Everyone Has A song Inside Of Them (They Just Have To Sing It)

Everyone Has A Song Inside Of Them

(They Just Have To Sing It)

Guthmiller, Keith, 1965-

ISBN 978-0-9868573-9-3

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Nothing to see here, move along now.

This book is dedicated to you.

I know that you can achieve all of your dreams

when you truly believe in yourself.

Life’s not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination.

Christopher Isherwood

Introduction

(Why This Book WON’T Work For You)

Chapter 1.

Techniques

The *"I’m Going To Rip Myself Into A Million Pieces"* Exercise

The *"It’s A Wonderful Life"* Exercise

The *"Forever Is such A Long Time"* Exercise

The *"Love - THAT Four Letter Word"* Exercise

The *"Smell It Baby, Smell It!"* Exercise

The *"Your Life Is So Screwed"* Exercise

The *"I Wanna Blame Everybody Else But Me"* Exercise

The *"The Lazy Procrastinator"* Exercise

The *"Introducing The Next Rock Star"* Exercise

The *"Mission Impossible"* Exercise

The *"He Shoots, He Scores!"* Exercise

The *"Old Switcheroo"* Exercise

The *"Damn I’m Good!"* Exercise

The *"Laugh At The Little Bugger"* Exercise

The *"Meteors With Dinosaurs Are Going To Impact The Earth"* Exercise

The *"Wiggle It, Just A Little Bit"* Exercise

The *"Baaaaaaby Steps, teeny-tiny Baaaaaaby Steps"* Exercise

The *"I’m So Bashful, Tee Hee"* Exercise

The *"Put Your Ducks In A Row"* Exercise

The *"Stop Annoying Me With Your Questions!"* Exercise

The *"Oooooooo, I’m Gonna Smack You So Hard!"* Exercise

Chapter 2.

The Most Basic Human Instinct

You’ll learn about the one need that utterly controls your life. It gives you very little choice in the matter.

Chapter 3.

Physical Problems

Physical problems in the brain can cause a lot of difficulties. Learn a little more about what happens inside of your head.

Chapter 4.

Emotional Leads to Physical

Emotional distress leads to physical problems. Teach yourself not to do that.

Chapter 5.

The Difference Between You and I

Not what you think.

Chapter 6.

Which Part Is My Fault?

What part of all of this are you to blame for? Unfortunately all of it. Read this chapter to find out why.

Chapter 7.

Your Body Is Screaming LOSER!

Your words say everything is fine. Your body calls you a liar. Find out why you have to be true to yourself.

Chapter 8.

What People Really Want

Learn about the one thing that people want the most out of life. Money? Sex? Try again...

Chapter 9.

The Demon Inside

Your mind tries to protect you in the strangest ways possible. Go to this chapter to understand the weirdness of it all.

Chapter 10.

Can You Love and Hate At The Same Time?

Absolutely! And learn how not to hate yourself for it.

Chapter 11.

Denial

Lying to yourself is the worst thing that you can do. Don’t.

Chapter 12.

Choices

Every minute of every day you make them. No one is exempt.

Chapter 13.

Centre of Attention

You’re number one and everyone has to know it. Pretty annoying for everyone else though.

Chapter 14.

Sympathy Seekers

If you just want to have people feel sorry for you then this chapter is not for you. Unless you want to learn how not to do that.

Chapter 15.

Procrastination

Just read this chapter dammit! Don’t put it off!

Chapter 16.

I Desperately Need Your Approval

The things you do when you need other people to acknowledge your existence.

Chapter 17.

Self-Sabotage

How you do little things to sabotage yourself even though you have the best intentions.

Chapter 18.

Self-Hatred

Isn’t bad enough others may not like you. You have to hate yourself too.

Chapter 19.

If You Had A Gun...

What would you do? Want do you really want —to do?

Chapter 20.

Suicide

The final decision when there doesn’t seem to be any more answers.

Chapter 21.

