G'day! In today's blog I propose a therapeutic practice that might pay dividends 'Sobbing Selfies'
My intention in the above video was to have a good old wep similar to Anthony Hopkins in Shadowlands. Great big wracking sobs! Didn't happen but I was fairly close to it! I actually lie in this video because I say I cannot remember the last time I had a good cry, well I can, and similar to the Australian Cricket Captain it was in public, in front of an audience in a village hall in North Wales in 2014. I had just performed in the drama of a friend who had written about the challenges of going back to work after the protagonist had suffered with depression. We had rehearsed over three days and script in hand in front of about 25 people I broke down in the Q&A at the end. Wracking sobs after somebody had asked a question about the stimulus and inspiration of the piece. It was embarrassing and I do look back and cringe but I often wonder if more people cried in public especially men perhaps it could act as a pressure valve to let all the negative feelings, frustration and anger out which is a given with the human condition. What do we do with all our regrets, our disappointments, our guilt? Where does it go? Where should it go? Nobody seems to know but what we do know is that 84 men a week are taking their lives in the UK. They are even talking about it in America. So guys instead of sending dick pics what about sending sobbing selfies? Instead of trying to prove your masculinity, why not show your vulnerability! Instead of testosterone, show the world that you are at home with your emotions. You don't have to Man Up you know. That was also a lie.
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