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ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Morgan
Location: A city twinned with Kawasaki
Join Date: Nov 2011 Motorcycle(s): '08 Ninja 250, 2010 STR 675 Posts: A lot.
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2)You know that you can push on through then you'll enjoy it 3)You have your goals, and know how to go for them. I found breaking it down, setting a small goal and push for that then the next one and then the next helps. Remember what I said about depression's first move being breaking down your will to fight it, and twisting everything against you, so ignore the dark sh1t your head tells you & take what your good mates say as real info? Your regulars are the real info source for your looks. You're earning good money on it, so you must be pretty well put together ![]() ![]() |
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Rev Limiter
Name: Jay
Location: WI
Join Date: Jul 2013 Motorcycle(s): '06 SV650n, '00 Derbi GPR, '64 CA77 Dream 305, '70 CL450 Scrambler, numerous dirt bikes Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Jun '18, Oct '16
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A couple suggestions based on what you have told us lately -
Really think about what you would like to be doing for a job (career really) in the future. Maybe take some night classes or something to get you headed in that direction. Learning and moving towards a goal is going to help you feel better about yourself. Doing something that is in conflict with your self-image will always cause you stress. Get rid of the "comfy thermal shirt that used to be his". It may make you feel better in the short term, but it's something that you need to let go of to be happy in the long term. It's a reminder of a time in your life that you have moved beyond, and it pulls you in - then lets you drop. You can pull yourself up and be happy. |
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ninjette.org sage
Name: Koala
Location: Ohio
Join Date: May 2016 Motorcycle(s): 2017 Ninja 300 Winter Test Edition Posts: 589
MOTM - May '18
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There is no way to get into this without it being too long and too personal on the whys and why nots on why I keep the shirt, why I should get rid of it and other things. I could say I'm not ready, I don't want to or c all of the above.
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#124 |
Rev Limiter
Name: Jay
Location: WI
Join Date: Jul 2013 Motorcycle(s): '06 SV650n, '00 Derbi GPR, '64 CA77 Dream 305, '70 CL450 Scrambler, numerous dirt bikes Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Jun '18, Oct '16
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Sorry. I guess my suggestions felt more like "constructive criticism" then. That wasn't my intention.
Just trying to help you work through it, but my approach doesn't seem to be helping, so I'll refrain from any additional "suggestions". Take care. |
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ninjette.org sage
Name: Koala
Location: Ohio
Join Date: May 2016 Motorcycle(s): 2017 Ninja 300 Winter Test Edition Posts: 589
MOTM - May '18
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Rev Limiter
Name: Jay
Location: WI
Join Date: Jul 2013 Motorcycle(s): '06 SV650n, '00 Derbi GPR, '64 CA77 Dream 305, '70 CL450 Scrambler, numerous dirt bikes Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Jun '18, Oct '16
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#127 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Rick
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much.
MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14
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For those that don't read the "Quote of the day" thread, I wanted to share this.
Happiness sneaks through a door you didn't know that you left open. - John Barrymore |
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#128 |
sammich maker
Name: snot
Location: West Ohio - in the kitchen
Join Date: Feb 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 white 300, 09 KLX 250 SF, 09 thunder blue 250(traded) Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Apr '15
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I will leave this here.
http://www.einstein-academy.com/blog...conscious-mind
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#129 |
sammich maker
Name: snot
Location: West Ohio - in the kitchen
Join Date: Feb 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 white 300, 09 KLX 250 SF, 09 thunder blue 250(traded) Posts: A lot.
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For all, please remember we make our own happiness.
I told my daughter's while they were in high school to ask themselves this question: how will this affect their life in the future? Holding on to some memories can cause more pain than happiness, they can also keep you from finding happiness. I try not to dwell on negative feelings and look for the positive: how will this help me later? What do I need to learn from this? I have lost loved ones in the past that was very close to, I miss them and work hard to make them proud of me to this day. I want to honor the memories and remember the times we laughed together. Koala, I hope you can find a way to smile everyday and find true happiness in yourself.
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#130 |
ninjette.org sage
Name: Koala
Location: Ohio
Join Date: May 2016 Motorcycle(s): 2017 Ninja 300 Winter Test Edition Posts: 589
MOTM - May '18
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thank you snot, snake
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sammich maker
Name: snot
Location: West Ohio - in the kitchen
Join Date: Feb 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 white 300, 09 KLX 250 SF, 09 thunder blue 250(traded) Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Apr '15
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Keep your chin up and remember to smie everyday... There is always something to smile about, just look for it.
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Name: .
Location: .
Join Date: Aug 2014 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot.
MOTM - July '15
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Hey, you doing okay? We all care about you!
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#133 |
Certifiable nontundrum
Name: Harper
Location: NC Milkshake stand
Join Date: Mar 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2013 SE NINJA 300 Posts: Too much.
