Drama

[tigger398]

Why do people like to cause drama. How do you stay out of it.

[Guest Teditis]

Life is drama... just play your less dramatic role, proudly.

[Willa]

Without a specific situation it is hard to comment.

We have two granddaughters that are drama queens. Sometimes hormones enter into the problem. Occasionally they want attention, depending on the age and the situation.. The embarassment of making a scene can be overlooked, like a 4 year old having a temper tantrum at the grocery store. Love covers a multitude of sins.

Sometimes things seem more horrible than they really are. The famous one is a teenager finding zit on their nose on the day of the dance or when school photos are being taken. In the scheme of things, this is not a big problem. But to that person at that time it can seem like disaster because they want everything to be perfect.

Feelings are hurt when people they think are friends turn against them. It seems like the end of the world. They go through grief that is real. So we are told to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. As long as they are not trying to manipulate you with the drama, that might be a good way to approach it. It is hurtful to just dismiss it all when it is so huge to them. We need to acknowledge that this is their reality. The old addage "this too, shall pass" might help. Then help them to put it into persepective while acknowledging how horrible it all is. Time will help. Then pray with them about it.

It is the culture for some to be reserved with a great sense of decorum. Meanwhile, other cultures are known to be more expressive and dramatic. So knowing a little about the person's family helps to understand. You may have been raised with different cultural expectations than they. Some people are very private and embarassed about people "making a scene". But even this embarassment is not a tragic as it seems at the time, when put into perspective.

[Guest]

Why do people like to cause drama.

 

How do you stay out of it.

 

 

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

 

Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NIV)

[Roman150]

Why do people like to cause drama.

Because Satan stirs everybody's pot.

 

Fix your mind on Jesus and the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

[gamnot]

Many people live in a "world of images and dramatizations" and in part this is caused by the media; television and the internet. People who become caught up in drama have the tendency to lose their feeling focus; they see other people as depersonalized images rather than human beings as individual/persons. .................. Here is a quote from the book" "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness" by Erich Fromm: "People seek for drama and excitement, when they do not obtain this on a higher level, they create for themselves dramas of destructiveness."

[kwikphilly]

Blessings tigger......

    I think Roman 150 is spot on,,,,,,the god of this world is very busy at work.We are surely accountable for our own actions & every word we speak ,,,,so,it is very easy not to partake of such things by simply not engaging,,,,,,,,,if it is a gossip session,be the one to discourage backbiting ......If drama arises ,try to bring peace.....The main ingredient is "love" & by the Power of the Holy Spirit we are indwelled with the Heart & Mind of Christ,,,,,,,when we can recognize that we do not fight against flesh & blood it is easier to refrain from "re-acting" in the flesh & acting in love,in Spirit & in Truth.........to God be the Glory

                                                                                                                                                                   With love-in Christ,Kwik

Welcome to Roman 150 ,God Bless you........glad you are here!

[Wildstar]

Everyone has drama.  

[gamnot]

It is true that we all have drama; we have our routines, habits, and scripts that we live in. But, we can distinguish between dramas of freedom and dramas of un-freedom. According to the book of Ecclesiastes; "As no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it."  I believe that this is as true today, in our time, as it was true at the time of Solomon. I can see clearly enough that some people can become trapped in their dramas of destructiveness; they become entangled in their lies and deceptiveness; in their exploitative behavior.

[Sevenseas]

ah yes drama.  there is made for tv drama and then there is I want attention drama.

 

I will guess you are referring to the latter drama.  This drama, is often characterized by a selfish desire to be at the center of attention.

 

This drama can make a mountain out of a molehill...literally...and can swallow up entire families in its ability to suck people into its vortex of

self centered machinations and desire for control.

 

This drama can be so complicated that counting ants in an anthill seems less challenging or it can be so simple that a hug will smooth the troubled waters

 

However a particular drama is served up, it is usually wise to examine the cast of characters and remember the results of the last time you tried to intervene

and got yourself pulled in and ended up as part of the injured in a heap while the actor leaves the stage as though nothing at all ever happened

 

You stay out of it by wearing this face  no matter how hard people or persons try to get you involved.    At that point, flattery may be invoked as

enticement to draw you in ie.  you are so good at helping people.  What do you think?  Keep that face and slowly back away.

 

I was only partially kidding.