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My tips on dealing with drama

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Airking990
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States193 Posts
September 06 2013 15:48 GMT
#1
Hey, right now I wanna talk about things that I might not normally talk about. Things that are out there, that matter, that you sometimes need somebody to talk to about. Just understand that I’m not a doctor, or a psychologist, and I’m just telling you from my own experience. This is so you can either grow up or learn from what I have to say. Also know that some people can only learn through a series of mistakes, and need to go through their own things, and sometimes you can give these individuals advice so they don’t make these kinds of mistakes and shit you may have gone through. But, the reality is that they need to go through it themselves. That, you need to understand. You can definitely help as much as you want, but you’ll really notice that it’s not doing much, and this individual needs to learn through their own series of mistakes and experiences.

Anyways, I plan on talking about drama. Drama can go between anything. It can affect your real life, it can affect your friends, whether it’s online, school, work, and all this other shenanigans. But I’ve noticed a pattern when it comes to drama. I’ve always noticed, but this could just be for me, that there’s always one month out of the entire year that is just explodes. It just takes over your life and you become a wreck, and you’re not focusing on things you need to focus on. In my case, if I were to have a giant shitstorm of drama, it would affect how I act, how I feel, and all these other shenanigans.

There’s a very easy way to get over it. There’s always a way to break that cycle of drama, because it’s supposed to come, and it will always come. Whether you can see it or you can’t see it, but I’ll tell you that the solution, the best answer for me, dealing with some stupid shit, is being straightforward, and being honest, and know that regardless of how old or young you are, that drama can affect a large range of people. Drama comes regardless of the age. It’s one of those set things that is always there, but you never expect it. The best way I can explain it is by telling a little story, without mentioning names, and I’ll tell you what the outcome of doing the right thing is right away, and the concept of waiting and letting it all pass through.

And I guess for some cases, it’s tolerable, and you can do it and get away with it, but in my opinion that’s the worst approach. Because it just sucks. You just wait for this magical, invisible person or being or magical monster to take the drama away so you can continue with your life, but the reality is that if you want to finish with drama, if you want to squash it, be honest. Be straightforward. I know it’s easy to lie. Anybody can lie. Look guys, I’m a purple hippopotamus. There, another lie. That was easy to say, and when you lie, you feel very guiltless. I don’t know if the fact that I said I was a purple hippopotamus would come back and get me. Who knows, but hopefully not, but the reality behind this is that you’re being straightforward and honest. It just seems to alleviate a lot of things.

You’re allowed to see people for who they truly are, you can see people that actually care about you, or the subject at matter. And here comes a little story for example. So, my friend and I were having a, I guess, misinterpretation of what was going on, and we almost lost touch, to the point whereas we wouldn’t even talk to each other anymore ever again if this continued. Because I lost a lot of friends to drama, and that’s the worst part. Like, if you don’t know how to deal with it, if you don’t know how to approach it correctly, the damage could be devastating. It could be that you might have a fallout with your family members, or even a friend in my case.

What happened was that we played the waiting game. And what this did was that it kind of built up what was almost like anger and hatred towards each other, and that’s the worst. So at one point, I got tired. I’m like “all right, this is bullshit, let’s talk.” And what the end result is that what we were really mad about, or upset about was really fucking stupid. And that’s usually what happens. Either a miscommunication of something, and majority of the time, it’s usually something like that. You don’t communicate. Or there could be other things that get involved, like you do something wrong without knowing, but usually everything comes down to communication.

You have to take your time too. It sucks because you have to grow some balls, regardless if you’re a female, or an “it”. If you’re a fucking dog and you’re watching, a female dog, you’ll grow balls. But you have to grow the balls and take a stand. If this matters so much to you, and it’s really bothering you constantly, and it’s eating you up constantly and not letting you work, or do your every-day things properly, maybe it’s time for you to stand up and talk to this person.

Whoever it is, if it’s your family member or whatever. Usually, you can squash shit more easily. And when I did this with my friend, it was really dumb. We were arguing over really, really dumb shit. In the end, I felt really stupid about it, like “this is really dumb. Why are we fighting about it? Why would we put our friendship on the line over something as small as this?” and that’s the best advice I can give you guys when it comes to this.

I guess another example was one that was very successfully done, for me at least, and it was recently. And there was a lot of people saying stuff about one of my friends, and this really bugged me because I really care about this person a lot. And I was like “what the fuck? How would this be true?” and everything you’ve shown me in the past few days, or weeks, or months was different. And I said to myself “you know what, I’m gonna stop this shit right away. Stop it and be done with it.” And in that instance, right away, we talked about it and it was literally drama for a day. It didn’t drag on. It was done and over.

And that’s the best advice I can give you when it comes to anything. If this is going on in school, at work, anything, talking it out will be the first best option. If this doesn’t work, this person’s being and asshole and you shouldn’t want to be part of their life. You don’t want somebody that can’t communicate, not make themselves be heard and understand it. That’s my two pieces of advice. Talk it out, and if not, just let it go. Legitly let it go. Usually after the first time, everything will settle down.