Endless Failure

Sometimes you may feel if the only thing that you have succeeded at is failing. Understand why it feels that way.

Chapter 22.

Never Good Enough

No matter how much you try, it just doesn’t measure up.

Chapter 23.

Why We Must Be Perfect

Why else would people want to like us?

Chapter 24.

Addictions

You’ll learn what addictions really are and what the world’s number one addiction is. You’ll also find out about some addictions that may surprise you.

Chapter 25.

Sources of Shit

Here you are are going to find out who or what has been grinding you under their shoe all of this time. Don’t worry, it’s all around.

Chapter 26.

Who Are You Really?

Are you who you think you are or are you lying to yourself?

Chapter 27.

Can You Be Real?

Can you afford not to be?

Chapter 28.

What Is Reality?

Make sure you have a headache remedy nearby because this chapter is going to hurt!

Chapter 29.

The Real Value of Money

In this chapter you are going to learn a little bit about where money came from, its real value and the illusions associated with it. You’ll also learn what the most valuable thing on this earth is.

Chapter 30.

Brain Plasticity

Your brain is constantly changing itself for you, physically and emotionally. Here you will learn what actually happens and how to make it work for you.

Chapter 31.

Diet

Food is extremely important for your mental health. Learn to

eat the proper foods and as much as you want!

Chapter 32.

Changing Your World View

For you to survive and grow, you NEED to do this!

Chapter 33.

Can You Win?

Read on to find out.

Chapter 34.

Learn To Play

If you can’t do this, you’re not alive.

Chapter 35.

But I’m Perfect!

Yeah so am I! NEXT!

Chapter 36.

My Hero

You finally find out who your greatest supporter is (in a really weird way). This chapter will teach you how understand that.

Chapter 37.

What Can I Do?

It’s easy. Read this to find out.

Chapter A.

Appendix

A.1 The End Of The World

A.2 Creative Commons License

A.3 The Meaning Of Life

A.4 Interesting Stuff

A.5 The Real Difference Between Men And Women

Introduction (Why this book WON’T work for you)

But before I get to that...

In 2011 I wrote a book titled ‘Soooooo, You Think You’re a Piece of Shit, Huh?(or How To Break The Chains And Free Yourself)’ and this is that book updated since so much has changed in the thirteen years between then and now.  We've seen worsening climate change, the rise of right wing governments, increasingly genocidal wars and conflicts, and let's not forget about that wonderful experience, COVID.  COVID was handled so badly and allowed democratic governments to show the inner desires to be dictators—which pissed me off so much—I spent two years writing a dystopian novel called Pandemia in which governments and corporations manufactured pandemics in order to control society for personal benefit, with rebels who fight against the evil.  It is a very violent book simply because I was very angry, but on the good side there is an AI who bakes cookies.

Another thing which is becoming very prevalent, especially in North America, is the rise of gun violence and glorification of war.  For some really messed up reason (mostly to do with money and religion) it's okay to read about or watch a movie where someone's brains are splattered all over a wall but show a nipple and all hell breaks loose.  How is it even sane to believe killing is perfectly fine and yet human sexuality is disgusting?  It makes absolutely no sense to anyone with at least a half-normal brain but someone else is working very hard to make you believe normalcy and decency are what they want you to believe.  But if you just sit back and take a look at the fallacy you can see how shallow of a lie it is.  For example, are you born with genitalia or a gun?  Do you make love with your gun?  Do you sleep, shower, and eat with it?  Does it give you babies?  Do you want to spend the rest of your life it?  Does it hold you and tell you it loves you?  If it does then you have serious, serious issues.

But being human, having desire, and allowing yourself to be sexual is how we are built and yet we are told we are filthy and disgusting although we are doing only what we are meant to do—and you can pretty much thank the abuse of religion for that bullshit propaganda.  If the people who preach religion were as adamant about decrying violence as they are about sexuality then the world would be a much more peaceful place.  But then again happy people can't be controlled can they?

So lies and manipulations twist your reality in order you’ll believe what you're supposed to believe.  No wonder you may feel like garbage.

