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The Sad Clown Paradox

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The state that describes how that a clown 馃ぁ who makes people laugh but still battles depression and anxiety is called 'Sad Clown Paradox'. There's a research that showed many comedians battle with self-esteem and childhood trauma issues. Some very early saw making people laugh as a self-preservation technique in the sense that it can detach them from any adversity faced allowing for perceived control over uncomfortable situations. Whilst they make you laugh, some cry in their rooms. Some even settle for drug and substance abuse. The research further showed that there is an ever-present anxiety amongst comedians that their popularity may disappear tomorrow and hence they may be driven to exhaustion in their work.  Some of them go back home and start pondering why out of everyone who laughed at a joke, one guy right in the front seat didn't laugh.馃槀 It is amazing how your eyes can race past the laughs of many in the room to catch just one person who seem to be uninteres...

Choose one!

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One of the biggest issues in this time and age is 'indecision'. It is becoming increasingly difficult to choose a job, business or a person and commit to it. Social media seems to be painting a world without flaws hence our relentless pursuit. There is the question 'What if I commit to this one and another one comes that is better than this?' Usually, people who think like this.. 1. Lose jobs. The recruiting company has a deadline and may fill the role with someone else who is decisive and chooses them. 2. Lose out on the gains of executing fantastic ideas. Every problem you spot is not peculiar to only your eyes. There are others who have spotted it too. Once you delay because of indecisiveness, someone else who sees the problem and offers himself to solve it, funds to support that decision flow to his direction. 3. Lose out on a person or people. This is common. Soon, the person who is cool seeking for your love and asked you both to be together but you are indecisi...