Are you Strong?

GalaxyFlare

GalaxyFlare

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Well are you mentally/ Physically and does it bother you not to be and why do you think you are'nt? or are?

Laziness,Determination,Don't Care?

This is where subject where a little bit of self-honesty is required and my require some people to think what the true meaning of strength is about whether it being aggressive/passive, Caring/Selfish. Anything

And what can provide Strength of character,conviction,Physical and Mental in nature: a loved one, pride,arrogance,achievements in life, moral superiority.
Or you simply don't care?
 
For physical strength, I used to be by women's standards until a year ago when I was no longer participating in any athletic activities and I no longer had any time to go to the gym. Now I'm weak D: But I do want to go back to the gym.

For mentally, it really depends. I have always been determined, that is the only way I got through the last two semesters of school. And I do try to be thick skinned.

I am very emotional though. If someone close to me dies or moves away I will cry and be depressed for a few weeks. I can also let stupid things upset me. And, though not as much as in the past, I can take things personally that weren't meant to harm.
 
Am I strong? yes I am, I was the champ of the past arm wrestle contests I had in school, most of the time I was the strongest guy in the class and everyone would pick me for football or rugby, and even basketball sometimes. These are all memories. The comments I use to receive "oh my god hes not even forcing", I have yet to hear it lol.
 
Physically, I'm kinda average. I have very little in the way of upper body strength. My kicks are stronger than my punches and I am quite endurant in terms of running, walking etc.

Mentally, I'd say I'm very strong. I don't like to let things get me down and get over stuff quickly. I don't often grieve for long periods of time either. I've never lost a parent or sibling, but I've had only a day of grief when an aunt/uncle/ grandparent dies.
 
Physically wise, I think I'm about average. I was a rather active person in my high school years. I would play hockey, netball and go jogging every now and then. Despite my rather small stature, I can run rather quickly and my grip isn't bad at all. I've stopped being that active this year, so chances are I've probably become significantly weaker.

Mentally wise, it does fluctuate a bit at times. Most of the time, I'm a determined person. Even if things look difficult, I make gallant attempts at it instead of giving up at an instant. Sometimes however, I'm notoriously lazy and it takes a lot of effort for me just to find the strength to get started.

I do get emotional every now and then as well. I've had both my grandfathers die in the same year and I believe that was the only time that I've broken down and lost my strength completely for quite a while. That was the one and biggest tragedy I've experienced in my life. :hmmm:

But nowadays, I don't tend to let smaller things get the best of me. I tend to just breathe in slowly and move away from it.
 
Am I strong hmmm........................Well all you gotta do is make me angry that's when I think I'm strong............I can remember in High School my homies kept telling me in a fight all you gotta do is get crazy! and how to get crazy is by getting angry...........for no paticular reason though............hmph I must've been stupid those days!
 
I'm not sure if I am physically strong or not... I don't feel strong at all, in fact I feel very weak and I'm pretty sure that if I was living in the wild I'd have been eaten by a lion by now. I've never really tested myself though. and I haven't ever been in a fight.

I used to do running and I was relatively fast (for the area I live in anyway), and so I built up quite a bit of strength from that, especially (well.. entirely :brooding:) in the legs. Mumps and post-viral illness ended that for me though as I wasn't picking up the speed like I used to and I was slowing everyone else down, so I quit. My strength has probably fallen a lot since then. I need to build it up but I just need to get into a routine of doing that. I doubt I'll ever join an athletics club again but I might need to make some trips to the gym.

I attempted to join some martial arts groups... Each attempt was a bad idea though. I'm far too clumsy, and I'm far too nervous about hurting the other person that my attention just isn't in it, so I just fail. :rage:



As for mentally... :hmmm: I can't help it but my mind is often very irrational, and that's just the way it formed. I'm always fighting it and I'm learning how to sort it out now. I'm not sure how I'd value my mental strength. I try not to let things that people say affect me, and when they do I just try to think about it from their angle and understand why they acted in that way. It makes it easier to deal with. I'm very insecure about my own life though. I guess everyone is to an extent, but I'd say I'm probably weaker than average over this.

I'm not very courageous when it comes to taking the first steps, be it in creating a friendship by initiating a conversation, asking existing friends who don't seem to talk to me anymore if they want to do something, or even in compiling an e-mail to someone (a task which might take up to half an hour for a simple message which is only a sentence or two long, as I really do agonise over everything :brooding:). It takes a lot out of me to do that for some reason as I get rather nervous about how people will respond (or if people even want me to do that), which is silly as I actually don't mind how people respond (this is the constant battle between the more logical side of my brain, and the side of my brain that is irrational and is trying to stop me from moving forward). Does this bother me? Yeah. I would like to be more assertive (though not too much).




