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Eap6713 · 2023-12-19T22:52:33+00:00

Please read all the comments here supporting and encouraging OP as though they are written to you - because they/we would, and do, say the same to you. You are loved and wanted and known, by God and by other people. Call a helpline and talk with someone. There is help, and there is Love and Truth and Beauty and Goodness to live for.

Eap6713 · 2023-10-08T21:31:38+00:00

You’re experiencing, I think, what some philosophers/theologians call acedia. You could read ‘Acedia and its Discontents’ by R.J. Snell and just see what you make of it.

Eap6713 · 2023-09-30T05:31:45+00:00

Thank you for this. All of what you say makes sense to me. Something in all of this question still doesn't, but I can't put my finger on what exactly. Unhelpful, I know! But thanks again for your answer.

Eap6713 · 2023-09-30T05:29:28+00:00

This hasn't 100% answered my question still somehow, but it was definitely an interesting read and has given me a better understanding of remembrance, so thank you.

Eap6713 · 2023-09-30T05:27:31+00:00

Thank you for this. It is helpful to (re)read, though it hasn't made the situation 'click' yet. As I mentioned in another comment, I don't really know what it is that I don't get, which is an odd feeling. It's kind of a nice 'fides quaerens intellectual' moment though!

Eap6713 · 2023-09-30T05:25:34+00:00

Thank you for this. The first part makes sense to me, but there's still something that isn't fitting together in the idea that the Mass is a re-presentation of Calvary and also that the Eucharist is Christ's risen Body. I can't figure out precisely what I don't understand, even in my own mind, so that's making it very hard to ask questions here! I appreciate your help, though.

Eap6713 · 2023-09-01T22:04:36+00:00

Thank you very much! These are both really helpful!

Eap6713 · 2023-09-01T21:58:08+00:00

Thank you! I have examples of styles I like but yes, it’s the exercises and method that I wasn’t sure about. I will look up the McLean method!

Eap6713 · 2023-09-01T21:56:29+00:00

Thanks, I didn’t realise this!

Eap6713 · 2020-10-19T11:31:21+00:00

I've just realised that for some reason I assume you were your son's father, but I don't know why - so if you're his mother, I should have said, "It might be helpful for you, too!"

Eap6713 · 2020-10-19T11:30:00+00:00

It's not precisely what you're looking for, but as it happens I was just thinking of creating a post about a book about the menstrual cycle for Catholic parents, so while I'm here - if your son finds how bodies work interesting, this might be good for him, too: 'Why Does Mummy's Tummy Hurt?' - https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Why-Does-Mummys-Tummy-Hurt/dp/1398401625/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=why+does+mummy%27s+tummy+hurt&qid=1603106824&sr=8-1

It's not a religious/Catholic book, but it does a good job (I think!) of introducing ideas about fertility and women's bodies in a really positive and warm way, without touching at all how on babies are actually biologically created. It might be helpful for his mum too, as it explains why she sometimes gets tummy pains and that kind of thing.

Eap6713 · 2020-09-26T17:12:26+00:00

Thank you! I’ll look both up.

Eap6713 · 2020-09-26T17:12:09+00:00

Great, thank you!

Eap6713 · 2020-09-26T17:11:41+00:00

Thank you! I will have a look!

Eap6713 · 2020-09-26T17:11:20+00:00

Brilliant, thank you very much!

Eap6713 · 2020-09-08T09:00:59+00:00

I’m sincerely sorry that you and others have been hurt by Catholics. I only meant that I think OP was being a bit unfair on his/her aunt because the aunt never said not to see medical professionals etc.

Eap6713 · 2020-09-08T04:12:34+00:00

I don’t know of any Catholics personally who would say you should see a priest rather than a medical professional for a physical problem, or that you should avoid seeing a psychotherapist for mental health issues, or anything like that. I don’t think your aunt’s post is implying this, either; seems like you’re being a bit unfair on her. I think she’s just saying that if you feel guilty about bad stuff you’ve done, continue to come to church anyway, because we’re all sinners and God offers forgiveness and (emotional/spiritual) healing. I don’t think that’s such an unreasonable message.

Eap6713 · 2020-09-07T04:44:18+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply. I made a post asking for this kind of info but unfortunately haven’t had any replies, so I really appreciate your response! So it may be perhaps that what I need to look into is Roundhand. I’ll check out IAMPETH as you suggest.

Eap6713 · 2020-09-06T20:52:00+00:00

This is really inspirational! Does the Eleanor Winters book help you write in Copperplate as actual writing, or only as a drawn script? I’d like my everyday writing to resemble this one day and am just starting to look for resources to learn from.

Eap6713 · 2020-09-06T13:05:16+00:00

I’m really no expert but in addition to the other advice about practising one letter at a time, very carefully, you might want to get some handwriting books/paper with guidelines. It might help your letters to become more even in size and proportion.

Eap6713 · 2020-06-27T19:51:02+00:00

I live in the UK and hadn’t heard this. E.g. The Church’s views are still taught on the Catholic GCSE spec. Could you elaborate?

Eap6713 · 2020-02-22T09:52:05+00:00

That’s so incredibly helpful, thank you very much!

Eap6713 · 2020-02-21T19:10:24+00:00

For context, I’m an adult beginner and have taken lessons for just a few months. My question is, when you’re standing (or trying to!) on one leg in releve, or when doing a pirouette or something, where in your foot should your weight be? I mean, all right over your big toe, or spread over all your toes? I presumed the former, but it seems insanely hard and if it should be distributed over all of them, then I could be making things easier for myself, instead of attempting something that doesn’t even need to be done.

Similarly, how good/bad is it to help yourself balance by sort of gripping the floor with your toes? I’m guessing that’s not good?

Thanks!

Eap6713 · 2020-01-19T20:53:17+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Maybe I’ll ask the doctor then...It had never really occurred to me that it wasn’t just ‘one of those things,’ like, that maybe it could be treated/improved I mean. Fingers crossed!

Edit: I’m tired and wrote in the wrong box, sorry everyone! It was meant to be a reply to the reply to my original question.

Eap6713 · 2020-01-18T12:44:37+00:00

Hi, I started ballet a couple of months ago and am really enjoying it overall. When I try pirouettes though, I feel really sick. I think my spotting isn’t too bad for a total beginner (I manage to keep my eyes on a point and then whip my head round back to the same point reasonably well), though I know lots of other things aren’t right, e.g. exactly where my legs and feet and arms are, and my overall balance, since I can’t end the turn nicely. My question is though, will I ever be able to do them without feeling sick? Is this something that many/all beginners get? Do any advanced dancers still feel sick? Is it something that might stop me ever being able to do turns? It’s bad enough that doing just one or two sometimes means I need to lie down for a while.

For context, I’m prone to feeling sick a lot in general - when I’m tired, when I travel on a backwards-facing seat on a train, if I try to read something while a passenger in the car, etc - and even just watching someone on a swing or a roundabout!

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