To the rescue
I was feeling really shitty today and went out for a walk on my own, ended up in a cafe near ABAC. Just reading Harper's (the political magazine and not the women's magazine!!!)... and found that I share a similarity with Jack Kerouac...
Excerpts from Harper's Magazine, October 2005
A medical history of Jack Kerouac:
"[He] described experiences that were interpreted to be auditory and visual hallucinations."
"[Later,] the patient denied ever having had hallucinatory experiences, explaining the previously decribed experiences as "echo" effects in his mind of conversations he had had previously."
Hehehe..... This sounds so familiar! I get these "echo effects" of previous conversations, too, but there needs to be a trigger. I guess I am fortunate and I have been able to control and turn them to my advantage. Particularly, they are useful in exams. Under exam-stress-conditions, the questions trigger memories of teachers' and lecturers' words and I get the answers to the questions as though straight from the original teller.
This is why, during my school years, I never had to study, as I never missed class. University is more difficult, because time-table clashes mean I miss some classes. Also, the size and level of the interaction in class has a direct influence. I find that I remember things my tutors say far better than what my lecturers say...
Anyhow... as I was sitting in that cafe making this revelation about my connection with Jack Kerouac, I was, ofcourse, feeling rather down. The thing is, I hate to hear people I care about cry... and I've been hearing that these past two days. Kan called and heard my voice and came to the rescue! Ofcourse, I had a mental breakdown first because he insisted that I talk it through and get it out of my system.... but then afterwards I felt the results of the catharsis.
Feeling better...
THANK-YOU for being a great friend!!
By the way... it's been a while since I paid any attention to my inner child:
Excerpts from Harper's Magazine, October 2005
A medical history of Jack Kerouac:
"[He] described experiences that were interpreted to be auditory and visual hallucinations."
"[Later,] the patient denied ever having had hallucinatory experiences, explaining the previously decribed experiences as "echo" effects in his mind of conversations he had had previously."
Hehehe..... This sounds so familiar! I get these "echo effects" of previous conversations, too, but there needs to be a trigger. I guess I am fortunate and I have been able to control and turn them to my advantage. Particularly, they are useful in exams. Under exam-stress-conditions, the questions trigger memories of teachers' and lecturers' words and I get the answers to the questions as though straight from the original teller.
This is why, during my school years, I never had to study, as I never missed class. University is more difficult, because time-table clashes mean I miss some classes. Also, the size and level of the interaction in class has a direct influence. I find that I remember things my tutors say far better than what my lecturers say...
Anyhow... as I was sitting in that cafe making this revelation about my connection with Jack Kerouac, I was, ofcourse, feeling rather down. The thing is, I hate to hear people I care about cry... and I've been hearing that these past two days. Kan called and heard my voice and came to the rescue! Ofcourse, I had a mental breakdown first because he insisted that I talk it through and get it out of my system.... but then afterwards I felt the results of the catharsis.
Feeling better...
THANK-YOU for being a great friend!!
By the way... it's been a while since I paid any attention to my inner child:
| Your Inner Child Is Surprised |
 You see many things through the eyes of a child. Meaning, you're rarely cynical or jaded. You cherish all of the details in life. Easily fascinated, you enjoy experiencing new things. |