Posts about, among other things, mental illness, mental health, and recovery.
What is the soul? Is the soul you? If you is the soul, how does that work for an aetheist? What is their “you” made of? Is it just random electrical impulses that disperse after death? Which is not actually so different than what I believe happens to the soul, minus the dispersal. Is the soul like gravity, something we don’t really understand but is … Continue reading What is the soul?
Anger is in the news a lot these days. People are feeling it. Politicians are using it as a recruiting tool. News channels are using it for ratings. I’ve written about it myself, discussing how often, anger is a secondary emotion masking something underneath, like pain or shame. We don’t want to deal with the underneath because it’s painful and uncomfortable. Angry is easy. Unfortunately, … Continue reading If you’re going to lose your temper, stay away from hammers.
Death keeps coming closer, and I’m finding it hard to maintain my sense of detachment. I don’t like death, for all that it’s an inevitable consequence of living, for all that we’re dying from the moment we arrive here on earth. For all I keep it in reserve as an escape option. We’re marked for death from the moment we arrive; we’re mortal, after all. … Continue reading Encounters with death.
I was feeling feral the other day. A little edgy, a little hypervigilant, a little thin-skinned, and a little aggressive. The word “feral” seemed to sum all that up which is why I threw it out in response to the “how are you” query made by an acquaintance. I knew I’d made a mistake when I saw her expression of extreme incomprehension. Apparently “feral” is … Continue reading A little bit feral: problems with perception.
