Wednesday, November 18, 2009
I Heart You, You Haunt Me
In the book I Heart You, You Haunt Me, Ava has a boy problem. Her boyfriend dies tragically but comes back...as a ghost. Ava learns that he needs to resolve some issues before his soul can be released. She cannot move on with her life until she helps figure out what he needs to do to be free. What would you do in her situation?
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In this post I think we need to change the question asked...in order to make this more universal and general we have to find something that people can relate to. How about "Have you ever felt like something from your past will not let you move forward? How can people deal with their past and learn to move on?" This question is not EXPLICIT, it is INFERENTIAL and THEMATIC; therefore more people should be able to think about it and write about it.
well... most people have done things that they regret, at some point in thier lives. ive done some stuff but i learn it get over it, because if you dont bring it up it goes away sooner or later.
How do you learn to get over it? How long does it take?
i have never felt that some thing in past past is holding me back. but if i did i wold try to forget about it it. If i couldnt forget about it i would seek help or i would try to fix what was holding me back.
At one point something was holding me back ,that i wish i could go back and fix. But after a wile you learn to forget about it and move on because ,some things you just cant go back and fix.So if i was her i would move on and try to forget about it.
I have never really experienced something holding me back. If I were in that situation though, I would probably try to move on. I would either forget about it, or do something else to get my mind off of it.
I have had things holding me back that I do wish I could have fixed. If i was her I would try my best to forget about it, but from having my own experiences, I know that it's difficult. I did get over it though...even if it did take a while.
I think everyone feels like something is holding them back or can't move on at one point...But, if i were in her situation I would definatly help him but not get too attached that i can't let him go when he does finally get freed. I think it must of been hard for Ava because how can you help someone be freed forever and then live without them? On the other hand, it might be a selfish decision to not help him and keep him close to you forever...
Whenever i do something bad, like really bad, it always haunts me. I always have to confess or tell someone. I'm never able to move foward in my life because I'm such a guilty person. People might be able to move on after they tell the truth (like me). Others can just forget about it and continue on in their lives.
Whenever i do somthing wrong, i feel like somthing is holding me back, or "hauting" me, and i can't stop it so the truth ends up comming out of me anyways.
i agree with mykaela because everybody has done something that they just want to fix or they can't move on from. So i deffinately agree that Ava shouldn't get too attached to her boyfriend when she does help him because it's the right thing to do.
i agree with kirynn. if i was her i would try to forget about it because you can't go back in time and fix things, so you have to move on.
I have things that have happened in the past that have made it hard for me to move forward. I think everyone in the world has gone through this too. To deal with it, all you can really do is learn from your mistakes and move on. If you never forget about it and its always on your mind you will have it haunting you for the rest of your life!
I agree with kirynn because even though you would like to stay attatched to something you lost it's better to move on. This is better because if you stay connected to the past it will keep haunting you and you will never be able to forget it. Allowing the bad experiance to go on make you happier.
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I have never had this happen to me but if i ever did something in the past that was haunting me i would ask for the persons forgivness and try to forget about it. I cant relive the past to change what i had done, but i can atleast show an effort to try and fix it as best as i can.
I read this book and it was really good, but i disagree with what people said about how she just try to forget about it and move on. I know for some people they can't just forget about it and let it go away. Especially in this situation where the death of her boyfriend will always be a reminder.If i were in her situation i would do the exact same thing. It would take me a long time to figure out how i was going to deal with all the issues.
I haven't really felt that somthing was holding me back for a long time. Most things i decided to get over it. In her situation i would ask that ghost what he could possibly want from me.
Iread the book last year and i really enjoyed it! i agree with Julia because you can't really forget about something like that. If i could talk to a ghost that was haunting me i would ask what it wants and to let me be free, i wouldn't let it just haunt me. i wouldn't hold me back from my life!!