So do you want to know how truly twisted your reality is in just one little true fact among millions? Every time you flush your toilet with the lid up, fecal matter (poop) and water sprays into the air, eight feet (2.5 meters) up and out. This stuff can stay in the air for up to two hours.

So, what’s this mean to you and how is it relevant?  And aren't toilets supposed to be sanitary, actually improving health by removing harmful human waste?

Well yes but you brush your teeth don’t you? Really think about that and where you usually do this.

Hopefully you just made the connection and if you did then yes, most likely you’re brushing your teeth with your own poop. Nice huh? Oh, and by the way, aren’t you supposed to brush your teeth everyday? Mmmmm, yummy….

So why don’t you know about this since the study was released around 1975? It’s not like the information is secret but everyone knows the best place to hide information is in the open where it’s very hard to find if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Besides, if you were a toilet company how many toilets could you sell if everyone knew that? Not very many. So, by not mentioning the effects of flushing, anybody related to the toilet industry can deny responsibility by claiming no one was hiding anything from you (in a sense). The information was out there but you didn’t bother to look so it's all your fault.

This is where the really twisted part comes in. First of all, no one told you the dangers of flushing so therefore you may be getting sick from brushing your teeth. Or maybe you’re told either to put your toothbrush in a medicine cabinet OR THEY’LL GLADLY SELL you a little container for your toothbrush. Naturally they won’t say cover your toothbrush because there’s poop on it. Nooooo, they just might say for you to cover your toothbrush because there might be germs on it. They didn’t lie, but they didn’t tell the truth either.  But the biggest lie is it’s all your fault for not reading the information.

That’s the twisted part if you understand it. Reality is shaped by the truth, half-truths, and lies, and you simply don’t notice the difference. But the biggest question that needs asking is — Do..you...care?  And are you meant to?

Throughout this book I rant very strongly about things. You’ll be reading this and might say to yourself Geez, Keith has a serious hate-on for certain things. Well yes, in a way I do. I’ve spent a lot of years watching the world and trying to figure out why it’s the way it is so I don’t rant lightly. But even though it sounds like I’m against business, society, and government, that’s not true at all, although these are a major part of why you are the way you are. Therefore they’re important to understand because if these things get abused you get hurt.

And now I’m going to go on a fucking rant to prove this point because of the manipulation which pisses me off to no end, and really, you should hate it too.

Our world and future is in a very bad way because of corporate greed.  Money, money, money, profits, profits, profits, and damn the consequences.  Use and abuse to get richer and not be responsible for anything (well, actually blame the consumer), allowing climate change to get worse, toxic chemicals spill into our food and water supplies, plastics are choking the planet, and basically rip the resources out of the planet for disposable shit in order to worship the great god Money.  As a consequence our environment is hurting and we’re hurting as well so we scream SAVE THE PLANET, BE RESPONSIBLE!  After all trillions of dollars are being earned in profits so therefore some of it can go towards responsible cleanup and stewardship of the planet, right?  Oh don’t be so naive, corporations can’t be responsible for their crimes, that’s just silly, and they let you know it too.  They brainwash you into believing it’s too expensive to clean up their messes so they don’t have to, and besides it’s your fault you want their shitty, toxic, unbiodegradable products, so they’re the innocent ones here, not you.  Somehow, according to these fucking loser pricks earning money is good and being responsible instead of being dipshits is bad.  For too many years corporations have used the power of manipulation and shifted the blame onto to you for the consequences of their greed, and we have ended up being the ones suffering because of it.  So now we believe everything is ‘too expensive" to fix and business should continue as usual.  Besides, it’s the taxpayer who should foot the bill for the cleanup.

BULLSHIT!!!  Weak small dick excuses is what those are.  After all, what are the true costs as consumers die from poison and natural disaster in order immediate profits are made instead of looking out for the future?  Uh, yeah, the human costs...

But I guess if you don’t have a $100 bill stamped on your face then apparently you aren’t worth shit.

