Thread: Something has upset me

Originally Posted by Landy Smurf

I just went to the last page and was totally confused about the feathers thing, go back ah it all makes sense.
I like the idea.
I would have to say i sit on 6 feathers atm. I was sitting on probably a 1 or 2 for a while but crawling my way up.
Good to see things are getting better for you Arthur

Hi Tony

Glad you liked it and thanks for passing those regards on from me to our friend,
he sent a nice message of support back through to me.

The keep the fun going, I need to fill in the gaps of the list, can you add anything ?
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Originally Posted by Flipper

I lost all feathers today trying to teach a daughter to drive mums car on her new L plates.
She has funky coordination with gear changes and somehow thinks stopping means ploughing down someone's mail box when I said pull over to the side of the road.
Gawd help me.
Someone please post a feather or 2 to a troubled and terrified dad so his ratings don't look so bad. Thanks...

A slight hijack here, but don't teach your kids to drive. Honestly, if it's at all difficult, don't do it. I've just finished three years of teaching driving, and a lot of it was undoing the damage dads did before I got to them. Mind you, it's easy being patient when you have your own set of pedals handy. But seriously, keep your feathers and send her to a school.

Originally Posted by Davo

A slight hijack here, but don't teach your kids to drive. Honestly, if it's at all difficult, don't do it. I've just finished three years of teaching driving, and a lot of it was undoing the damage dads did before I got to them. Mind you, it's easy being patient when you have your own set of pedals handy. But seriously, keep your feathers and send her to a school.

It isn't a hijack, as it's all part of the topic, being of stress, anxiety and fear.

My eldest who is a double masters Uni grad, has only just a year ago, earnt his 'L's' to ride a motorbike at the age of 33.

The full gambit of emotions, went into the training he received and I do agree that the cheap ( ??? ) option of trying to teach your offspring to drive, is very much the wrong way to go.
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Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

I woke up early this morning with my wife getting ready to go to her present place of work, she has been rewarded for all the hard work and worry we put into her job application, she starts at her new work as a Registered Nurse in about a month.

And my Son has accepted a position as a teaching Golf Professional at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club.

Slap across the wrist for calling my son's title wrong. ---- 6 1/2 feathers.
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He is busy looking for accommodation near the Golf coarse starting in July, does anyone know what prices he would expect to pay?
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10. --- A perfect specimen that has no worries at all, has polished shoes at the back door, writes motoring articles for overseas' Land Rover magazines.

09. --- Most people, as they have some anxiety in their daily life.

08. ---

07. --- Not debilitated, but still worries unnecessarily about small problems.

06. ---Performs at less than usual. - Obvious to most. Still rational and able to self-help effectively. Needs to talk things out. Easily falls into obsessing.

05. ---.Intolerant and grumpy in cheerful company. Unwilling to admit the obvious...that All is Not Right. Won't mix, but will stay if pushed and supported. Needs skillful probing to make them open up a bit

04. Moody and reluctant, when in cheeful company. Fragile but 85% functional. Prone to slip away when pushed into the above enviroment. Vulnerable and emotionally reach-able by understanding amateurs, close friends and family, who might start worrying...

03. ---Anti-social, keeps all at arms length. Worries all friends & family. - So they should be....

02. --- Doesn't want to face the world, needs professional help as I reckon he/she still has enough mojo to do themselves in...

01. ---Unable to face the world and only just functions at 50%... needs professional help, Beyond suicidal.

0. --- totally incapacitated and needs total care.


- My first reactions.... - Going on the above, I was around a 4 last weekend...

Thanks Superquag, that's a really good effort and the list is looking now to be a good yardstick to measure this hidden menace by.

It's going to be a lot easer to pass on how you are feeling to someone that doesn't really under stand where you are at with your emotions, by using that scale.

I need someone else to pop up now and fill in the number eight position, or a least make some suggestions on how or if any improvements can be made.
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08. Nagging feeling that all is not rosy in the garden, but still easily able to hide all anxieties even from those close to you.

10. --- A perfect specimen that has no worries at all, has polished shoes at the back door, writes motoring articles for overseas' magazines.

09. --- Most people, as they have some anxiety in their daily life.

08. --- Reasonably happy, but still worries unnecessarily about small problems.

07. --- Not debilitated, but still easily able to hide all anxieties even from those close to you. Other around you have a nagging feeling that all is not rosy in the garden.

06. --- Performs at less than usual. - Obvious to most. Still rational and able to self-help effectively. Needs to talk things out. Easily falls into obsessing.

05. --- Intolerant and grumpy in cheerful company. Unwilling to admit the obvious...that All is Not Right. Won't mix, but will stay if pushed and supported. Needs skillful probing to make them open up a bit

04.--- Moody and reluctant, when in cheerful company. Fragile but 85% functional. Prone to slip away when pushed into the above environment. Vulnerable and emotionally reach-able by understanding amateurs, close friends and family, who might start worrying...

03. --- Anti-social, keeps all at arms length. Worries all friends & family. - So they should be....

02. --- Doesn't want to face the world, needs professional help as I reckon he/she still has enough mojo to do themselves in...

01. ---Unable to face the world and only just functions at 50%... needs professional help, Beyond suicidal.

0. --- totally incapacitated and needs total care.