User:Gary C Smith/sandbox

Seriousitis™ is becoming what the ‘as is, is in America. An ‘itis’ is an inflammatory disease characterized as the opposite of Affirmative Health. The symptoms are solemn, stern, somber, grim and staid. Often accompanied by depression, obsession, oppression, and repression of joy, hope, and enthusiasm for life. Seriousitis™ creates limits, dogma, exclusion, stress, pain, physical, mental and emotional ailments. Seriousitis™ causes are many stemming from the belief that someone, other than you created the reason to be so serious. Most people have it unknowingly or they are carriers. Seriousitis™ is connected to the fall of empires-Egypt, Rome, Greece, Great Britian ete….

Seriousitis™ is most extreme when seen from either end of the Control Continuum-too much control or not enough control. Interestingly human beings are the greatest source of the Seriousitis™, and ironically they are the cure. Our purpose today, is to share what Transformational Goals(TG) team have discovered about Seriousitis. The good news is not everyone shows symptoms of Seriousitis, the bad news is if you don’t have symptoms, you are probably a carrier, even a cause. Our research methods began with observation and recognition of visible symptoms: Facial expressions include furrowed brows, clinched jaws, and even an upturned nose. Body postures of crossed arms, clinched fists, slumped and impatient postures. Psychologists observed  symptoms like a lack of attention, focus, and enthusiasm. Complaints were common and lead us to uncover an overall belief that someone other than themselves is in charge of their happiness. This state is often called being a victim, it manifests its self further as we appear as blamers, steamrollers,  or even the dreaded curmudgeon. The one thing they have in common is they are all a bore. The Seriousitis™ symptoms were consistent with beliefs that revolves around Childhood imprints, decision imprinted between conception and age 5. The time before cognitive skills of discernment and discrimination fully develop. Childhood imprints exist in our unconscious, which according to psychologists run 95% of our thoughts, feelings and actions. These imprints are all powerful. These beliefs become multiple identities we believe are who we are. While Childhood imprints are invisible to ourselves, they are often obvious to those around us. I am going to give you a short list of Childhood Imprints: The world is not safe or nice, I don’t deserve love, I can’t make a mistake, TG shows how imprints and contradictions form the source of confusion. To keep from seeing this contrary condition of opposing beliefs buffers or shields are needed to prevent the beliefs from crashing the system. Often those who see through the contradictions end up in mental institutions, become addicted to drugs, and become chronic suffers of Seriousitis™. Our TG team recognized the unconscious buffers as habits and beliefs kept in place by the constant use of‘stinking thinking.’ The should’s, must, can’t, and the most odiferous word of all HATE. The TG ‘deodorization process’ is 100% successful in handling the S/T buffers. Buffers takes on many forms to maintain Seriousitis™. •      Lying- to yourself and to others. •      Suppressing  - desires, repressing feelings. It kills curiosity creating ethno-centric belief systems(BS).“Big boys don’t cry.” “Good girls don’t.” “We (organization of socio-politico-religious-ethnic agendas) don’t approve of that type of behavior.” •      Forming - multiple identities. Are you sure there is only one “I”? Mark Twain said “I have met the enemy and he is me. However, I underestimated the numbers. These buffers preserve Seriousitis™ while they separate us from life; from the comfort of other humans and ourselves.