Note to self: always ask the wife first. To recap, as the original post is now deleted to avoid preserving my ignorance online, this all came about last week because of Audrey Hepburn. She's mostly before my time, but she's a celebrity and effortlessly charming so of course people continue to become fans of her… Continue reading Gamine Envy – That’s a Thing, Right?
Category: Mental Health
Internet Friends are Real Friends (And Mine are the Best)
There are people I don't like in this world; some philosophies simply do not align. People don't like me. Even in extreme cases of dislike, there is still a minimum aid I would provide because the cost to be a decent person is zero and it says more about me, right? For the great many… Continue reading Internet Friends are Real Friends (And Mine are the Best)
Protected: Some Personal Thoughts on Gender and Identity
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I Want You to Want Me (But Maybe from a Distance): Struggling with Social Anxiety and Belonging
Do I need to be liked? Absolutely not. I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked. Michael Scott What would life be without paradox and irony? I am an introvert - that means that social interaction drains my energy rather than increases it. I have social anxiety - I worry about… Continue reading I Want You to Want Me (But Maybe from a Distance): Struggling with Social Anxiety and Belonging
Economic Anxiety
This begins as the tale of three colleagues - a devout Republican, the guy who became president of the Young Democrats for the county, and me. All three of us were friendly and on good terms, but I naturally had a better political bond with the Young Democrat. It began one day when we were… Continue reading Economic Anxiety
Medical Anxiety, Social Anxiety, and OCPD – Going to a Doctor When You Hate Medical Offices
TW: Brief discussion of a graphic injury Every time I sit down with a new medical professional, they will invariably ask how things are with me and I will struggle with a concise answer. Physically I am a picture of health. They take their vitals, and everything will look perfect. Mental health is another story… Continue reading Medical Anxiety, Social Anxiety, and OCPD – Going to a Doctor When You Hate Medical Offices
OCPD, Whataboutism, and Professionalism
One of my recent posts mentioned that I have struggled professionally because every time I investigate a field of interest and learn "how the sausage gets made" I become disgusted. It was something of a passing comment in that post, but let's spend some time with it today. This is a widespread thing that extends… Continue reading OCPD, Whataboutism, and Professionalism
An Open Love Letter
I believe we do not control who we love, only how we love. Love is not a feeling but a collection of feelings that compels us to act. In good times and in bad, we love. But the question is not how; the question is often why. Why do you love me? Of all the… Continue reading An Open Love Letter
A Most Perfect Contradiction
Humans are contradictions. It's something that I find beautiful and frustrating (see how easy it can be?). We can hold two disparate beliefs sincerely at the exact same time, be aware of the fact that the beliefs are antithetical, examine them thoroughly, and still arrive at the conclusion both must be right. Perhaps that is… Continue reading A Most Perfect Contradiction
My Belief Matters as Much as Your Fact
My parents have a somewhat ornate clock hanging in the wall in their dining area whose battery died years ago. While they never, ahem, found the time to get it repaired, they like the look of the clock too much to take it down. So, there it looms over every meal: 8:07. It became something… Continue reading My Belief Matters as Much as Your Fact
Celtic Riverside 