Psycho-Babble Writing Thread 423413

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Posted by Angela2 on December 2, 2004, at 14:08:42

I live a mundane lifestyle
Its getting kind of old
It causes me pain
It makes me want to quit my job

I don't like to hear things I have to hear
I equate pleasure with things that are good for me
I am so wrong
But it feels so right

Wonder. Like will there ever be a place for neurotic people where there isn't someone telling them what they're doing wrong and why their thiking causes them problems? Illogical thinking feels so normal. But I wish I wasn't neurotic because maybe then my relationship with my therapist wouldn't feel so numb.

Old. Like the way it feels when you've listened to the same song 50 times in a row. You don't want to hear it anymore but you don't want to leave the comfort of your room. So you play it one more time hoping it will feel like new again. Saving you from going out into the world.

Logic is Overrated » Angela2

Posted by Atticus on December 2, 2004, at 16:49:29

In reply to Old, posted by Angela2 on December 2, 2004, at 14:08:42

I find rigid logic to be a cage that constricts my thinking. I suspect that this is why Doc Bob and I are at loggerheads so often. I am frustrated that, at least to me, he appears to take all posted statements absolutely literally at face value, allowing little room for interpretation, hyperbole, for fluidly loose and funky conversation among PBers, for scenic detours (good way to draw a Redirect), for humorous asides, for snarky but good-natured banter. No place for these things in the world of a scientist.
I really wouldn't want to think like that. No artist in any medium ever created anything good using rigid linear logic. You can't write a poem using mathematical equations. Or paint a picture. Or compose a song.
Instead of feeling bad or defensive about being bipolar, I'm coming to embrace absurdity more and more.
Absurdity is beautiful. A degree of illogical thinking is essential to the creation of beautiful and emotionally moving things.
And as for the rest of the world, f*ck 'em if they can't see the joke. Or the beauty. Maybe the trick is to learn to be as comfortable as possible in our own skin. Just a thought. An illogical one. ;) Ta. Atticus

Re: Logic is Overrated » Atticus

Posted by Angela2 on December 4, 2004, at 13:29:51

In reply to Logic is Overrated » Angela2, posted by Atticus on December 2, 2004, at 16:49:29

Atticus, your response was very therapeutic to read.

-Angela

Re: Logic is Overrated » Angela2

Posted by Atticus on December 4, 2004, at 14:39:35

In reply to Re: Logic is Overrated » Atticus, posted by Angela2 on December 4, 2004, at 13:29:51

Thanks, Angela. I know all too well what it's like to be in your end of the boat, and I've always found having company there to be nice. Time to return the favor. Ta. ;) Atticus

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