Posted by Dinah on June 26, 2007, at 16:48:34
In reply to Re: Does anyone else believe in the fates?, posted by B2chica on June 26, 2007, at 15:07:16
I guess everyone has their own slightly different take on the topic.
I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere about being careful about what you wish for, you just may get it, and also about the Fates, when I was little. So that when I wished for a puppy and then my dog died, I somehow connected that. I was still quite young, less than ten.
After that, selective attention probably enforced it. Whenever something happened that would reinforce it, I probably noted and remembered it. While forgetting entirely the many times that it didn't work that way.
I worked out a fairly elaborate way that it works. Wishing for selfish things or in anger of course adds to the chances for a bad outcome. But if the bad outcome is something you'd really like (no matter how bad you might feel for really liking it), it won't happen. Because the Fates only give you what you don't really want in order to give you what you do want.
When my OCD is under control, it's not a terribly intrusive thing. It just leads me to carefully word any wishes I might have. "Oh, we really need rain. (But not so much rain as to cause flooding, and no severe weather with it, and other people also get the rain they need, etc. etc.)"
When my OCD acts up, I spend a fair amount of time bothering people by taking back what I said or putting qualifications on my wishes, even if I have to call them to do it.
poster:Dinah
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