Posted by trouble on March 20, 2002, at 12:52:36
In reply to I like other's sob stories! » trouble, posted by BarbaraCat on March 17, 2002, at 21:24:13
> When I'm feeling particularly awful, can't get out of bed and there's no hope in sight, I devour 'touchy feely' stories of others' pain. They are the only books that bring me comfort and make me feel like I'm not alone in this hell. I sometimes sleep curled up around them, like teddy bears. Later on when the ol' brain starts to fire up again, I'll move on to more technical theoretical neuro science stuff, but while I'm in the grip of a major depression? I don't think so. I'd just end up feeling more inadequate and dumb.
Barbara Barbara Barbara, what the samheck you babblin 'bout, chickie? I like sob stories too, my own particularly, but if you want to curl up w/ a psychiatrist (and why not? they're deep men too) who can make you feel moist, validated, crazy and brilliant I'll toss you the big, sexy, barefoot, gifted, reckless, radical poet teddy bear, supercilious, babe-a-licious megalomaniac who declaimed the language of insanity as if he invented the heart of rock-n-roll, that would be, ahem, the aforementioned R. (as in Rasputin) D. Laing. If we're going to study any true soul doctors around here I was just hopin' it would be him. He was a scholar AND a bum.
BTW The Dr. Police reference I made was just a vehicle to get to Dr. Bob, I recall that being the first post where I dared to invoke His name, just y'know, stalking The Man, making my presence felt.Anyway, name one of your favorite sob stories so I can go out and buy it, I've been reading too much non-fiction lately.
love, trouble
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