Mild mental illnesses that are indefinite in form, yet still maintaining some semblance of reality.
Excerpt: That fork in the road shouldn't be so daunting. This is about the majority of us. The ones who are finding that a midlife crisis is about your worth at work, your effort and whether or not you made the right choices 30 years ago.
Excerpt: Basic - the word itself means fundamental, simple, elementary. Life is so complex at the moment that it proves difficult to revert to the simple. I am at such a crossroads where I can't see forward because it looks too simple and therefore is more complex than a Rubik's cube.
Excerpt: It's fun at first.
Excerpt: So what happens when we judge ourselves?
Excerpt: How do I define myself without the facade of family, husband, partner, someone else? Am I capable of remaining true to myself? Can I sustain that level of independence?
Excerpt: Living with illness is not easy especially when it is not a visible one. As a species we tend to disregard anything that is not visible. If we can't see it, we can't prove it and therefore it doesn't exist and it must be a lie. Living with illness is not easy especially when it is not a visible one. As a species we tend to disregard anything that is not visible. If we can't see it, we can't prove it and therefore it doesn't exist and it must be a lie. I know that I give up trying to explain to others that I have a migraine but there is no pain. It doesn't compute. We have no empathy.
Excerpt: We are inundated with technology in every single facet of our lives. From the moment we wake up to the moment we sleep and even then, we have some form of technology at work. The whole idea of the machines taking over is not that far-fetched. They may not be totally prescient, but there is certainly an establishment there.
Excerpt: No leaning on anyone - my choices, my consequences. It has been hard breaking that and the few times I have, let's just say the results haven't been spectacular. So I don't lean. I trust - more fool me - but I don't lean. It is easier not to ask and not to expect. Easier to do for self.
Excerpt: In life, there are rubber balls and glass balls and you are always juggling. Your family is glass, so you can't drop them. Many of your work projects are rubber balls
Excerpt: Hmm ... we are a culture that values perfection not flaws. We value things that fit a specific set of ideals and if it is flawed or broken we throw it away. We are taught not to keep things that are damaged or flawed, or heaven forbid - broken.
Neuroses Undefined 