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#21 Re: The Sunset Strip » What Are You Listening To? » 95 weeks ago

Will wrote:

Back in 2012 my granddad asked if I could use the internet to find him a song from his younger days that he hadn't been able to find a recording of on CD locally. The song was called "Wishing It Was You" by an artist called Connie Francis (I'd never heard of her). I spent hours trawling the internet but couldn't find it, so I reached out to the owner of the only Connie Francis fansite I could find to see if they could help, and a few weeks later they replied with an mp3 of the song attached. My granddad was delighted when I gave him the CD.

I lost my granddad 2 years ago and was thinking about the above story earlier today for some reason. I still have the mp3 in my email and was going to upload it to Youtube to share it with you all, but the internet in 2023 is much different than it was back then. It's obviously already on Youtube these days, but I was kinda shocked to see that it has been viewed over 10 million times yikes

Been reading up on Connie Francis and listening to her other music, her Wiki page is pretty interesting, definitely paid her dues smile

Never heard this song before.

It made me think of this one, by Etta James.


My mum always asks me to look uo  some song no one else seems to know about. 16

#22 Re: The Garden » Holistic therapies, coaching, etc, anyone? » 102 weeks ago

mitchejw wrote:

These are what we call non-evidence based practices. That doesn’t mean they don’t help. All it means is that no one has ever been able to provide evidence that they make a difference either positively or negatively.

I, too, tried acupuncture but when i push for anyone at all to give me any explanation as to what it does and how it works…i don’t get much in the way that gives me confidence in it. Even the person delivering the treatment cant adequately explain it in a way that even remotely makes sense.

So for me…the fact that there is no evidence of its efficacy, the practitioner not being able to explain what it does and the fact that most health insurance companies won’t cover is enough for me to say ‘this seems like a waste of my time.’

mitchejw wrote:

These are what we call non-evidence based practices. That doesn’t mean they don’t help. All it means is that no one has ever been able to provide evidence that they make a difference either positively or negatively.

I, too, tried acupuncture but when i push for anyone at all to give me any explanation as to what it does and how it works…i don’t get much in the way that gives me confidence in it. Even the person delivering the treatment cant adequately explain it in a way that even remotely makes sense.

So for me…the fact that there is no evidence of its efficacy, the practitioner not being able to explain what it does and the fact that most health insurance companies won’t cover is enough for me to say ‘this seems like a waste of my time.’


Acupuncture is based on traditional Chinese medecine. It's totally different from what we do here in the West. It is not very easy to understand, from our point of view. Yin/yang, male/female, organs, meridians (energy channels), acupoints (that's where they stick the needles!), elements (fire, metal, wood, earth, water) are some of the concepts used in acupuncture. In Chinese medicine each organ represents something - a season, an emotion, a colour, an element, etc. The practitioners  look at your skin colour and can tell what your problem is, in which organ... It seems crazy. I think the main concept is that energy must be able to flow through our bodies in a balanced manner, thanks to invisible channels called meridians. Our energy can get  blocked due to lots of stress, for instance,  and if it remains blocked, we can become very ill. If an organ receives too much energy, it is not good either. It is all about balance.

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I hope I have explained it better. big_smile


My evidence to support that EFT works is that I used it to clear huge levels of anxiety around being in a lift.  I just could not get in one any longer. Not that I ever got stuck in a lift. I think it was that something  happened in an another situation, with feelings of being trapped in a small space, and not being able to breathe, that caused the problem with getting in a lift.

Anyway, this was me just under six months ago:
Feeling very scared just at the thought I would have to use a lift (at work, whilst travelling, at the hospital, etc)
Whenever I felt a bit less of a coward and actually got inside a lift,  the closing doors made me feel terrified. I jumped out and used the staircase instead.
I would gleefully climb up hundreds of stairs if that meant I didn't have to be in a lift! 17
Whenever I was going to some place where I would have to go from one floor to another, I would ask where the staircase was.
If people pointed the lift to me, I would say "I don't go in that".
The worst incident was in August last year: I had a proper panic attack, I started to shout and cry in public. This was it, I had to do something.

EFT did wonders. I used the lift several times today while at work. It's such a change, in so little time. I found a post from 2014 on my Facebook yesterday, and I know it's about the event that caused the problem. Almost 10 years of leaving in fear... Now I just want to laugh it off.

#23 Re: The Garden » Holistic therapies, coaching, etc, anyone? » 102 weeks ago

AtariLegend wrote:
Yamcha wrote:

Hi

I was wondering if any of you guys has ever tried reiki/tapping/shiatsu, acupuncture, reflexology, crystal healing or any other sort of alternative therapy?

If you have, did you get the results you were hoping for? And if you haven't, how do you feel about such therapies?

Just curious.

I've tried acupuncture a few times, due to having a history of bad headaches.

Not sure if I noticed any difference on the days in question (itself is relatively painless). However the next day I did just happen the worst headaches I had in years after a few of those sessions.

Maybe it was a coincidence, maybe not.

Maybe it was a coincidence. Perhaps you were stressed over something? Have you ever tried to link your headaches to certain situations (work/family/upcoming event...)? Sometimes there is a pattern.
I tried acupuncture only once and didn't really like it and didn't see any results, to be honest. It was some old Chinese guy in the Bristol area. I am not sure he understood exactly what my problem was. I don't think I will ever try it again. I do acupressure instead. You press your fingers on certain points of your body. You don't need any needles, or anyone, just your fingers. It works great on digestive issues, stress and allergies for instance. I think I used it for a bad headache once.

#24 The Garden » Holistic therapies, coaching, etc, anyone? » 103 weeks ago

Yamcha
Replies: 6

Hi

I was wondering if any of you guys has ever tried reiki/tapping/shiatsu, acupuncture, reflexology, crystal healing or any other sort of alternative therapy?

If you have, did you get the results you were hoping for? And if you haven't, how do you feel about such therapies?

Just curious.

#25 Re: The Sunset Strip » What Are You Listening To? » 103 weeks ago

This little gem by Suzanne Vega 20

#26 Re: Guns N' Roses » Which song gets released first?!? » 103 weeks ago

If they do release a song, I expect it to be Perhaps.



I would be very happy if they were to release something we've never heard before.

#28 Re: The Sunset Strip » What Are You Listening To? » 103 weeks ago

Pachelbel - Canon In D Major

Just trying "new" things 16

#29 Re: The Garden » PaSnow died (HE'S ALIVE!!) » 103 weeks ago

PaSnow: I am glad to see you're back. Even if we never really interacted, I know you used to be very active here! I am sorry you had to deal with so much crap at work.

It looks like some of us are trying to change careers. I am trying to get into holistic therapies and it's harder than I thought! I can't even get people to do EFT (emotional freedom technique) with me for FREE (one hour session)!? 1016

#30 Re: The Sunset Strip » Irene Cara Dead at 63 » 134 weeks ago

RIP Irene Cara.
Contrary to James I loved Fame (the TV show) when I was a kid but my mom hated it. Coco and Leroy were my favourite characters. I watched the movie years later as an adult. I found it good although a bit long.


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Leroy was probably my first male crush ever. He was so cute and so sexy and a bit of a  bad boy.  A total winner. 16

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