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#20: April 13, 2012, 04:52:45 PM
I also agree with the word wallow.  That is what my H is doing - wallowing in self pity.
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Re: Escape & Avoid: High-Energy is called Replay, what should Low-Energy be called?
#21: April 13, 2012, 05:19:51 PM
Quote from: Rollercoasterider on April 13, 2012, 04:51:47 PM
I love it! I know it was suggested before, but now, really thinking about it Wallow does sound right--and it has the form Wallower as well.


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Re: Escape & Avoid: High-Energy is called Replay, what should Low-Energy be called?
#22: April 13, 2012, 11:03:58 PM
Does "Withdrawal" work?

Isn't the MLC'er cycling back and forth to the OW for a fix, and also withdrawing from replay activities? Withdrawal is characterized by irritability and a "tucking in" like a turtle.
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Re: Escape & Avoid: High-Energy is called Replay, what should Low-Energy be called?
#23: April 14, 2012, 04:40:44 AM
Quote from: Rollercoasterider on April 13, 2012, 04:05:25 PM
Another idea: Angry Turtle

This would sum up my H. An angry turtle doesn't run, or attack (unless you get too close), they just withdraw inside themselves.
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Re: Escape & Avoid: High-Energy is called Replay, what should Low-Energy be called?
#24: April 14, 2012, 04:50:31 AM
I would call low-energy MLC'ers, early in Replay, "The Great Pretenders". Whatever it is going on below the surface, they've got a mask for it.
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Re: Escape & Avoid: High-Energy is called Replay, what should Low-Energy be called?
#25: April 14, 2012, 04:55:26 AM
Quote from: WhatJustHappened on April 14, 2012, 04:50:31 AM
I would call low-energy MLC'ers, early in Replay, "The Great Pretenders". Whatever it is going on below the surface, they've got a mask for it.


That's also true, JWH.
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Re: Escape & Avoid: High-Energy is called Replay, what should Low-Energy be called?
#26: April 14, 2012, 05:11:09 AM
Wallow is great!  I also like Low Energy Atrophy, as they seem to wither away (at least some of them do)
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Re: Escape & Avoid: High-Energy is called Replay, what should Low-Energy be called?
#27: April 14, 2012, 08:15:12 AM
Quote from: Little Chief on April 14, 2012, 05:11:09 AM
Wallow is great!  I also like Low Energy Atrophy, as they seem to wither away (at least some of them do)
I really like that one, Atrophy.  High Energy is like a fast-paced destruction, whereas Low Energy is like a withering away of self and surroundings.

Great word, LC!!
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Re: Escape & Avoid: High-Energy is called Replay, what should Low-Energy be called?
#28: April 14, 2012, 02:49:06 PM
Let me add my vote to wallowing turtle. From what I saw and heard this weekend from my H, it describes how he is feeling perfectly. It is just so sad to read and see this extremely painful situation played out over and over and over. I have been in tears for days. Yes, I know not detached. So, I am on the roller coaster AND wallowing myself as the LBS!
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Re: Escape & Avoid: High-Energy is called Replay, what should Low-Energy be called?
#29: April 14, 2012, 06:26:12 PM
vacillant storm comes to mind.
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