EmeraldSlave2 -> RE: Semi long distance relationship (10/12/2005 2:52:44 PM)
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The best rituals are the ones that you already do naturally. What things do you do everyday? Get up, brush teeth, eat, put on clothes if you have to leave the house, brush hair, put gas in car, log online, answer the phone, wash the dishes, flush the toilet. Anything we already do can become ritualized, whether it's saying a word beforehand, making a hand motion, using only the blue toothbrush 30 times in one direction. Trust me, talk to any OCD person and they can give you rituals you never even dreamed of which have nothing to do with sex, that no one would perceive unless they were really watching for it, and are done all the time. You don't want to see me eat a bag of Skittles when I'm feeling highly stressed out. Also, I actually suggest NOT using rituals, I suggest NOT putting so much emphasis on some constant feeling. LDR is tough enough. Work on LONG TERM plans, work on dealing with the problems as they arise, work on riding that edge of loneliness and finding your center again, it DOES happen. Work on what you will do when you are together again, work on improving your life and making it ready for the transitions ahead. Rituals can actually become larger reminders of what you don't like, rather than what you do.
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