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beanie - 2008-09-19 04:45:53
I'll tell you who my trainwreck is if you tell me yours... I actually have two of them, one's not on my buddy list because he seldom posts....
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swimmmy - 2008-09-19 04:54:08
Re: train wrecks. You are not alone. While understanding that I may be a "train wreck" for someone else, yes, there have been a few. I had a really long comment before I scaled it way back, deciding to (unfortunately) keep most of my opinion to myself. Fifi, I'll just say I agree with you completely and regretfully, I'll leave it at that. You are better at speaking your mind than I am.
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boxx9000 - 2008-09-19 06:33:45
Trainwrecks? hehehehe. I've never heard of them referred to as that. I know EXACTLY what kind of diary you are talking about. There are a few trainwreck diaries that I read from time to time and they never seem to change. They are stuck in a *poor me* holding pattern and everyone else in the world is to blame for their problems. I really can't read them everyday because it is just TOO depressing. I can't imagine HOW depressing it must be to actually BE them. Hopefully one day they will get it together. But, I think you've asked a good question, WHY do we continue to read them? We don't enjoy them, but they are entertaining in a perverted way I guess.
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Bluey - 2008-09-19 08:13:42
Fifi, We are sick together!! Feel better. I don't read any trainwrecks, apart from myself! :) Actually, I know that I am not a trainwreck. I might come across as one to people who are a little bit narrow in their vision, but I can honestly say that I am solid on the whole now. I must admit that I do consider our mutual friend a bit of a trainwreck, though I rarely read her anymore. I occasionally check in, but I'm always so horrifed for her that she thinks that sex with random young boys is going to buoy her up into something with which she can move forward. She seems so self-destructive, and completely unaware. My theory with trainwrecks is that in part we look to see what we are GLAD that we are not doing. Seeing someone less evolved or worse off makes us somehow feel that we have graduated to something better. It can be completely benign and not malicious. On the other hand, sometimes we have some disappointment or unhappiness in ourselves, and if we can't pinpoint it maybe we see on some unconscious level our own characteristics in the other. Not sure. For sure the latter has been true of me at some points. These days in general though, I only want happiness and light.
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Mel - 2008-09-21 12:31:47
There was a train-wreck I used to read compulsively. I really tried to stop myself and I could not. I also don't know why. Fortunately I eventually found I didn't want/need to read her any more. I've since looked in on her diary once or twice (in a year) and it hasn't changed materially. I haven't missed her. Try as I might, I still can't begin to guess what it was that drew me to her. Hmmm...
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