I have felt like there has been people and situations in the past that I haven't been able to forget forever but I can momentarily think of other things for awhile. Somethings in my past have held me from getting any movement forward and feel like there is not end but sometimes they go away on there own but sometimes they don't go away. For people who want to forget what has happened in the past usually thinking of happier things or things that that are in the future to look forward to helps. By getting their mind of of the recurring past and on to something else it will be forgotten until there is something that reminds them of the past.
I have felt that something is holding me back before and I also think that everybody has thought this before. I have thought this before when I misbehave or do something bad. I think it is holding me bad because I feel really guilty easily. I have to tell the truth or fix it to make myself forget about it. It would usually take me a day to a couple monthes. Whatever it takes. If I was in that story I wouldn't just be able to forget about the death of my boyfriend (As Juila said) because he was part of my heart. I would try to do whatever it takes to free his soul and ask for forgiviness. Anything.
Stuf has held me back in the past but there was a good outcome but if there wasn't a good outcome as time went on I'm sure it would be less important by now. I can see how a ghost that was haunting me could me back in life.
I ment to say i could see how it could hold me back in life. =)I made a mistake on that sentence!
I have had things hold me back before but i got through it. One time i had alot of homework over the weekend and it was stressing me out so i planed out how i should do it and the problom was solved
If i felt as if i was holding somebody back i would definetly try to do something to fix that sencerio. Actualy i would do anything in my power to help him ecspecialy if i was in power of his fate. if you didnt tghat would be like saying you killed a person in a car accident and you wont let them go to heaven.... So if this was my situation i would resolve those problems to make his situation better
If I were in her situation I would try to find out how to help him, instead of just moving on and having him haunt me. If he could give me hints to what he needed to do to set his soul free, I could help him accomplish it. Then, when he moved on I would too and try not to dwell on the past.
i agree with 'kitty' i would also try to help him, i wouldn't want him to just be haunting me. also like 'kitty' said once he moved on, stoped haunting me, and i didn't have to help him anymore i would too move on.
I would do everything in my power to help him. I would try to not dwell on the thought of him after that. I have never felt held back like that before. If and when I do, I will probably absorb support from my grandma. She is always full of helpful things to say to me, and has always been there for me.
I agree with kitty and toni because i wouldnt want someone to haunt me forever. Then how would you ever get over it. I would help him get over it then i would move on to cause i wouldnt have anything to remind me of what happened
If i had something that i felt was holding me back, i would try to work around it. A lot of people are saying to just forget about the loss or death or other thing entirely and move on without remembering it at all, but i think that completely forgeting about the person would be sort of an insult, so i'd try to remember all of the good things and remember the person alive. I mean, Ava doesnt want to forget that Jackson ever existed! she wouldnt be the same person if he hadnt been in her life, so why would she want to forget such a good thing? i would try to find OTHER good things that make me happy, like Ava finds Lyric, who make me feel better but dont force me to completely forget about whatever had been holdin me back. It will take a long time to come to grip with the fact that you wont see a person ever again, but forgetting entirley shouldnt be the goal. My grandpa died almost two years ago and i still try to remember him sometimes as the awesome person he was, and i would never want that to disappear completely rom my life. That is how i think peole should deal with things like loss and deaths.
I would figure out a way that I can get him to the after life. If he would not leave I would forget about him and move on with my life. I think it may take a couple of months to get through to the ghost that he is dead and that i need to move on with my life.
If i was in Ava's position I would do whatever it takes to get back my boyfriend too. I would be very depressed if by any chance I couldn't but I would still try
If i was in Ava's situation i would deal with the problem so that i could move on and not have my boyfriend haunt me till i get the problems sorted out. I kind of know how she feels because when i have fights with friends i can't move on with some of the things that they said to me. So i usaully have to deal with the problem to allow me to move on. So this is like Ava's problem because she has to resolve some issues before she can move on or have him/his goast leave.
If i was in Ava's situation I would let him go so I could live my life and be could be in Heaven. I would want to have fun and not be depressed all the time. I would tell him to pass over, not to stay in the living world anymore.
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