5STAR PROMOTIONS PRESENT - SPECIAL EDITION WITH STEVE BATES

You've lost to A-Stars:

Short of throwing yourself off the nearest bridge, you resort to hiding in your nest for days, comforted only by the fact that at least you have a years supply of shell fish by your nestside and your answering machine on the alert in the hopeful case the president might call and reverse the decision. Only, that call never comes and that box of shell fish? It's a constant reminder that the emptier it gets, the more bloated you are.
But, you don't care.
You wish the earth would open you up and swallow you whole sound familiar?
Cases like this happen everyday Losing to A-Stars has its risks and you've just experienced it first hand you want your life back but don't know the first thing about how to get out of that black cloud that hovers over you, or even finding the energy to do it. What do you do? Acknowledge the fact that you have to go through three different stages.
Once you realise this, you can chart your progress and see that it's only a short trip to recovery.

STAGE ONE - The Hurting Stage Symptoms:
This is the hurting stage
It's where you are now. It's the way of telling you that you have just experienced the worse kind of Hurt there is…
losing to A-Stars.
Your are depressed and you have no idea how you are going to live with the fact you lost to A-Stars you leave messages on teammates answering machine and text them to the point where you are becoming psycho, you drive by the sports centre in the wee early morning to see if they are still there celebrating, You drive by where they train and contemplate going in and telling them they have hurt you beyond repair.
You speak to on your teammates and hope they can help you get out of this mess you are, essentially, gone and a hopeless mess.

HOW TO COPE:
Now more than ever would be a good time to hang out with friends and watch a few comedies, even though you just aren''t up to it talk to other 5star members about how they came back from such a defeat and gain insight from them.
Try to remember things that brought you happiness was it beating them earlier in the season? Main Eventing PPV'S?Now is the time to focus on coming back.
You have to acknowledge that this is the normal process of grieving that has died nothing can really help at this point because as with the death of a loved one, this is the same feeling It's a natural process.
Give it time and remember that soon you will enter the second stage.

THE SECOND STAGE - The Mad Stage Symptoms:
Remarkably, when your team begins to heal, your hurt turns to anger. What nerve did A-Stars have to beat us!
You vow you're going to make their life a living hell as long as you are alive you start playing only, these are rebounds. Rebound matches most times happen in this second stage.
Some victories last, but most do not for the simple reason that you will do anything in your power to inflict pain on the one who did it to you.
How to cope:
Once you get to this stage, you're halfway there.
Even though anger is not a healthy feeling to have, it is a normal reaction after you've gotten over the feeling of hurt. However, instead of going postal and risk the chance you may do something you'll regret later, take their team picture and throw darts at it. Finalize the loss by getting rid of everything that reminds you of them. Whatever you do keep, look at it as a symbol of how well you did cope and can look at the matches as a learning experience.

STAGE THREE - You Don't Give a Damn Stage Symptoms:
You wake up one morning and ask yourself what you saw in the feud in the first place. Nothing they do or their posts on the guestbook now bothers you. In fact, you are happy they won because you are ready now to form start new feuds, new matches. How to Cope: You are there. When you hit this last stage, you have finally come to the point where you can go on from here and win again. matches and feuds that aren't rebound.
When you finally get to this last stage, you will become the team you once were.....
Full of hunger, hope and a quest for winning once you realize the three Stages of a Hell, it helps you to understand the process that is involved.