Make sure that before you go into the conversation, you know what you’re going to talk about. You want to know how you want to express yourself, and all that other shenanigans. And everything else should be smooth sailing, at least from what I have learned.

But to everybody listening, thank you so much. I think I’ll do this a little more often, because there are a lot of topics you guys want to talk about, and you guys need to be addressed. And if I have some understanding, or some actual knowledge on it, I’ll definitely talk about it. Anyways, thank you guys so much guys. You’ve all been awesome. Make sure that if you have any problems, talk it out. Chances are, you can just squash that shit really quick.

Take care. See ya guys later. Bye

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Japhybaby
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Canada301 Posts
September 06 2013 16:14 GMT
#2
Man, you sure are a talker. wow, kept me laughing with that tone.

Whys it so important that the person will acknowledge the drama? Is it kind of like a shit test, like "if you won't put in a little honesty to save the friendship then it can't work?"
hold on! i'm callin' you back to the pool, and we'll dazzle them all!
Race is Terran
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
United States382 Posts
September 07 2013 04:40 GMT
#3
what about just not talking about drama in the first place?
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
September 07 2013 05:06 GMT
#4
Disregard drama -> Drama goes away.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
September 07 2013 08:12 GMT
#5
Interesting read. Personally, I have heard of, but have never experienced any sort of drama in my life. Never gotten into any sort of disagreement or argument or anything. Not sure how I would deal with drama if it ever comes up, but hopefully it never happens.
MarlieChurphy
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States2063 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-07 11:52:33
September 07 2013 11:33 GMT
#6
On September 07 2013 14:06 Djzapz wrote:
Disregard drama -> Drama goes away.

Qft. People are always claiming stuff like: I don't deal with drama, I avoid drama, I have no drama in my life, etc. But really these statements are dramatic in themselves. And the people who usually make them are generally pretty dramatic and stressing about shit all the time.

So normally, I wouldn't ever say this because I truly DGAF about drama, but since you brought up the discussion; I don't deal with drama. lol. No seriously though, whenever some shit happens or people start bickering or fighting, I may stick around to see if it has any entertainment value, but for the most part I'm just looking to leave or say nothing. That is how you deal with drama, logically, don't let your emotions get invested into the situation and just walk away. There have been countless situations like this in my life.
One recent example was with these chicks I was at the bar with, I didn't realize it at the time, but the one chick who was courting me had dated this dude we met up with there. He was a sort of small skinny guy, kind of squirrelly, he bought us a couple of drinks, and I thought nothing of it.
Later on something he said to her sister (they were sisters) about sleeping with her or whatever, sparked her and made her upset, she was saying she didn't remember- and that it must have been rape, or something. (the lack of details here shows how much I care about the drama and didn't get involved).
I started to walk away, it was a long driveway back to the patio of the bar. Then their arguing got louder and shittier. She grabbed his neck as he tried to circle away from her. Her sister (the entire time) kept repeating one of the following; "Alice, calm down.", "I'm going to call the police.", "What are you doing?!", "Stop (it)."
This is when I started paying attention obviously and walked back towards them.
They circled a couple of times grabbing for hands and clothes and I think the guy was saying something like, "Why are you lying?", "What was it then?" , I think he was genuinely hurt by her lack of interest anymore. I think they actually did have some sort of fling and she was ashamed of it in hindsight or was trying to keep the information from me, since she was now interested in me.
Side note: I actually kissed her a few minutes earlier and had been hanging around with her often before this.

When I finally got back close to them, she started throwing these funny ass looping hooks (I think they were lefts too) at the guy's face. She was like behind him, holding his shirt near his neck and sort of jump punching the side/front of his face. I lol'd. He took a couple good shots and he had a bloody nose but was still standing there trying to justify himself to his sister and saying that she broke his nose. I walked away now. She came running after me trying to bring the drama, and I explained to her that IDGAF and we waited for the cab I called earlier.
There is more of this story but it's sort of dumb and not as entertaining as the rest. I later found out the chick has borderline personality disorder and all the chicks that I am interested in and vise versa end up having mental problems. Thanks mom.
RIP SPOR 11/24/11 NEVAR FORGET
Airking990
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States193 Posts
September 09 2013 01:28 GMT
#7
On September 07 2013 14:06 Djzapz wrote:
Disregard drama -> Drama goes away.

Sure. Either that or it builds up and you have to deal with it at some point or another.

I don't get why everybody says they have no drama in their lives, or there's no point in dealing with drama, because you have to deal with it eventually. it's eventually going to have a consequence.
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red_hq
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada450 Posts
September 09 2013 17:47 GMT
#8
On September 09 2013 10:28 Airking990 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2013 14:06 Djzapz wrote:
Disregard drama -> Drama goes away.

Sure. Either that or it builds up and you have to deal with it at some point or another.

I don't get why everybody says they have no drama in their lives, or there's no point in dealing with drama, because you have to deal with it eventually. it's eventually going to have a consequence.


I think when people say that they mean:
I deal with drama right away by simply being straight forward, honest, and picking good friends so it never builds up so I never have to deal with it because it is always at a bare minimum.
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