My friends calls me Neko or ''Monsieur le chat'' (Mister Cat).
I'm fan of Dir en Grey, sukekiyo, Naitomea/Gremlins/Sendai Kamotsu and many others... I like J-pop, Visual Kei, Traditionnal japanese music, K-pop. I like almost everything but country music.
‘The Insulated World’, the 10th album released almost 4 years after the previous one, was a huge surprise. Well, it’s not like their previous work was full of gentle feelings, yet it never crossed my mind that this will become a work that will bring the sense of unity/identification of the band. Granted that they had the chance to reexamine the band’s path with the best album and tours revolving around the past works, the songs made as they lightly walked over the past self are filled with the love for the band held by 5 people and the relationship between the band members. Now, why is it that they moved along with one vector without even one break? We have talked to each band member investigating for this feature.
1. Become aware of how and when you tearing yourself down.
2. Now that you can catch yourself doing it. Offer counters to the negative self talk. A really useful thing I read was to talk to yourself almost the way you would child. Gentle and patient. Even when they fuck up.
3. Take time to celebrate your small accomplishments. You’ve been attacking yourself for every little mistake. Apply that same fervor to the positive things in your life. Did the dishes even though you didn’t want to? Fuck yeah! Got up and took shower? YES!!! You are taking positive steps to feeling better. Celebrate it.
4. Make lists of things you’re good at/ like about yourself. The first time I did this the only two things in my list we’re that I liked my hair and I had good friends. It was start.
5. Don’t beat yourself up if you screw up steps 1-4. It’s counter productive. When I catch myself calling my self stupid for some mistake or other my response now is,“We don’t talk to ourselves like that anymore. What’s something constructive that could actually help solve the problem.”
Most of the time that seems to work. Not always. But more and more Everytime.
