there the girls chanted "We must, we must, we must increase our bust" while squeezing their elbows in towards their chest - or something like that?! Well, I know you weren't talking about boobs here, but the point is, if you're aiming towards a change, you have to work on it - "practice" I guess one would say. Sometimes I am too much like Tigger on the outside - and I should tone things down a bit - hee hee. Being over enthusiastic has its issues too. But - we are who we are - and that's ok!

Well spice it up a bit! Live your life with an exclamation mark instead of a period! LOL....

hi dawnald my rommie's sister was just here to take her to her doctor and she said to me "how are you Patsie" and I answered with the flat "I am fine".She laughed and said" That covers a lot of ground doesn't it?" I had to laugh as I actually have a cold and my chest is wheezy but I never wanted to tell others all about my little problems.So I guess I too am like Eeyore, and I too would like to be like Tigger.But its hard for me to change my safety blanket now. I am an also ran.lol lol lol

Eeyore is ace! You don't want to be like Tigger..too hyperactive! Seriously though, I do know what you mean. This year has been rather like the one before..boring. That's down to me not having a job but I do feel as though I'm not getting anywhere..and that goes for a lot of the population now, so it's not getting any easier. My health is still in limbo. Apparently, the "spotting" will stop in 6 months' time with this Mirena coil thingy. Nice! Oh, well, at least we're picking Mum up tomorrow night so she can stay here for the weekend (and I've banned cooking) then I shall go back to Blackpool for next week. It's the only excitement I get but I AM looking forward to it. I will also take the opportunity to dress up a bit more seeing as I had my hair done yesterday. That always helps to cheer me up, especially since it was resembling a straw bale on my head!

I stay pretty flat, and I think I want to keep it that way. There's already too many people around who get overly excited about everything, especially politics and religion and their in laws and.... I find people like me "refreshing". I'm getting pretty tired of the "not flat" ones, whose opinions are always the "right" ones. I say go flat people.

I tend to be more flat than not. One thing I have noticed is that I can kind of get in a rut in my normal life. If you can go somewhere different or talk to different people it can sometimes open your eyes up in a new way. Of course, I don't ordinarily talk to strangers, but every once in a while I am put in a situation where I have to. It usually provokes some new ideas. Maybe some reading, of a different type, would be helpful. Another thing to look at is if you have any definite goals you are working towards. The satisfaction and joy of completing a task can be a kicker. Of course routine day to day work does not count for this. Hope you can un-flatten!

hehe i am the same :) actually its a joke about my nation latvians here, that we are too calm, too grey and slow, but not so slow as estonians who live in country to north from Latvia. :D

i thought you was talking about being flat broke myself...lol. still not sure what you mean. is it that you dont get excited over anything any more? is that it? i usually understand most every discussion you do but this time im kind of in the dark

ummm ok i know what u mean. and i am on the same boat as you are. so i dont know what to answer. coz i am also searching for that right now.

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You want a release. That is fine! Clearing cobwebs of past is okay. Do hyper slowly. Your past "Flat" experience is a good teacher. Learn from it and take small steps. Stop and consolidate and go again. Good luck!

I'm with you on this. They say flat emotions are a sign of depression. Or is it more shyness in your case?

I am sure that there are some who thought boobies: and perhaps others who decided to skip the topic once they discovered that it wasn't about them. Know the feeling. For quite a while I have been running between flat and down. No good, great or even hopeful. When you are there it takes a real change to (as the Esso advert used to say) 'put a tiger in your tank'. The answer is that I don't know.

I'm just the opposite. My standard line is, "Happy, happy" (from Ren and Stimpy) or "Always a party." (don't remember where I got that.) I think it's more classy sounding sarcastic, so I adopted the two phrases for "fine." Being Tigger looks too draining for me. And he does get a bit silly at times. Not that it's a bad thing, once in a while. But I can see if you lived your life like this, "flatly," you want to now switch gears. Hmmm - may I ask if you have any role models you want to emulate?

Having come in to check out the discussion under a misapprehension,While I'm here,I'm left pondering what would the worst case scenario be..a permanent state of flatness of emotion,or the kind that could be fixed with implants!

Then get out of the flat! . I have always been flat and can be flatter than 2 octanes. There are many times I always want to get out but somehow I lack the energy to move up. I certainly hope you can!

LOL I like the title. For the most part, I'm not much of an enthusiast myself. When I do have a candid conversation with someone, it's usually after work and I'm exhausted and feel like I don't have enough energy to be supernice and supersicklysweet and all that. Although kindness is clearly one of the best virtues (if you can call it that) that there is. I've met a couple of kind people, who didn't say much, but they were so sweet and enthusiastic that it just made my day. I would love to have that effect on people!

I like the way that you described this. I tend to think that I am a flat person as well now that you've put it this way. I am never one that really seems like I am a really happy person and a big part of that could be because of the fact that my life isn't really exciting. I don't really feel like I am an Eeyore, but I know that I am definitely not a Tigger. I'm somewhere in between the two extremes that you've discussed here.

I know how you feel. I'd like to be more outgoing and positive. Sometimes it's hard to be enthusiastic when you're not really interested in talking to other people. I've just moved to a new city and am trying to be more outgoing so I'll take advantage of all the things offered here that weren't in my last city. It's hard.