I can't tell you how thrilled I am to find someone else who has seen the film "They Might Be Giants". It really is a fascinating little picture, and shows how one person's fantasy can be so all-encompassing that other people are drawn into it - even when they know it isn't real.
On the subject of role-playing: it can be very helpful. When going into a situation that makes me nervous, I find it useful to pretend I'm someone else - although not to the point where it's obvious to other people that I'm not being me! It's more like I pretend to be an actor playing myself, and that puts my apprehension at a distance. Kind of like the old saw about visualizing other people naked or in their underwear...
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Re: Sorry, didn't mean to get all analysis-y on anyone but that's my passion. This is my idea of fun
Date: 2010-02-14 02:24 am (UTC)On the subject of role-playing: it can be very helpful. When going into a situation that makes me nervous, I find it useful to pretend I'm someone else - although not to the point where it's obvious to other people that I'm not being me! It's more like I pretend to be an actor playing myself, and that puts my apprehension at a distance. Kind of like the old saw about visualizing other people naked or in their underwear...