Posted by IsoM on January 3, 2002, at 14:47:34
In reply to Re: Senses overwhelmed » janejj, posted by Dinah on January 3, 2002, at 9:04:24
I guess I'm a stubborn, opinionated person at times. I DON'T want to change my reactions to all the noises, lights, & crowds. I feel what modern society thrusts in our faces to be *so* unnatural. I don't want to get used to it!
I saw a science program that showed babies' reactions to a simple mobile dangled above them. It only had three shapes (triangle, circle & square) in three colours. The babies cooed & waved their arms & legs at it, obviously delighted. Then the mobiles became increasingly more complex, more shapes, patterns, colours, & more dangling objects. The babies also reactived positively to them. BUT when the original mobile was dangled in front of them, they no longer reacted. They were bored & looked away, some cried. They craved LOTS of stimulation & a simple mobile didn't make them happy any more.I don't want to get like that. I find many young people *need* fast-paced, flashing games, movies, dance clubs, etc to enjoy themselves. It's getting so people just aren't happy with the simple beautiful joys that God meant us to enjoy.
Sometimes at work, when I've gone outside, I'll just watch the little house sparrows that have made nests in the steel beams above the store entrance. I love watching their little interactions with each other & read an article on sparrows about their little head markings that distinguish a higher-ranking male sparrow from another lower-ranking one. I find them fascinating. When someone asks me what I'm watching, I show them. Many just look at me strange, but there's enough people who stop to watch too.
It's the little things that I don't want to feel jaded towards that makes me refuse to become part of the rest of the great consumer society & be part of the buy, buy, BUY consumer. (I probably sound like a bit of a fanatic - maybe I am, but I prefer it like this.)
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> It happens to me all the time, although I have learned various ways to blank out a bit so that it is not so uncomfortable. I still shop by catalog when possible, rent movies (except when I go to kid's movies for my son's sake), and even eat fast food in the quiet bubble of my car.
> Have you read "The Highly Sensitive Person" by Elaine Aronson (I'm not sure about the author). I believe she gives some tips about this sort of things. Much better ideas than the slightly disfunctional ones I use.
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