Now when I discuss money it sounds like I’m against that too, but no, not really. Money is just a tool and there’s nothing wrong with it if used properly, but it controls your life so much it needs to be understood for what it really is. When money is abused and tears apart your ability to be human, then it’s the worst crap on the planet. Way too many people define themselves by how much they have, not who they are. The thing is, money moves in and out of your life so much that it’s just not stable enough to base your self-image on.

Another thing you’ll probably notice are parts of this book are pretty brutal so ask yourself this; is this book more brutal than you’ve ever been to yourself? Probably not. If you have low self-esteem, then this book just reflects the reality you believe in. Not the reality that truly is but The. Reality. That. You. Believe. In.

Do you swear/curse/cuss etc? Obviously I do (reading the title of the original book will tell you that) and I try not to but there are—uh—momentary relapses, simply because swearing is a natural part of life. Cursing has been a part of human language since the beginning and let’s be realistic, if you’re really mad do you say Well heck, I’m so darn upset I could just sing and dance?

PROBABLY NOT!!!

Most likely it’s F@#$^^%$#$!!! S^&*&A^%%$!! G@#$$#%!! (breath),

M*&&^%@#$$&K ^*&&^$*& C*^*^!!! S$%#$#%$#!!!!! (another breath),

D&^%$%^ A#@%$$%^#!!! @#$#^$#@$TC%$%$@#%%!! (sometimes SMASH!), etc.

At times I get sooooo mad I invent words! Go ahead and try it! Invent a nonsensical swear word and then use it on someone. Totally confuses them. In reality it’s not what’s said but how it’s said. The word Fuck is a great example because it can be used in an angry, hateful manner and it can also be used to express love. You could also easily say I love you to someone and yet hurt them because of the way you said it.

Okay, okay. For those of you that never swear, raise your hand.

Good.

For those of you that have never HEARD a swear word, raise your hand.

Good.

Now, for those of you that have never seen a damn swear word, raise your hand.

Liar.

If the swearing offends you, then every time you get to a naughty word, squinch your eyes shut really tight, continue reading until you pass the naughty word, and then open them again. There, that’s not so hard, is it?

Other than that, live with the cursing, because I and billions of other people do.

You’ll also find a lot of humour in this book and it’s there intentionally but it doesn’t make this book any less real. On the contrary, this book is very serious, the humour just makes it more enjoyable. I found out years ago that if I didn’t laugh at life, the edge of insanity got a little bit closer. Laughter truly is the best medicine.

While reading you may notice that in some of the chapters the subjects are briefly touched on. I could seriously write a book for each chapter but that’s not going to happen so that extra research is up to you. You’ll also notice that there are parts of the book that say Notes For Yourself and then a bunch of lines. These are for you to make notes to yourself about anything that you desire (unless this isn’t your book, then please don’t be rude). In fact I recommend writing anywhere there’s an empty space. If you want to write about yourself, GREAT! If you want to make notes about what you just read, go right ahead. If you want to write about anything in the book, do it, there’s no specific pattern you have to follow. If you want to make your grocery list, well, uh, okay...(but that’s not recommended).

Now on to me.

This book is based partly on my life. By the time I was two years old, I was trying to run away from home (don’t tell me kids aren’t smart). Being two years old and living on a farm I never did get very far but that’s gotta get an A for effort, right? Yay me!!!!  Um, not for the running away part but for the effort part...

I’ve been studying myself and others for over fifty years by watching the way people react and how they think, trying to get answers. Don’t have a PhD or Doctorate. In fact I dropped out of high school even though my IQ is over 130 and I’m quite talented (this is not bragging, just a statement of fact). Still, I’ve had to deal with depression, mild schizophrenia, and attempted suicide, along with past alcoholic and drug abuse. Had money, a future and then threw it away to live in poverty, as well as going through two bankruptcies. Even though I’ve had ability to succeed I’ve lived in poverty for about 60% of my life. How fucked up is that? (And does it sound familiar?) Most of my life I’ve felt trapped inside my own body and I would tell people that my hands could do anything but my brain wouldn’t let me. It was frustrating as hell.  So yeah, being smart doesn't  guarantee anything.

