The word 'Drama' is commonly heard and found in today's world. This might be to explain something on TV or in a film. It may also describe what is going on in one's life or the life of another person.
Dictionary Meaning
And on the dictionary.com website drama is referred to as: 1. a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime an account involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one designed to be acted on the stage; a play. 2. The branch of literature having such compositions as its subject; dramatic art or representation. 3. The art coping with the writing and production of plays. dramacool 4. Any situation or number of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results: the drama of a murder trial. 5. The grade of being dramatic.
So when it comes to the term drama, it will be appropriate to express that drama exists in the absence of peace and harmony. And that like most things with this earth, it's possible to also become addicted to drama.
The Two Types Of Drama
In a soap or film for instance; the drama is generally more extreme than it is in an individual's life. However, even when one were to share the common person's life; there's still plenty of drama.
This will range from all types of occurrences and outcomes. And what is certain is that one's internal experience is unlikely to be among calm and serenity. The external experience is as equally chaotic from what is going internally, or even more.
And more often than not, it'll seem that drama is just happening and any particular one does not have any control over its expression. Because on one side there's the drama in one's life and on one other there's the attraction to the drama in the lives of others.
Visible And Invisible Drama
What's going on externally is easy to understand and what is going on inside another's mind and body is harder, or even impossible, to see. This is simply not only the case for the surface observer, but this could also connect with the individual.
Which means ones: thoughts, feelings, emotions and even ones own behaviours may carry on unnoticed and out of ones awareness.
What's The Attraction?
And this creates the question: what attracts people to the external drama? Through becoming engrossed and attached to the drama in other people's lives, it allows for at least two things to happen.
One of the things this does, is allows one to escape form their very own drama. And secondly by comparing ones drama to the external drama it creates a comparison. This comparison then enables someone to observe that their drama is not too bad and through this contrast one can appear more at ease.
In regards to the drama is one's own life, it is as if this drama follows one around. And irrespective of where ones goes or who ones with; it is definitely there and like a shadow that can't be removed.
The Drama Addiction
So whether one is running far from their very own drama or trapped in the drama of another person's life, be in real or through watching it on TV, there's an attachment there.
This attachment usually goes on out of one's awareness and wouldn't make any sense to the conscious mind. And this attachment is creating the same habits and the same patterns of behaviour.
The Ego Mind
To manage to understand just why something exists in one's life and why it keeps turning up, the ego mind has to be brought in to the equation. And what sort of ego mind perceives the reality is largely through ones early childhood experiences.
And through these early childhood experiences the ego mind begins to make associations of what is safe and it will this through what is familiar. What this signifies is, irrespective of how functional or dysfunctional these experiences were: they'll be associated by the ego mind as what is safe.
The wounded Inner Child
Although time may have passed; every one of these early experiences still exist in the wounded inner child. The old memories remain frozen and trapped in the body and one will take on these again through regression.
Which means one will continue to experience the same feelings and patterns of behaviour that wounded inner child has associated as safe.
The Drama Experience
When ones experiences this drama in their life and with it the absence of peace and harmony, you will have certain feelings and thoughts patterns. And these feelings, behaviours and external manifestations are likely to mirror ones early childhood experience.
So what goes on may be different on the outside, but how one feels and thinks internally is really familiar that another way is never even thought about. And as a result with this; the internal experience is not questioned or observed.
These feelings might be: hopelessness, rejection, abandonment, powerless, worthlessness and fear.
The Hidden Benefit
On top these clearly haven't any benefit, but to the ego mind and to the wounded inner child they are familiar and therefore safe. What this also means is that the ego mind has based its whole identity on these associations and so if the ego mind were to let them go, it would seem like the finish of its existence.
The ego mind also offers all kinds of defence mechanism to avoid looking at its self and facing what it would prefer to run away from. It will this as it works on pleasure and pain. And what happened dozens of years back in ones childhood would have undoubtedly been painful and this implies the ego mind can do all it can to avoid these early memories.
Consequences
So through defence mechanisms such as: dissociation, repression, denial and projection; all any particular one hasn't faced will turn up in ones interactions with others and as internal experiences. And this is why the same patterns will appear and why drama often follows some individuals where ever they go and whoever there with.
Awareness
This shows how important awareness is. All that has happened in the past is only continuing to seem, as it has not been expressed. Through the ego minds tendency to avoid what happened, one ends up as a slave for their ego mind.
By being the observer of the ego mind and allowing days gone by feelings, emotions and thoughts to be expressed; one has the chance to observe that there another way.
Drama exists as a choice or as a potential; it is not the only real choice and is one of numerous potentials.
My name is Oliver J R Cooper and I have now been on a journey of self awareness for over nine years and for several years prior to that I had an all-natural curiosity.
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