As for what I think strength should be... I'd pick mental strength over physical strength. You get some brutes that beat each other up, and physical strength is always something that is great to have, but I think that mental strength is much more important, at least in areas where there isn't an immediate danger of being murdered / eaten. Ideally it would be great to combine the two, but I wouldn't ever say that it is a good idea to be aggressive and to beat people up all of the time, as that just reinforces the world's "everyone else is a git, so I will be a git too, take this *punch in the face*" attitude. It's best to keep yourself calm, but perhaps ready to defend if yourself or others are in danger. That way at least you're doing your bit for making the world a bit more pleasant and safe. :monster:

As for what gives us strength... Well it's a mixture of what we inherit and what we experience, and for the mental side also a bit of how our minds work (as each of us is wired differently, with some having naturally stronger minds than others). We just have to do what we can with what we've got though.

If people exploit you because you don't have strength physically or mentally then that's an issue, and it can and will happen, but you just have to make do with what you can do. Survival of the fittest still exists for humans, unfortunately, and some people do act the bully to ensure that only the fittest remain active (or alive) in society (even if they don't realise that they are doing this), but we're improving now a bit.

 
Hm, I guess i'm fairly strong strength wise. I do go to the gym and lift weights. Idunno, compared to other girls, that i'm not strong but I could support myself and fight if I had to.


Mentally. It depends on what it is. I try to be optimistic and look on the brighter sides of things. I'm also pretty competitive and determined if I want something done, i'll focus everything I go to reach my goal.

I tend to... be closed off which, can be my downside. I'm not so sure, to be honest :hmmm:
 
Argor.......you'll do alright.

One of the most common things that can hold a person back is the occurrence of to contradictory ideas/thoughts, known is Psychology circles as "Cognitive Dissonance"
agonizing over potential outcomes, getting to deep into a self verbalised argument
it can cripple some people to the point of not being able to function.

It can be with us well into adulthood but for more balanced people it wares off when we start learn about ourselves, when we form moral boundaries, and our brain matures. Mental strength is a device power in nature, as in it takes a different thing to motivate us individually, even in a team it can change from person to person.

And when it is broken it can take years to rebuild or a split second depending on the depth of the fracture.

Physical strength is another matter entirely........it can take months of hardwork to achieve the desired outcome, and it can be taken in an instant either by disease/illness
or accident/injury....and can take many more months to rebuild your former health and strength.

So I think it is fair to state that the precursor to a strong body is the presence of a strong mind and that real strength is measured in the way we act and think and not the size of our Biceps.
 
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This covers all aspects then? :hmmm:

I don't know if I'm physically strong and what would determine if I am. I personally, wouldn't rate myself strong. I can do dance stunts, but nothing spectacular. D:

Mentally, I would say, yes. I have a pretty good, happy disposition most of the time. It takes a lot to get me stressed. When I am though, it gets the best of me--but that rarely happens.

Emotionally though, I'm really weak. :wacky: Actually, weak wouldn't be right, I just find it hard to control. It's difficult to mask or hide in my case. I give in pretty easily to them--happiness, anger, sadness, etc.
 
Physically, I am. I'd consider myself slightly stronger than the average female since guys have actually asked me to open things for them such as jars of jam and ... yeah. :wacky:

Mentally, I know I am as well. There are times that has crumbled down, but I know that I'm mentally strong the vast majority of the time. I have an upbeat attitude and like to be sarcastic here and there. That's not to say I can be mentally weak, however. There are rare times that my mentality strength is up and down constantly.
 
Physically, I'm underwhelming. But this would be because I'm almost 2D and because I don't bother to exercise beyond the occasional walk. I have a lot of leg strength - I can walk very quickly (most people need to jog to keep up with me, actually) and I can keep it up. But I have no arm strength at all.

Mentally...meh. I don't much care - I panic a lot, and I haven't got a shred of confidence, but I keep myself together, and that is what is important. So long as I can keep picking myself up every time I fall over - and I fall over a lot - and shrug it off, I don't really care, that is enough for me. It doesn't matter how well I cope with things, what matters is that I can and will cope with them. The degree to which people can cope with life doesn't make them any stronger, in my opinion: it is the fact that people can cope with life that makes them strong, and if you are living your life, then you are coping, no matter how badly you may feel it may be going.

I've never really thought that much about it, to be honest. Strength isn't something I see as really all that neccessary...everyone has it in some shape or form, after all.
 
Physically- Yes. i try to hit the gym daily.
Mentally- sorta, if im determined to do something, i do it. I dont care how long it takes, i just do it. Im not the most confident person, but im not afraid either.
 