So what makes me qualified to write a book about a topic this sensitive? (since I’m obviously such a loser).

Good question. But let me ask you one first and then you’ll get my answer.

How qualified are the experts?

Years ago I had incredible stomach pains and could barely stand up. Went to Emergency at the hospital and they said it was stomach flu. (You know where this is going, don’t you?) So I went home and the stomach pains continued to get worse. A month later I went back to Emergency with even more pain where they examined me and still didn’t believe anything was wrong. When I tried to get off the bed, I fell down and curled up on the floor in a ball and started crying. THAT got their attention. I was admitted to the hospital and the next day tests were done. My appendix had been swollen for at least six weeks and fortunately my body protected me by creating a mass of scar tissue around it to prevent it from bursting. The doctor said he had never seen anyone with a swollen appendix—that bad—go for that long. Any longer and boom, goodbye Keith.

So doctors are experts right? Yeah, so let’s discuss qualifications. Going to school and earning a degree means you went to school and have earned a degree...period. You may have more knowledge about a certain topic but is that knowledge always right? There are patients who go to psychiatrists/psychologists and twenty years later they still aren’t better. Do the qualifications and knowledge still count if they don’t help?

An expert is someone who knows a lot about a certain field. Doesn’t mean they’re the best or that they’re right, it just means they’re more knowledgeable. You probably know of someone, possibly yourself, that sought advice from an expert only to find the expert was wrong.

The job of a therapist is to keep asking you questions until you find the answers on your own because they don’t have the answers for you. They can guide you but in the end you’re ultimately responsible for yourself. There’s a computer program on the Internet call Eliza, a very primitive attempt to mimic a mental health professional. Try it for yourself and then compare it to what a therapist might say. The similarities are quite amazing.

Now I’m not saying that a person shouldn’t seek professional advice. Professionals can be very helpful but just keep yourself open to other options. Having ten backup plans is better than having none and since no one person has all of the answers getting a second opinion is quite important. Nobody, but nobody, is more qualified to know more about you than you or your abilities. In fact, you’re probably an expert at something, something that you know more about than the people around you, you just might not realize it.

Over the past thirty years, I’ve learned to see the core of a problem and not just the symptoms. I’ve watched people, watched myself, asked questions, studied whatever I could, and most importantly, asked the question WHY? over and over again. Even then, after getting an answer, I told myself I was wrong, threw out almost everything and started over. I did this because the information coming in was being processed according to my own views on life. Since those views were slanted I learned to readjust my brain. The new answers may still have not have been right but they were closer to the truth. After doing this, I went out and asked/studied again. If the new answers were closer to reality, they were kept and built upon. If the new answers were wrong, they were discarded and I started again from a different angle. I’ve never stopped learning or trying.

The most important reason to believe in this book is that you and I are so similar. I’m a human being just like you and you may be able to relate to the troubles I’ve had. You’ll read about my experiences, stuff I’ve gone through, stuff that may be similar to what you’ve experienced or are experiencing. People can say they understand and maybe they do, but they can’t truly understand how another person feels unless they’ve been through similar feelings. Try explaining suicide to a person who’s never tried it. Try explaining alcoholism, drug abuse, violence, self-hatred, etc.

So for this book to work for you you’ll be ripping yourself down to your core and rebuilding the good parts, hopefully discarding the bad. This’ll probably be the scariest thing you’ve ever done. Stepping outside of one’s comfort zone can turn some of the best people into little babies, so you’re not alone. But please start with the exercises first or the rest of the book may seem a little strange.

To put the cause of your issues today into perspective there's usually one point in everyone’s life when their world changes and where their current problems come from. Anything after that just reinforces the problem. You’re no exception and you’re going to go after that one point.

Now enough of the crap and on to why this book won’t work for you.

