Confidence Vs. Paranoia
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Many people use professional wrestling as a form of escapism. Be it those who actively participate in in the pseudo-sport, or be it those who get lost in a show for a couple of hours at a time. I'd imagine everybody who is reading this has had a period of time when life just seems too much. A time when they just needed to forget all of the negative parts of their life. I know I have.
One of the reasons I first started to research the history of professional wrestling was to try and counteract depression. I was engaged to be married and things went bad. I knew I had two choices: 1. I could go back to using drugs and sink back in the same black hole I was in prior to my relationship. 2. I could find a way to use the free time I now had to be productive. A year or so later the Professional Wrestling Historical Society was born.
There have been times when #PWHS hasn't been enough and I have relapsed. There have been times when I've just wanted to give up and close the doors to #PWHS for good. There have been times when the latter was extremely close to happening, because I just could not get out of my own head. Luckily some heartfelt feedback seemingly always came at the right time.
Y'all may wonder why I am writing this. Why would I willingly share this? More importantly you're probably wondering why is this an article that deserves to be on the #PWHS website. It doesn't really serve any purpose in terms of preserving the history of processional wrestling. You're right. It doesn't.
I just have this overwhelming urge to share this with you all. To let anyone who is struggling know that they're not alone. That we all struggle. In a world where the word "depression" is thrown around in a liberal manner, it can feel like it's not worth talking about your own battles with the once frowned upon d-word. It is, it's nearly always prevalent which cries for help are really cries for attention, and which are truly cries of necessity.
A quick Google search for a definition of depression turns up, "feelings of severe despondency and dejection." It's dejection that I often struggle with. Feeling like nobody in the world cares, like I'm the least important person on the planet. It's kind of ironic the things that can trigger it. Often times it's a conversation with someone, which my mind perceives as only happening as the person was bored and had nothing better to do. Sometimes it's because a post on social media gets zero attention (for the love of all things sacred let's hope people "like" this LOL). It can be because I don't have much of a social life for various reasons. Sometimes I could not even tell you why, likewise, there are times when I feel on cloud nine and I have no idea why.
All I know is the struggle I go through is very real at times. It's a constant fight in my own mind.
Much like a pro-wrestling match I have the babyface (Confidence) fighting for survival. The heel (Paranoia) often gets the better of him though. Out of nowhere Confidence may hit a high spot and for two or three days I'll be soaking in the self-perceived adulation. The more over Confidence gets, the harder the crash is when Paranoia regains the advantage though. My mind seems to be at the most ease when the two suffer a double knock-down and just leave me to be me. How I love those days, few and far between as they may be.
That's why I want to throw this out there to all the members of the group on Facebook, all the readers on the website, the followers on Twitter and the Instagrammers. While, realistically I have not got the time to talk to every single person dealing with stuff on an intimate level, through #PWHS maybe we can all help each other take our minds off of the negative stuff plaguing our existences.
Maybe by giving you the option to start a discussion, to create a video for us, to write an article, maybe we as a community can help you get through a few hours without overthinking life. Without the battle between Confidence and Paranoia taking prominence inside of your head.
If you have any ideas on activities we can do, suggestions to help us accomplish this, please send me a DM somewhere or an email to pwhs@prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com. Maybe you want to share with everybody how pro-wrestling helped you over come a hard time. I know if it wasn't for having #PWHS to fall back on, I would have struggled even harder than I did to get through the last few months, with my dad and my uncle passing away within weeks of each other. The comments and messages I got from people meant the world to me. Sometimes just knowing other people have been through the same ordeal can really make a difference.
Let's help each other to stay strong and to - what I've found most important - STAY POSITIVE.
Many people use professional wrestling as a form of escapism. Be it those who actively participate in in the pseudo-sport, or be it those who get lost in a show for a couple of hours at a time. I'd imagine everybody who is reading this has had a period of time when life just seems too much. A time when they just needed to forget all of the negative parts of their life. I know I have.
One of the reasons I first started to research the history of professional wrestling was to try and counteract depression. I was engaged to be married and things went bad. I knew I had two choices: 1. I could go back to using drugs and sink back in the same black hole I was in prior to my relationship. 2. I could find a way to use the free time I now had to be productive. A year or so later the Professional Wrestling Historical Society was born.
There have been times when #PWHS hasn't been enough and I have relapsed. There have been times when I've just wanted to give up and close the doors to #PWHS for good. There have been times when the latter was extremely close to happening, because I just could not get out of my own head. Luckily some heartfelt feedback seemingly always came at the right time.
Y'all may wonder why I am writing this. Why would I willingly share this? More importantly you're probably wondering why is this an article that deserves to be on the #PWHS website. It doesn't really serve any purpose in terms of preserving the history of processional wrestling. You're right. It doesn't.
I just have this overwhelming urge to share this with you all. To let anyone who is struggling know that they're not alone. That we all struggle. In a world where the word "depression" is thrown around in a liberal manner, it can feel like it's not worth talking about your own battles with the once frowned upon d-word. It is, it's nearly always prevalent which cries for help are really cries for attention, and which are truly cries of necessity.
A quick Google search for a definition of depression turns up, "feelings of severe despondency and dejection." It's dejection that I often struggle with. Feeling like nobody in the world cares, like I'm the least important person on the planet. It's kind of ironic the things that can trigger it. Often times it's a conversation with someone, which my mind perceives as only happening as the person was bored and had nothing better to do. Sometimes it's because a post on social media gets zero attention (for the love of all things sacred let's hope people "like" this LOL). It can be because I don't have much of a social life for various reasons. Sometimes I could not even tell you why, likewise, there are times when I feel on cloud nine and I have no idea why.
All I know is the struggle I go through is very real at times. It's a constant fight in my own mind.
Much like a pro-wrestling match I have the babyface (Confidence) fighting for survival. The heel (Paranoia) often gets the better of him though. Out of nowhere Confidence may hit a high spot and for two or three days I'll be soaking in the self-perceived adulation. The more over Confidence gets, the harder the crash is when Paranoia regains the advantage though. My mind seems to be at the most ease when the two suffer a double knock-down and just leave me to be me. How I love those days, few and far between as they may be.
That's why I want to throw this out there to all the members of the group on Facebook, all the readers on the website, the followers on Twitter and the Instagrammers. While, realistically I have not got the time to talk to every single person dealing with stuff on an intimate level, through #PWHS maybe we can all help each other take our minds off of the negative stuff plaguing our existences.
Maybe by giving you the option to start a discussion, to create a video for us, to write an article, maybe we as a community can help you get through a few hours without overthinking life. Without the battle between Confidence and Paranoia taking prominence inside of your head.
If you have any ideas on activities we can do, suggestions to help us accomplish this, please send me a DM somewhere or an email to pwhs@prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com. Maybe you want to share with everybody how pro-wrestling helped you over come a hard time. I know if it wasn't for having #PWHS to fall back on, I would have struggled even harder than I did to get through the last few months, with my dad and my uncle passing away within weeks of each other. The comments and messages I got from people meant the world to me. Sometimes just knowing other people have been through the same ordeal can really make a difference.
Let's help each other to stay strong and to - what I've found most important - STAY POSITIVE.
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Confidence Vs. Paranoia.
Author: Jimmy Wheeler.
Published: September 16, 2019.
Article: #227.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Confidence Vs. Paranoia.
Author: Jimmy Wheeler.
Published: September 16, 2019.
Article: #227.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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