"Healing Tip o' the Day #672" by Flick SnotGrass

[Flick_SnotGrass]

"Healing Tip o' the Day #672" by Flick SnotGrass

Tip #672 is Listen to some Spike Milligan and sing either "I'm walking Backwards to Christmas" OR "The Ying Tong Song"

KARAOKE STYLE AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS.

So, Like I said, I was born with an extremely severe case of excema....

I don't want to wallow

[well maybe just half a cup then]

but there were days in my early teens with:

my face,

neck,

arms,

knees

etc

bleeding, scabby

and worse

over-exhausted from very little sleep, due to the red raw night scratching,

[adrenal fatigue too probably]

that I realized to my horror that

Valerie,

Vyonne,

[insert Girl's Name here]

were ALWAYS GOING TO BE WASHING THEIR HAIR!!

They either had very dirty hair OR they didn't want to have a cup of tea with me.

The Doctors of the Day said my condition was "Genetic" and "There is nothing we can do for Flick" and "Sorry about that but he is an interesting specimen, er ... can I let my students have a prod at his hide" and "So on".

"Nothing can be done".!!!!

I plumbed depths of black helpless depression back in those dark days of 1962.

Fortunately I have a stubborn streak.

"Bloody difficult sod" is how my mother puts it, bless her cotton socks.

I found a furiously angry part of myself that said "Bugger that!" and worse

and I began my search for tools and techniques that could heal me....

.... I don't have scabs anymore .... I'm not called 'Flick ~ The Big Red Dog', anymore either

Steal from me...

no really....

I have a long list of tools that I use to this day that I have picked up, used and honed over the years and here's todays Healing Tip o' the Day #672 just for you....

#672 - Listen to some Spike Milligan and sing either "I'm walking Backwards to Christmas" OR "The Ying Tong Song" KARAOKE STYLE AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS.

"Why?"

Because, Laughter produces endorphins and beneficial 'feel good' neurotransmitters.

Your breathing will improve your Heart Rate Variability, HRV and will help calm you.

It is also quite difficult to be bloody miserable while singing The Ying Tong Song out loud.

Try it, you'll see.

Be better than well,

Flick SnotGrass

[Flick_SnotGrass]

Hey Quercus,

You too Croix...I do appreciate your thoughtfulness..very comforting.

My big bump today was not an MH thing ... well not true I got pretty miserable for two or three hours or so...you see, I was hoping for a big business deal to come through today and instead, quite suddenly, it all evaporated poof....a LOT OF diligent work ~ MONTHS ~ down the old plughole.

*&#@

It came as a big shock and it took me funny ... well not funny funny ... off kilter funny.

So I had a good cuss....did some deep breathing, couple of deHypnosis exercises, put on my trusty Cranial Electro Stimulator on the 'Peaches and Cream' frequency, picked myself up, dusted myself off and got back to work.

I'm now doing a Dory and a Yoda checking my hands for holes and moving forward.

Still grumpy but looking for the Pony amongst the Poo. There HAS to be one, right?

Love you all,

Flick SnotGrass

[Doolhof]

Hi Flick and All,

Really sorry to read about what happened. That really is enough to make a person really cranky. Like Quercus mentioned, we can learn from our struggles. Hopefully you will gain some kind of benefit from what you have experienced.

What that might be may not be obvious for a while, but hopefully something good will come out if it.

Sometimes the poop of life is a bit too much to deal with! Weird thing is that some people cook their food with poop, so even in that there is benefit!

Life can feel like it is full of poop, and poop only. I woke up feeling like that this morning. I have been dragging myself around all day.

Maybe I need some soil to put the poop in some seeds and I can grow something useful out of what seems useless.

Hey Flick, no need to apologise regarding when/if you return a post or not. My poor brain forgets where I have actually posted anyway, so I probably offend lots of people unintentionally by not dropping by and acknowledging their replies!

I will grab a shovel and help you dig for that pony! Do you still have the kettle on?

Cheers form Mrs. Dools.

[Croix]

Dear Flick~

Not sure what I did - but you are welcome anyway:0

Pony in the poo? -Um, I've not always had the best experiences with ponies, if you care to read:

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/permalink/qlt4R3HzvGGEbv8AAOnT_A

Actually you know as well as I do the importance of resilience, coping with the down side of life (sounds a bit like Life of Brian doesn't it?)

By now a penetrating mind like yours has sussed out my cunning plan - distraction.

Croix (who did not need to have Reg translated:)

[blondguy]

Hey Flick

Can I ask you what you are suffering from? Kudos to you for having the endorphins that make you as bright and positive as you are 🙂

My Best and thankyou for your thread too

Paul

[Flick_SnotGrass]

Hey Nat, feeling so much better after a good night's sleep...I could tell Brian was active...I think he flushed the loo on a bunch of stuff...less brown perspective toady:)

hugsz,

FS

[Doolhof]

"Brown" can conjure up an image of the most unattractive colour in the world to me, but chocolate is brown and I can't imagine that being any other colour! And I like chocolate!

Yes, there is white chocolate, but is that really chocolate?

Either way, good thing to read you are feeling a little better Flick

[Flick_SnotGrass]

Hey Dools,

I'm WROKING again toady!! thanks for asking.

I don't like bumps when they happen, the tears spoil my messianic make up but I always learn something...like facing something, in this case a feeling, that I have been avoiding long enough.

It's just the Hero's Journey. ONWARDS!

Gorgeous day...big storms flushed through overnite.

Tell me a joke Dools and I'll pop the kettle on....I'm told there are warm scones with Irish butter, Devonshire cream and fresh Aussie strawberry jam. [My Blonde loves me 🙂 ]

Flick

[Doolhof]

Hi Flick and Everyone,

Hey Flick, I don't now any jokes, so I am having a look through a book of jokes I bought once upon a time thinking they might give me a laugh. I am onto page 31 now and they still aren't tickling my funny bone.

Anyway, here is a rather poor offering: No! Actually it is that poor I am not even going to write it here!

The scones on the other hand sound delicious, I will be sharing some apricot jam if you want to try that.

Hope the kettle has boiled.

Cheers for now from Dools

Okay, homework for me will be reading this jolly book cover to cover to find jokes that may at least be a little bit funny and suitable to share!

[Flick_SnotGrass]

Hey Dools,

APRICOT JAM??!! YUM

Bring it over ... I've just warmed the pot .. T should be ready in five ...I'll be mother ... the scones smell nice

Jokes?, yes please, read that book ... I've got this silly idea that if we started a BB MH JOKE TREE we could put a few smiles on a few faces ... tough to laugh and be miserable at the same thyme.

Just heard this one “The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they’re ok then it’s you."

Flick

[Doolhof]

Hey Flick,

That is a good one. Haven't had time to read that book yet to find any jokes worth sharing.

I'm not sure, but I am thinking there used to be a JOKE thread on here somewhere. I am no good at looking for stuff on the forum, my poor brain gets too messed up trying to get the computer to do anything other than my ordinary stuff.

Hey anyone out there, can you remember if there is a joke thread here?

Even if there is one already Flick, it certainly doesn't hurt to add more jokes and humour to the place.

Cheers for now from Mrs. Dools