MOTM - Sep '13, Sep '16
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ninjette.org sage
Name: Koala
Location: Ohio
Join Date: May 2016 Motorcycle(s): 2017 Ninja 300 Winter Test Edition Posts: 589
MOTM - May '18
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Thanks for asking about me, guys
![]() On the mental health side, I haven't journaled in a while, I need to but I just haven't. I've been cruising the bipolar reddit, it helps to no I'm not alone in things. I know I mentioned dreams before and I had one that has a recurring theme in it. wonder what you all might think. I'm in an apartment (not mine but mine in the dream), it's shadowy inside due to clouds and possible tornadoes outside. I keep having to turn the lights back on because they keep turning off. Same with the radio in the kitchen. I keep turning it off but it keeps turning back on. I unplug it but it comes back on and plugged in again. My sliding glass door keeps coming open. I unplug the radio and throw it. I realize in the darkness that Ziggy is gone. trying to cry out his name but all that comes out is a croak. every time. I see him outside and grab him and put him in the bathroom. throwing the lightswitch but it doesn't come on and shutting the door. I shut the slider as well. that's where I wake up. I have so many dreams with storms and tornados. the other recurring theme is the lights and doors. I have so many dreams where doors/windows keep opening and I keep having to run around and shut them. same with the lights, lights turning off and not wanting to turn on. it always leaves me with an anxious feeling, sometimes dread sometimes fear or panic in the dream. the ziggy part has happened a few times in the last year or so. trying to cry his name but I can't, panicking that something has happened to him. any thoughts? |
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#135 |
Guy Who Enjoys Riding
Name: Jim
Location: North Carolina
Join Date: Jul 2016 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250 Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Oct '18, Aug '17, Aug '16
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You're not alone. I've had dreams in which I'm out in a field at night and a tornado in headed toward me, and others in which lightning strikes me, and they're terrifying. Another one has me in a totally dark house and I turn on a light. I know it's on, but my eyes can't see the light. Then there are dreams about me trying to lock a door, but the door frame is too big so the door won't latch. Also the ones in which I'm trying to yell, but no noise comes out of my mouth.
I do have nice dreams too. Sometimes I can jump off a high building and float gently to the ground, to everyone's amazement. I just assume my dreams are some oddball way my brain sorts things out and don't worry about them. I do prefer when it sorts things out in a way that's not too scary though. |
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#136 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Rick
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much.
MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14
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My interpretation of your dream is this:
The doors and windows opening by themselves while there is bad weather outside and ziggy getting out sounds like a message to go outside and brave the storm. In my unprofessional opinion of course. |
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The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much.
MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13
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Daily Ninjette rider
Name: Hernan
Location: Florida
Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: A lot.
MOTY - 2016, MOTM - Dec '12, Jan '14, Jan '15, May '16
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Pre-2008 Ninja's 250 are excellent reliable machines and @1K buys you one of those in good condition. I see three advantages from going that route: 1) Very probable mishaps of the learning process, including track practicing, will be less painful and costly to mend. 2) Learning motorcycling well, especially when couched by cmith12, will greatly help you with your self-confidence and depression problem soon, rather than later. 3) Any difference in cost can be used for protecting gear and riding training. Regarding the dreams, the above is related; it seems to me. I don't believe in the significance or perception of dreams; bad dreams happen to me when I eat late, something is trying to wake by brain up or I am not sufficiently tired physically. Nevertheless, your dreams show a perception of inadequacy to solve catastrophic problems or difficulties. As many people, you are stronger than most difficulties and adversities. However, you are convinced that you are not, which makes it an incorrect perception rather than a reality. That perception, and the concept that you have to act upon those events that deviate from your ideal of how things should develop or be, give you anguish. The problem is that anguish sustain itself at subconscious level for long time, even in a permanent matter, which is a terrible thing for you health and for the sense of joy that you are wired to naturally feel. Motorcycling is a powerful mental activity. It will work on reducing or eliminating that continuous subconscious anguish. It will because, as you learn to control your reactions and your machine, your self-confidence will get stronger, as your sense of freedom and independence, as your awareness of your surroundings and the tricks that your brain likes playing on you. In the process, you will think less and feel more, you will learn how things are versus how you believe they should be, you will compare yourself less and less with others and with the ideal and unachievable you. Start riding soon, learn to be the best rider that you can be and ride much !!!
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The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much.
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Daily Ninjette rider
Name: Hernan
Location: Florida
Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: A lot.
MOTY - 2016, MOTM - Dec '12, Jan '14, Jan '15, May '16
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ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Kerry
Location: Ventura, CA
Join Date: Jan 2016 Motorcycle(s): Ninja650 Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Apr '18, Apr '17, Apr '16
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For what it's worth, riding my bike has made me feel more competent. I have to be, to be safe on it. Nobody can do it for me. I second the recommendation to get an older, cheaper bike, one that you can handle its maintenance, and go ride. ![]() |
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#143 |
ninjette.org sage
Name: Koala
Location: Ohio
Join Date: May 2016 Motorcycle(s): 2017 Ninja 300 Winter Test Edition Posts: 589
MOTM - May '18
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thanks for all the insight and support guys and gals
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#144 |
sammich maker
Name: snot
Location: West Ohio - in the kitchen
Join Date: Feb 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 white 300, 09 KLX 250 SF, 09 thunder blue 250(traded) Posts: A lot.
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You can usually find good used gear to start with. New, will need to be the helmet. Ridersdiscount has better pricing on gear, and free shipping. They are also located in MI. Ironpony in CBus no longer has the selection for women it use to but still a lot of great finds in the clearance section.
Workbooks will protect you until you can afford the "riding boots", textile jacket with pads is better than no jacket. Kevlar or 100% cotton riding jeans can also work short term. Gloves are a must, new or used as long as they are in good condition. But, there is a ton of good used leather out there on the interweb
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Guy Who Enjoys Riding
Name: Jim
Location: North Carolina
Join Date: Jul 2016 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250 Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Oct '18, Aug '17, Aug '16
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motorcyclegear.com also has a used gear section on their site. I got a very nice Fieldsheer leather jacket for my daughter there, for something like $90.
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#146 |
Daily Ninjette rider
Name: Hernan
Location: Florida
Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: A lot.
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#147 |
ninjette.org sage
Name: Koala
Location: Ohio
Join Date: May 2016 Motorcycle(s): 2017 Ninja 300 Winter Test Edition Posts: 589
MOTM - May '18
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Thanks for the links :-)
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