Have you considered the title of your book might be "Lithium Wasp" or something to that effect? I too am always interested in the crossover between our personal lives and ecology, science, objective reality. Sometimes I think nature is shouting metaphors at us, and we need to pay attention to get them down.
I love your ramblings. Perhaps selfishly, for sure selfishly, I take them for inspiration about ways to make my lazy self sit down and write. I also like the Russian porn star name--yes. When you wrote that your two docs disagree about medications, it gave me pause. My ex was a psychologist and he believed (fervently) that psychiatrists lacked training in psychology and used medication instead of therapy (but then he wasn't a therapist either, so....). At this point, I suggest you give your medical doctor's advice very serious consideration--. I hope Spring does her magic for you--she'll be awake soon enough (that's what I see the wasps as doing--searching for her). La Primavera --
Thank you, Laura! I'm so happy to inspire your own ongoing practice! - No worries about my docs, really. (Thank you for being concerned!) My psychiatrist (a medical doctor) also functions as my psychologist. The catch is, I've her, several different oncologists, and a GP, all working with niche meds in their areas of specialisation. Contraindications aren't always apparent (or researched for that matter). All of the people treating me are being very conscientious, but a lot relies on me keeping tabs on my own symptoms. I feel lucky. I've chatted with a woman with metastatic bc whose bipolar disorder wasn't addressed at all during her initial treatments. And she has a more severe form than I do. Counting my blessings these days for a lot of reasons. - And you're right, one of them is spring!
This morning I talked to the shrink, and yes, so ready now to go forward with this project. I read another article about the decreasing numbers of insects in the world and the question you hear ad nauseam: what are wasps good for? Suddenly the project takes a huge step from my little life. Next area of research is eugenics in the US.
Eugenics. Gulp. That's a whole can of worms (not wasps) there. I really ought to find myself a new geographically close shrink, but caught in ever-decreasing circles (work vs creation vs family) as always.
I know what you mean about the worms - or wasps' nest ;) . I am going to stick to a single hospital in a single state in the USA. Very tight on "white trash" attitudes there. (I've heard good things about the BetterHelp).
I am pretty sure that your method to redistribute the benefits of paid subscriptions MUST have been in the back of my head, and why I saw the idea when she pushed me toward it.
Have you considered the title of your book might be "Lithium Wasp" or something to that effect? I too am always interested in the crossover between our personal lives and ecology, science, objective reality. Sometimes I think nature is shouting metaphors at us, and we need to pay attention to get them down.
That's a good suggestion! I am happy to know I'm not alone in seeing the world as metaphors.
Your voice delights me and inspires me to look closer at alllllll the details around me. I’m so glad we’ve met here.
Thank you! What a lovely comment. I am pretty sure you already notice everything meaningful!
I love your ramblings. Perhaps selfishly, for sure selfishly, I take them for inspiration about ways to make my lazy self sit down and write. I also like the Russian porn star name--yes. When you wrote that your two docs disagree about medications, it gave me pause. My ex was a psychologist and he believed (fervently) that psychiatrists lacked training in psychology and used medication instead of therapy (but then he wasn't a therapist either, so....). At this point, I suggest you give your medical doctor's advice very serious consideration--. I hope Spring does her magic for you--she'll be awake soon enough (that's what I see the wasps as doing--searching for her). La Primavera --
Thank you, Laura! I'm so happy to inspire your own ongoing practice! - No worries about my docs, really. (Thank you for being concerned!) My psychiatrist (a medical doctor) also functions as my psychologist. The catch is, I've her, several different oncologists, and a GP, all working with niche meds in their areas of specialisation. Contraindications aren't always apparent (or researched for that matter). All of the people treating me are being very conscientious, but a lot relies on me keeping tabs on my own symptoms. I feel lucky. I've chatted with a woman with metastatic bc whose bipolar disorder wasn't addressed at all during her initial treatments. And she has a more severe form than I do. Counting my blessings these days for a lot of reasons. - And you're right, one of them is spring!
I love Point 5 (but then I'm me and would). I think you were meant to do this wasp project. You keep finding so many new things.
This morning I talked to the shrink, and yes, so ready now to go forward with this project. I read another article about the decreasing numbers of insects in the world and the question you hear ad nauseam: what are wasps good for? Suddenly the project takes a huge step from my little life. Next area of research is eugenics in the US.
Eugenics. Gulp. That's a whole can of worms (not wasps) there. I really ought to find myself a new geographically close shrink, but caught in ever-decreasing circles (work vs creation vs family) as always.
I know what you mean about the worms - or wasps' nest ;) . I am going to stick to a single hospital in a single state in the USA. Very tight on "white trash" attitudes there. (I've heard good things about the BetterHelp).
I really like your triple win idea to encourage paid subscriptions. And as usual, I enjoy living vicariously through your wasp obsession.
I am pretty sure that your method to redistribute the benefits of paid subscriptions MUST have been in the back of my head, and why I saw the idea when she pushed me toward it.