Which demons must you live with... ?

MrBishop · 04-20-2005, 02:45 PM

John Cleese, talking about his reform from drugs and alcohol abuse once said (paraphrasing, I can't find the exact quote) "Thanks to my friends, I've managed to get rid of a lot of my demons, but now I'm not funny any more"

He was talking about how the demons that he lived with made him the funny man that people expected him to be, and that without them...he didn't recognize himself any more. Sad...really.

So..

Which demons do you live with which you can't get rid of and still expect to be 'You'?

Which demons do you plan on getting rid of before you can feel like 'You' again?

inked · 04-20-2005, 03:37 PM

Ones who open threads like: Baring the Body vs Baring the Soul !

MrBishop · 04-20-2005, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inked

Ones who open threads like: Baring the Body vs Baring the Soul !

MrBishop - fighting dull threads, Everywhere!

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-24-2005, 07:41 PM

i have demons everywhere i turn...

...depression mostly, though i think he is stuffed away for now

cassiopeia · 04-24-2005, 08:47 PM

I have too many demons to name.

emily leonard · 04-30-2005, 01:00 PM

Andúril · 05-01-2005, 03:04 PM

After years of ice-cold hardness and emptiness, I am now too sensitive and tend to share my feelings too easily and frequently. I think it will bite me in the ass in the future but it feels right, right now.

MrBishop · 05-02-2005, 02:23 PM

I smoke...cigs, that is.
I know that my SO doesn't like me smoking. I know that its not good for me, that's its becomming very VERY taboo to smoke.

I also know that when I try to quit smoking, I become a right bastard, and not a very nice person to be around.

So, I'm keeping this daemon until I can figure out a place to hide away from loved ones until the nasties from quitting are over.

Spock · 05-02-2005, 02:36 PM

..gee I've exorcised the bad demons, socialize with the good ones, and generally try to look on the plus side of life. Doom and Gloom isn't my thing.

Nerdanel · 05-02-2005, 04:50 PM

Food.

Lotesse · 05-02-2005, 05:16 PM

Depression. Despair. Self-ridicule. Urge for the drugs I used to do. Writer's block. Nightmares. Lethargy. Fury. and my boyfriend.

Nerdanel · 05-02-2005, 06:00 PM

we all have our demons.. some more, some less. but what, and where, would we be without them? some of them have their origin in the choices we make, some of them seem to just be there. but there is nothing to be done about the past - what we can try to do, is make the best of what we have, hopefully while being supported by close friends. [/ random babble]

Lotesse · 05-02-2005, 06:42 PM

True that, true that. But once in a while it feels better to bitch about them a bit...

Nerdanel · 05-02-2005, 07:18 PM

absolutely true.. and i think it's necessary too. that's why we have these threads, right?

04-20-2005, 02:45 PM	#1
MrBishop Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 118	Which demons must you live with... ? John Cleese, talking about his reform from drugs and alcohol abuse once said (paraphrasing, I can't find the exact quote) "Thanks to my friends, I've managed to get rid of a lot of my demons, but now I'm not funny any more" He was talking about how the demons that he lived with made him the funny man that people expected him to be, and that without them...he didn't recognize himself any more. Sad...really. So.. Which demons do you live with which you can't get rid of and still expect to be 'You'? Which demons do you plan on getting rid of before you can feel like 'You' again? __________________ RPG gamers talk and podcast Chucky and Larry Blog

04-20-2005, 03:37 PM	#2
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Ones who open threads like: Baring the Body vs Baring the Soul ! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

04-24-2005, 08:47 PM	#5
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	I have too many demons to name. __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

04-30-2005, 01:00 PM	#6
emily leonard Enting Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: on the moon but i do vist earth now and again Posts: 57	my big feet

05-02-2005, 02:23 PM	#8
MrBishop Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 118	I smoke...cigs, that is. I know that my SO doesn't like me smoking. I know that its not good for me, that's its becomming very VERY taboo to smoke. I also know that when I try to quit smoking, I become a right bastard, and not a very nice person to be around. So, I'm keeping this daemon until I can figure out a place to hide away from loved ones until the nasties from quitting are over. __________________ RPG gamers talk and podcast Chucky and Larry Blog

04-24-2005, 07:41 PM	#4
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	i have demons everywhere i turn... ...depression mostly, though i think he is stuffed away for now

05-01-2005, 03:04 PM	#7
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	After years of ice-cold hardness and emptiness, I am now too sensitive and tend to share my feelings too easily and frequently. I think it will bite me in the ass in the future but it feels right, right now.

05-02-2005, 02:36 PM	#9
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	..gee I've exorcised the bad demons, socialize with the good ones, and generally try to look on the plus side of life. Doom and Gloom isn't my thing. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

05-02-2005, 04:50 PM	#10
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Food. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

05-02-2005, 05:16 PM	#11
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Depression. Despair. Self-ridicule. Urge for the drugs I used to do. Writer's block. Nightmares. Lethargy. Fury. and my boyfriend. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

05-02-2005, 06:00 PM	#12
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	we all have our demons.. some more, some less. but what, and where, would we be without them? some of them have their origin in the choices we make, some of them seem to just be there. but there is nothing to be done about the past - what we can try to do, is make the best of what we have, hopefully while being supported by close friends. [/ random babble] __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

05-02-2005, 06:42 PM	#13
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	True that, true that. But once in a while it feels better to bitch about them a bit... __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

05-02-2005, 07:18 PM	#14
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	absolutely true.. and i think it's necessary too. that's why we have these threads, right? __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

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