Physically speaking, I'd say I'm fairly average for a man. I look fairly lanky, but I could probably surprise you with the strength I have. :lew: Though that tends to come from moving people in and out of places so much. I'm a pro when it comes to handling couches through narrow hallways and doorways. :wacky: Other than that, I never did any kind of weight training, so I'm pretty much out of shape. I don't have a problem with my physical look though, so I don't have much motivation to start weight training.

Mentally speaking, I'd say I'm pretty strong. You won't find many people that are more stable than I am mentally. Probably the only 2 issues I see with my mind are my shyness and my tendency to overthink things. Other than that, I'm happy with the way I think. I'd say I have a good mentality about most things. I'm pretty confident about the decisions I make and never let anyone convince me otherwise.

So my physical is bleh, but my mental is good I say. (y)
 
Physically, I was when I was younger, done many sports and was ready for anything. But now, not anymore, my energy drained and sometimes I can't even stand on my legs for a long time and that really sucks since I can't do that much anymore.

Mentally, don't really know, it changes, sometimes I don't care about what someone says and the other time it hurts me and feel like crying about it. I did get stronger in the years though, a few years ago I was insecure about the smallest things and let it bring me down.
 
Physically: I guess so, I've ran my first half marathon in December of 09. I'm working at getting into peak shape again by the December coming up for a full marathon. I've played most sports and competed at regional and state levels in only 2. (baseball and cross country, though we are talking 6 years ago) I'm up to 6 miles a day started yesterday. I'm playing soccer on the side, helping out a coworker nephew's team trying to get them into shape. I've also finally bought a sit up ball and am up to 600 sit ups in a day and 200 push ups. Nothing to brag about.. but just giving the detailed information.

Mentally: Meh, for now I'm strong. Up till seven years ago I thought I was a damn brick house, but in one instance everything caught up to me. I guess with my mom having cancer as a kiddo, and my cousin + friend at school ending themselves, and talking to a pretty lady who up until that point couldn't identify with death as well like myself.. it all came out like a baby girl. I didn't show it outwardly, but I assume depression set in since I could not care about anything but adrenaline and getting away from the house. Roller coaster to the nth, hence why smoking cigarettes became my crutch, but hey.. gotta love that nicotine buzz.

Those days are over though.. I think. I'm a pretty outgoing fella since then, hardly shy. The only thing though I know for sure is, I will never be the same since those few days. I'm spiritual, but don't show it, since it has nothing to do with religion, more of a humanitarian/humility thing. Too afraid to disuade folks from their firm faith foundation.

I would say mostly right now I'm strong to sum it up. I have gained wisdom through most of the stuff I have dealt with, yet I hate feeling like an old man in the head sometimes. Hince why I'm always acting like a clown otherwise outwardly. I still have those shit days where all hell breaks loose, but I'm good about dealing with it before it leaks onto other folks. Your own baggage, should be only yours after all. Music is a god send, and has never felt so fine. I also think running these days helps me assimilate everything in my head. So yea, you'll never see this side of me though unless you are extremely close to me, so that gets that off the chest =).
 
Physically: Not like I used to be but I can still throw it around. Was very big into weight-lifting in college with a lot of focus on power movements and core/base strength - by the time I was a senior I was pushing a lot of metal around. But, it was just too time consuming and hard on the joints to keep up once the I hit the real world so I've burned off a good deal of the muscle and lost a lot of the strength too. But, certainly still well above the average Joe.

Mentally: I'd say I'm a mix. I've thankfully lived a life that's largely void of tragedy so I can't sit here and say I've been through hell's fire. I've worked very, very hard and have been largely self sufficient my whole life. I've held more or less nothing but very stressful jobs but I know how to turn it off when I get home and focus on other priorities. From that aspect I'd say I'm tough. When something is bearing down on me I generally do what it takes - be it getting up at 3AM, working till 2AM, working weekends........whatever.
 
Physically, I'm strong enough. Not particularly strong, but strong enough to do any of the things that I particularly want to do. I'm happy with that.
Mentally I can be strong willed about something if it has particular meaning to me, or if, for some reason, I have to be. But generally I'm chilled, relaxed, calm and lazy. It takes a LOT to truly piss me offto the point whereI even come close to losing my temper.
 
Physically, ehhh, no, not so much. I'm not weak, but I'm not exactly the strongest female. I'd have to say I am strong mentally and emotionally. 99% of the time, I am in control of myself, my emotions and the way in which I think. I have a rational outlook on things, which clashes big time compared to those who think with their emotions. I think I am pretty stable on those terms and am proud of myself for being that way. I believe it's only made me stronger.
 
Pretty weak as guys and considering that I'm getting close to my physical peak I'm just gonna get weaker as time goes by. I've never really tested the limits of how strong I am mentally or physically because it'd be too much effort.
 
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