My Onion

NinjaFrodo · Post by **NinjaFrodo** » Fri May 28, 2010 8:19 am

that was an improv type video actually and we had to display/verbalize certain symptoms and coincidentally alot of those symptoms are anxious symptoms.

You know the cancer thing never bothered me too much, i mean a couple times i thought i might have cancer from things like throat being swollen for a long period of time but thats about it. There was a time i wished for cancer but I'm pretty confident that if i ever got cancer I would be able to overcome it. I'm not the type to ever give up and I wouldn't listen to what other people would have to say about it. Its a diffrent story when its someone else though, I've actually treated someone with cancer and well i'm a really intuitive person...she had come in for shoulder pain but i knew that this was no ordinary shoulder pain, I just knew that it was the cancer and that she was going to die and i never saw her again...

Neways i do have 2 things that i want to do job wise...1 is getting back into doing shiatsu and the 2nd is to start a group for people who suffer with anxiety and depression. I have 1 client i'm treating right now who is in a desparate situation and that same person has the credentials to be in charge of running group support.

Mike

SeaRunner · Post by **SeaRunner** » Fri May 28, 2010 11:09 am

Well for goodness sake, don't take down the video! It would be a great loss for tension and anxiety sufferers alike. Besides, how else would we learn to say "I think YOU need SHIATSU"? That was epic!

Runner of the Sea

THH · Post by **THH** » Sat May 29, 2010 4:06 am

Yesyour video does fit the program well.

And good for you having the right attitude with sickness! I'm much weaker in that area. I too feel very intuitive not in the health area, but just feelings.

Get back into it! My husband & I started a horseshoeing business back in the 80's. We worked some boreing jobs while we built the business.It took about 5 years before we could live off the shoeing income. We have been in the same business for 30 years. You can do that too. On both, shiatsu & group. You can not believe how many people I have talk to who tell me they have trouble with anxiety and depression. I tell them to check out this program. I tell them it is helping me. I don't know if they do or not? Well keep up the good work!

NinjaFrodo · Post by **NinjaFrodo** » Sat May 29, 2010 4:45 am

Ya we were having such a hard time with the emphasis on that line. It was really good for the bloopers.

I am slowly getting into it...when i did it before i jumped in head first and didn't use any other job to support me and so you can bet the anxiety and depression were super high. I actually got to a point where I would get suicidal thoughts after doing treatments and that was when i decided i couldn't do it anymore. This time will be diffrent and as for group...I agree there are soooo many people struggling with these conditions and not knowing what to do.

Mike

THH · Post by **THH** » Sat May 29, 2010 5:11 am

I guess I don't really know much about Shiatsu? Is it a massage, or pressure points? Maybe your too sensitive to other peoples pains? Or was it because of the money problems?

The people I talk to who are mostly our clients are all dealing with some form of it. I never say much as they are not really friends, and it is not very proffesional for me to give them that kind of advise. But I have never seen so many out there struggling with this. Its off the chart!
I'm feeling better just knowing about this help that is out here. I'm sure you feel that way too!

NinjaFrodo · Post by **NinjaFrodo** » Sat May 29, 2010 9:50 am

Shiatsu is a japanese medical treatment utilizing relaxation techniques similar to massage. There are diffrent styles of shiatsu where some focus on pressure points where others focus on merdian lines.

I didn't stop because i was too sensitive, I would actually feel bad because I was apathetic most of the time but I would beat myself up if I didn't get the results i expected and then blame myself for not caring enough. Finances was a big issue as well.

I feel good that there is this help out there for sure but its still not known by tons of people. I understand you see it as not very professional and perhaps that is not your way but for me, I kinda don't care if it looks unprofessional or not because I just want to help people with their suffering.

There is however a limit, I would not start to coach these people or have them keep reporting things to me or anything but I feel safe enough to impart what i have learned...why not? This would be similar to explaining how to solve math equations to someone else after read it from a text book. I would also have no problem telling people about some of the silly expectations I would have or some of the irrational obsessive thoughts (of course to a certain degree though....things like being afraid that i'd run out of the room with my clothes off or something) and laugh at them. Even just saying something reassuring based on our own experience. Then again, I might be diffrent then you in the way that I have no problem at all discussing my experience with anxiety with others. Thats probabbly why i want to start a group though. I just cannot stand knowing what i know and not being able to use it to help others...for me that is complete BS and I refuse to live that way.

Mike

THH · Post by **THH** » Sun May 30, 2010 3:32 am

Good for you! I think you would be very good at helping others. I too have been helping my father, whos is in his late 70's. And I have been only doing this program for 7 weeks. My husband is doing it too, even though he does not have the same problems as I do. I feel more comfortable with talking about the anxiety openly as before I hid it. So I am progressing. Its hard for us who live in rual America as there is not much being offered or even discused. In the bigger citys I'm sure there are lots of things. This program has been a life changer for me.

I was sorta right with the Shiatsu, I think that would be great! Keep working on that one too! Too bad we don't have that local! I'd try that.

NinjaFrodo · Post by **NinjaFrodo** » Mon May 31, 2010 2:31 am

The program has been a huge life changer for me too. Just before i found out about the program I was at the stage where anything i ate made me nauseous, I was smoking a pack and a half of cigarettes a day (I ended up quitting), was stuck in a really crap job (also quit), was critical of everybody and was constantly afraid that I was going to be deserted by everybody and be alone. Panicky feels were a daily occurance. If it wasn't for the program I probabbly would have gone to a pretty dark place where i might have either ended up in jail or dead and probabbly would have taken people down with me.

Ya its too bad about the shiatsu but...you could always learn some techniques on your own and practice them with your friends and family.

Mike

THH · Post by **THH** » Mon May 31, 2010 3:42 am

Very good on the quiting smokeing! That is a goal of mine to do as well. I have tried that a few times, and failed. I'm learning more about my self and the reasons I smoke so I think it will make me more successful when I do it again. Big pat on the back to you!!!

I bought a reflexology book. But... Its hard trying to figure it out by your self. I have been doing better with the relax. tape with the program. See the cute video I posted in the self talk part. Its really cute!

NinjaFrodo · Post by **NinjaFrodo** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:03 am

Ok i did post a reply but it seems to have not gone through.

Its not easy to smoke you just have to have a very strong reason for doing so. Mine was that i would not be able to survive as a shiatsu therapist if i kept smoking and it was draining to me so i also convinced myself that i wouldn't be able to do well in school either.

Teaching yourself is hard, I've never actually read a reflexology book so i wouldn't know much about it.

I think the most important part of the program is the relaxation tape so thats really awesome, good job. Keep it up! I'm working at doing it 3X a day...i'm only really at 1X a day when i wake up.

Mike