The Psychic Theater and the Psychoanalytic Stage"We all have our neurotic conflicts, our little areas of private folly (at least let us hope so); we are all susceptible to psychosomatic breakdown under stress; and we are all capable of creating perverse fantasies as well as dreaming impossible dreams. Each of us harbors in our inner universe a ( Read more... )

"We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come ( Read more... )

Sometimes finality gets the better of me...I'm obsessed with images because they prove things permanent, when life itself isn't. I wish I had some better way of explaining why it tears my fucking heart out whenever I see someone else cry ( Read more... )

One day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is love? How can I find it?"His teacher answered, "There is a vast wheat field in front. Walk forward without turning back, and pick only one stalk. If you find the most magnificent stalk, then you have found love." Plato walked forward and before long, he returned with empty hands, having picked nothing. His ( Read more... )

Not that you're checking this like clockwork, but... I now understand why lawyers advise their clients to hold their tongues to the press until the verdict has been made.

Different situation, different press, same concept;
There's nothing to be said until we come to terms with this.On second thought, I'll leave on one last note: I think I'm being ( Read more... )

"True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction, the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes."

I often slur my speech or talk too fast for others to understand.
There is no one in my life that completely understands who I really am.
I don't like having anyone else in my room unless I am there also.
I haven't lived at "home" since I was 15.
I've never initiated a friendship, nor do I speak unless I am spoken to.
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All this talk of "New Years Resolutions" has really made me sick.

Resolutions are inevitable compromises of the human condition which are bound to become broken promises. Miracles are better suited for the reform I am in need of. Like they say, old habits are hard to break; we are who we are, and are likely to remain the person we have been. Here' ( Read more... )