Because you won’t want it to. Change can seem pretty scary—simple as that sweet cheeks. Henry Ford once said Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.

What he meant is you are whatever you believe. So in order to change, you have to change the personal beliefs which affect the way you see yourself. If you already think it’s too difficult then you don’t even have to try and think about what it feels like to be happy. Don’t think about what it feels like to be confident. Don’t think about trying to smile or laugh. Don’t even think about how great a future you’ll have when you succeed because you’ve built up a lifetime of self-abuse and since that’s what you know best since it’s your comfort zone. Any change to that and your mind is going to fight back hard, in subtle and not so subtle ways. I was literally screaming at myself to Shut The Fuck Up! as my mind resisted the change. My mind would say No and my body would lock up. I’d get ready to do something and get distracted onto a time waster. Your mind won’t like you at all! You might experience this.

But hold on a second, remember your mind is YOU. You, you, you, you, yooouuuuuuuuu. You’ll be fighting yourself, the hardest enemy to defeat. You’ll rationalize such stupid shit that you’ll believe you’re right in an effort to sabotage yourself. You’ll try to prove to yourself you’re worthless, that you DON’T deserve anything better. It’ll be very, very rough, probably rougher than your life is now. So strap yourself in baby because this is going to be one hell of a ride!!!

The good news is there’s a part of you which just wants to be okay although it may come about in weird ways. I’ve had excellent dreams at night where I was able to do anything that I wanted. The problem was waking up in the morning and looking at my reality. The difference was physically painful BUT a little voice in my head wanted me to succeed. It made me realize my reality was so painful that I forced myself to change into something closer to my dreams. You also have a little voice and it’ll be your guide. You’ll also  know when it’s right. Compare that tiny voice to a little dog barking at a very angry gorilla (your mountain of negativity). That gorilla will easily smash that little dog, but don’t worry, this is a special dog—it’s a CARTOON DOG! It keeps getting squished and coming back.

Bark, bark, bark! SQUISH!

Bark, bark, bark! SQUISH!

Bark, bark, bark! SQUISH!

...As time goes on...

Bark, bark, bark! SQUISH!

Bark, bark, bark! SQUISH!

Bark, bark, bark! Fuck this! I’m leaving. Stupid dog...

Bark, bark, bark!

Yes, it does happen that way (sorta). The real person inside of you, that annoying little cartoon dog, will keep barking until the gorilla leaves. Occasionally the gorilla comes back but that little cartoon dog is one mean, tough son of a B——! Let that little dog take care of you.

You do have a true friend and that true friend is you.

Here’s also something very important to consider. If that little dog wasn’t so powerful you wouldn’t feel badly about yourself. That gorilla would control your life so completely you’d never feel anything.

Get ready for the fight—or not, the choice is up to you.

But does all of this work?  Uh, yeah, it does.  I and many others are living proof of that.

So now it’s time to heal.

–I’m the worst enemy I’ll ever know. And the best friend I’ll ever have.–

Techniques

In most of the self help books I’ve read the techniques are spread throughout the book or are near the end. The author wants to explain why the techniques work before getting into the actual exercise and that’s good but I don’t think it’s always the right way to do it. Have you ever taken a personality test or something like that and at the beginning it says if your score is within a certain range then you are whatever? So consciously or subconsciously you choose the answers to fit that score. You know you do so don’t fib. This book teaches you the techniques first and when your mind is all messed up, looking for answers, then you learn why. It’s harder to slant your thinking when you don’t know why.

Time for the exercises.

The *I’m Going To Rip Myself Into A Million Pieces* Exercise

The following comments are just examples. Use the ones that fit you the best and add ones that aren’t on the list but relate to your personal situation. Take all of the things you don’t like about yourself and use them. It doesn’t matter if they match the ones here or not.

It’s VERY, VERY IMPORTANT that you do this exercise completely. Please, please, please don’t stop halfway through. Please just don’t stop.

Here we go.

