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As many of you know, I had my long hair cut (all of it) on September 15th 2003.
Or so you (and I) may think.
But NO!
Actually my hair was cut on the 14th of September!
Why is this important? Read on...
I have been going to the gym since the beginning of January this year.
I've averaged about 3 days a week of weights thus far. Thats about 100 sessions in the gym, each one of which was about 1.5 to 2 hours.
I have never missed a desired workout, or been unable to complete one properly, although on a few occasions (maybe 5) I've come close.
Yet that was not the case on this past Tuesday.
That's right (you may have guessed it)...it was the 14th of September!!
I got to the gym on that fateful tuesday, all ready and pumped up to do another arms workout, and yet I simply couldn't do it.
I didn't know what was wrong with me. I wasn't tired. Or hungry. Nothing particularly strenuous had happened that day, yet there I was, sitting on that bench, finding the thought of curling that weight to be not only a tough task (as usual and expected) but an impossible one as well.
I had also been feeling quite irritable that day. Once again, out of character and for no apparent reason.
The important thing to note here, is that I was aware that it was the 1 year anniversary of my haircut; but I thought (at the time)that it was COMING UP, on the 15th.
You can imagine my surprise then, when I realised that that day in the gym, when I couldn't lift the weights, felt irritable all day and eventually left the gym after only 15 minutes, was the 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ALL MY HAIR BEING CUT OFF (a very traumatic event at the time).
When I told my mother of the linkage between the two events, she denied that such a conncetion even existed, terming it nonsense.
I don't think so. I think it was more than that.
What do you all think?
I believe it's possible that your hair cut has got something to do with you having an odd day, but not because it's a full calendar year past your haircut... The human body has evolved with the seasons for a very very long time so it's not surprising if we have certain associations with different seasons, yet those are all they are, I doubt we have a calendar built in to our system quite yet.
What I think in your case is that what prompted you to feel drained could have been because of surrounding events that might have also taken place last year or seeing familiar sights or experiencing familiar events that you might have been around the time of your haircut. Once you saw it again, the old feeling returns.
Or of course, could have been your subconcious at work.
Love,
Kiat T.
Thanks for the response guys. It probably was my subconsious.
The mind is an AMAZING thing.
Oh, and Bill: :).
You didn't eat like a pig, get drunk, and go have sex, all to get your mind off the anniversary, did you? [grin] Any of those things can drain you of energy the next day. [wink]
Bill
What a fantastic pick-up line idea. :)
I can only speak for myself, of course,
but whenever I arrive at another anniversary of my last cut
I know for certain that is DOES affect me!
But, because it was my LAST trim, it is usually a time for celebration and happy thoughts...
and even of special reflections on what has transpired since that fateful day.
So I can imagine that on the anniversary of a TRAUMATIC event
(such as having one's hair cut off) there could be some
kind of a negative emotional impact.
For instance, (and I am using some powerful examples) if
you have been robbed, attacked or if you had lost everything in a fire, etc.
your subconscious COULD possible make you feel insecure or scared
or nervous on that day...
and if you had not checked the calendar, you would not even
know WHY you were feeling that way on that particular day.
Well, anyway, that is my opinion on the subject.
Good Luck and I hope you are feeling better.
I think it's a crazy, nonsensical, amazing event!
Hehehehehe.
I don't know what to make of it other than what someone else suggested, that being maybe you subconsciously remembered the event.
There is one day every year that even when it's the furthest thing from my mind - and I haven't thought about it in many months, I wake up sad. In fact, almost depressed. It's on the anniversary of a very traumatic date in my life, one I can't recall without tearing up, even crying. It's almost like my mind knows and won't let me forget. Sadly, that date is coming in November.
So I guess I can relate.
