Posts about, among other things, mental illness, mental health, and recovery.
People like to say we start out perfect. “Look at that perfect baby.” I remain unconvinced regarding the accuracy of that statement. If nothing else, positing “perfect” as the default position is unkind. Having met babies, it’s also, I believe, inaccurate. Parenting teaches you that kids are imperfect no matter how cute. It also teaches you that they come, to some extent, factory hardwired. As … Continue reading Do the structural work.
I suffer from chronic pain. My version of it is trigeminal neuralgia. Neuralgia is described by some as “stabbing, burning, and often severe pain due to an irritated or damaged nerve.” The nerve(s) can be anywhere in the body. Mine are in my head, and I can set a flare off via clenching the jaw. The problem is structural, caused by damage I sustained in … Continue reading The annoying endurance of chronic pain (neuralgia).
I both like and find frustrating how philosophy boils things down to simple and rather obvious truths. I read the words written by this sage or that one and find myself irritated at not having come to the conclusions on my own. My readings all seem to end with me saying, “of course.” Yet the simplicity is comforting because “simple” means easier to follow (though … Continue reading Simple truths.
Thirty-five views and twenty-six likes. The stats for a recent blog post. Guess which number I’m focusing on? Who are these people who read what I wrote and didn’t like it? Was it the way I strung my words together? Was it the attempts at funny – I worry about those sometimes; dry doesn’t always translate well to the electronic page. Should I have had … Continue reading Focus and outlook matter.