Tell yourself you’re a complete loser, a total waste of time and skin. Now. Go on, time’s a-wastin’. DO IT!!!!! Make the thoughts as ugly as you can.

As you tell yourself you’re fucking worthless;

-add the fact that you’re very ugly,

-too short/tall,

-too skinny/fat,

-your dick/breast size is laughable,

-your hair is the wrong colour (why do you even have it?),

-you’re too hairy,

-nobody likes you (not even the neighbour's dog),

-you should never have even been born,

-you have absolutely no talents,

-you’re an utter useless failure,

and anything else you can think of that’s extremely mean and nasty. Really dig in and go for it. Go until you want to vomit. Really, really hate yourself. Don’t read the next part until you have done this and are crying like a big baby.

Soooo, how do you feel? Happy? All warm and squishy inside? A part of your mind might agree(see, I told you that you’re a piece of shit, just accept it, I do). Upset? Of course. You really don’t feel like dancing right now do you? You probably hurt a lot right now.

But did you notice something very important here? No matter who you are (unless you’re seriously messed up then this book is too lame for you), you feel bad. Yes, awful. Why would you say all of those things about yourself and get upset? They are true aren’t they? So why are you upset? THEY’RE TRUE, AREN’T THEY???

Okay, now try this a second time, but slightly different. Let’s do this again, with the same feeling, but add for onto your sentences. Here we go;

Tell yourself you are a complete loser, a total waste of time and skin. Now. Go on, time’s a-wastin’. DO IT!!!!! Make the thoughts worse. As you tell yourself that you are worthless, add the fact that;

-I’m ugly according to a guppy

-I’m too short/tall for a giraffe

-I’m too skinny/fat as a good meal for cannibals

-My dick/breast size is inadequate for a sexual encounter with other species (including trees)

-My hair is the wrong colour for using it as a toilet bowl brush

-I’m too hairy for a date with egg

-Nobody likes me (not even the neighbour's dog) because I don’t have a giant tower of ice cream in my back yard

-I should never have even been born for then I wouldn’t have to buy this stupid fucking book

-I have no talents for a person who doesn’t own a multi-bazillion dollar business

-I’m an utter useless failure for someone who has never been to the bottom of the ocean,

and anything else you can think of that’s extremely mean and nasty. Be creative. Really dig in and go for it. Go until you want to vomit. Don’t read the next part until you have done this and are crying like a big baby or laughing your dumb ass off.

What’s the point of this? Oh by the way, how are you feeling? Did you get really creative? I sincerely hope so. Oh yes, the point. The second set of statements are completely true, aren’t they? So what’s the difference between the first set of statements and the second set? They’re both true, aren’t they?

The difference is the second set has proof. Guppies probably think humans are the ugliest things on the planet. The first set has no proof but is what you want to believe. Notice I said want to believe? What are you comparing yourself to?

Now for the third part of this exercise, it's time to compare yourself. Give yourself proof of your convictions. Oooooh, scary, right? But you can’t compare yourself to the things you’ve already compared yourself to. The comparison will actually be with yourself. Lets begin.

-I’m a complete loser, a total waste of time and skin even though I care for other people.

-I’m worthless even though people like me.

-I’m ugly even though people smile with me.

-I’m too short/tall even though that’s who I am.

-I’m too skinny/fat even though I can change that anytime I chose to be healthy.

-My dick/breast size is inadequate even though I know I’m okay.

-My hair is the wrong colour even though that’s only my opinion. I was born with it. It’s mine and no one else’s.

-I’m too hairy, but in whose opinion? Other cultures don’t think so.

-Nobody likes me (not even the neighbour's dog) even though people talk to me.

-I should never have been born because then I couldn’t make someone else’s life a little more wonderful with mine.

-I have no talents even though I’m living (and believe me, the skills required for that are ENORMOUS!)

-I’m an utter useless failure even though I want to make my life better.

Do this for all of the other things you were able to come up with.

Now tell me the difference between the three sets. Sets two and three are completely true. You don’t have to want