Tonight, I’ll be using a loud and extra loud “egg shaker” for accompaniment when I’m singing three songs at a party of social workers.
Yesterday, in a therapy group, we wondered aloud together about why internal critical voices and anxious thoughts seem extra loud. My loud speculation was that critical voices and anxious thoughts are extra loud to help us survive. If sounds of danger are more loud to us, we might be able to avoid them better. However, the loudness of negativity can drown out the positive voices within and around us. That kind of loudness creates extra anxiety, worry, shame, and stress. For a lot of people, coping and healing includes allowing the positive messages to be as loud as the negative ones.
Do you see anything loud and/or extra loud in today’s photos?
Sorry about the soft focus in that last photo. Allow me to pump up the volume for the bumpa sticka on the left:
BAD POLITICIANS ARE ELECTED BY GOOD PEOPLE WHO DON’T VOTE
Here‘s “loud Indian music” with over one million views on YouTube:
Two comments about that video seemed extra loud to me:
¡ʞɔɐq sı dǝǝW
1 month ago
Play this at my funeralDee Are
8 months ago
HOW DO YOU SET THIS AS YOUR RING TONE
I look forward to the volume of all the comments, below.
I try to make my gratitude extra loud, so thanks to all who helped me create this loud-and-extra-loud post and — of course! –to YOU.
