Clever.
I don't know what else to do but crack wise when someone wants to give me an update on their mental status. Guess I'm an emotional prude, made uncomfortable by the intimacy of the confession. Yeah, it's a good thing to discuss, I guess. Some people have genuine problems and others may benefit. But there's too much emphasis imo on the primacy of feeling
just right these days. The conclusion being that if you're not feeling just right all the time then there's something wrong with you that needs fixing. It's entirely too Princess & The Pea.
Problems are normal. Most likely there's nothing wrong with you at all and if someone tells you that there is then they're making money off you. As far as I can tell, the main job of a psych-ologist/iatrist is to convince you that you need to keep coming back. If you're not hallucinating elves on the ceiling then you're not mentally ill. You're perfectly normal, experiencing shit that everyone experiences.
I don't think how you're feeling is that important. I don't think thinking about how you're feeling every second of the day is beneficial. Sometimes we just have to suffer. Grit your teeth and get on with things. Good for ya. Builds character. Instantly cures the most pervasive mental illness in the world - introspective self obsession - and lets you get shit done at the same time.
So that's what living all winter in a house with no heat taught me, which is something only a goddamn lunatic would do.
