Every Day Is Worse.

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Shut The Word Out -- Stephano Prunebelli


Cool groove tune.

 

[Captante]

Yeah, I think it's time I leave this place.

Probably a Djinn.

Or an aneurysm.

 

[Torn Mind]

You can check out, but you can never leave.

Well, someone listened to Hotel California.

But it’s “you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave”

 

[brianmanahan]

But it’s “you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave”

<cue mad guitar solo>

 

[Torn Mind]

<cue mad guitar solo>

It's a duet.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Another day's useless energy spent.

 

[Muse]

There's someone in my head, but it's not me.

Surprise! It IS you!

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

In October, I reorganized the house a bit and moved to a different bedroom (long story). This morning, I got coffee and headed for the (wrong) room. Haven't done that before today.

 

[igor_kavinski]

In October, I reorganized the house a bit and moved to a different bedroom (long story). This morning, I got coffee and headed for the (wrong) room. Haven't done that before today.

Do some alternate day long dry fasts (28 to 34 hours). It will help to clear the cloud in your mind and you will feel mentally sharper and much more focused.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I avoid sharp things.

 

[Captante]

There is no 'better'.

 

[nakedfrog]

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Stairs ... God's gift to men as the first at-home abortion solution.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

My mind, my mind .... a penny for my mind.

Has anybody seen it?


I think I left it in a jar on a shelf.

 

[sandorski]

Canada eliminated the Penny...

 

[snoopy7548]

Canada eliminated the Penny...

Canada has pennies? I thought they had the metric system up there.

 

[Captante]

My mind, my mind .... a penny for my mind.

Total ripoff!

 

[brianmanahan]

Canada eliminated the Penny...

the loonies and toonies are pretty cool though

 

[HomerJS]

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

Says the people who can't lose weight. Your eyes may lie to you but the scale doesn't

 

[pmv]

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

Ugh - I have a specific dislike of that sort of sentiment. Pure idealism. Pretend reality doesn't matter and focus exclusively on the ideas in your head. Just a variation on magical thinking.

It's pretty much the basis of Boris Johnson's whole approach to government. Just tell everyone to maintain an optimistic frame-of-mind and Brexit will magically work out and the pandemic will go away. The CBT approach to politics. Beloved of ultra-privileged public-school types, for whom things have always mysteriously worked-out, so they assume that is a universal rule for everyone.


(Or am I'm over-reacting and going full P&N to what is likely just a throwaway quoted song-lyric?)

 

[Captante]

Says the people who can't lose weight. Your eyes may lie to you but the scale doesn't

(Or am I'm over-reacting and going full P&N to what is likely just a throwaway quoted song-lyric?)

Actually it sounds to me like neither of you ever fully "grasped" the whole optimist/pessimist thing!

 

[pmv]

Actually it sounds to me like neither of you ever fully "grasped" the whole optimist/pessimist thing!

Optimism/Pessimism are just experientially-acquired attitudes, people learning from experiences. They don't change the nature of reality, though.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Nothing changes reality.










Well, except alternate realities.

 

[Captante]

Optimism/Pessimism are just experientially-acquired attitudes, people learning from experiences. They don't change the nature of reality, though.

However they DO alter peoples perception of said reality and "perception of reality" can absolutely change things. (did you somehow sleep through the last 2 years ?!?)

I stand by what I said.

 

[Torn Mind]

Ugh - I have a specific dislike of that sort of sentiment. Pure idealism. Pretend reality doesn't matter and focus exclusively on the ideas in your head. Just a variation on magical thinking.

It's pretty much the basis of Boris Johnson's whole approach to government. Just tell everyone to maintain an optimistic frame-of-mind and Brexit will magically work out and the pandemic will go away. The CBT approach to politics. Beloved of ultra-privileged public-school types, for whom things have always mysteriously worked-out, so they assume that is a universal rule for everyone.


(Or am I'm over-reacting and going full P&N to what is likely just a throwaway quoted song-lyric?)

Your sentiments may be valid in terms the relationship between some authority PR'ing the collective, but on the level of a individual person's internal outlook, the lyrics makes complete sense.
I do believe those who are mentally ill have some form of distorted perception.

Anorexics are an easy-to-understand example. To us, the outsider, they are clearly unhealthy and a bag of bones. But when they look in the mirror or take other measurements, they considered themselves fat and not beautiful/manly depending on the gender. What they see is not what outsiders see.

The difference between just feeling down or having a deep-seated misperception often can be discerned by the response. A person who is in a state of chronic misperception will not respond well to positive comments intended to lift them from whatever makes them feel down.

I mentioned Brahms in this thread because he was an insecure person who responded in such a manner; Schumann praising him only made him more nervous, and he was an extreme perfectionist. Apparently, his appearance also led to insecurity, being a prolonged baby-face similar to Selena Gomez.