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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Just getting through a morning one psychotic moment at a time.



Good morning. This is me. Ok, nothing surprising there … seems like cuz we are always the one, but which one of us is maybe a little more confusing. Cuz lotsa time we don’t know when we are switching cept for things like saying … well I know I’m not the smartest, or the oldest, or least confused or something like that. I’d like to talk to Dr. Marvin about what makes us different from most people. Like how does he know we have psychosis or the other one I can’t rember the name oh ok, thanks … neurosis … how does he know those things. I’m pretty sure that he can remember without looking in a dictionary what those things mean, but we can’t rember so good. I know, I know … look it up … I’m going shhhh you!

Main Entry: neu•ro•sis Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: n(y)ü r s s, n(y) -
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural neuro•ses \- s z\
Etymology: New Latin, from neur- + -osis

1 : a functional disorder of the central nervous system usually manifested by anxiety, phobias, obsessions, or compulsions but frequently displaying signs of somatic disorder involving any of the bodily systems with or without other subjective or behavioral manifestations and having its most probable etiology in intrapsychic or interpersonal conflict somatic changes such as induced by drugs or by fatigue may act as precipitating, and constitutional factors as predisposing, influences in neurosis it is the feeling of isolation, of being shut out, which is the painful sting of every neurosis -- Erich Fromm a neurosis or a neurotic fantasy always relates to a reality, and a neurotic expression of a reality is likely to have more force than a "normal" one -- Lionel Trilling>

2 : individual or group behavior that is characterized by rigid adherence to an idealized concept of the personal or social organism especially when that concept is significantly at variance with reality and that results in interpersonal, cultural, or political conflict and in the development of discomforting intraorganismal tensions

Main Entry: so•mat•ic Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: s mad.ik, s -, -atik, - k
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek s matikos, from s mat-, s ma body + -ikos -ic

1 a : of, relating to, or affecting the body or especially the soma : PHYSICAL, CORPOREAL b : of, relating to, or affecting the soma as contrasted with reproductive or germ cells

2 a : of or relating to the wall of the body : SOMATOPLEURIC, PARIETAL -- distinguished from visceral b : of or relating to the trunk -- distinguished from appendicular

3 : MESOMORPHIC 2
synonym see BODILY

Main Entry: psy•cho•sis Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: s k s s
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural psycho•ses \- s z\
Etymology: New Latin, from psych- + -osis

1 : profound disorganization of mind, personality, or behavior that results from an individual's inability to tolerate the demands of his social environment whether because of the enormity of the imposed stress or because of primary inadequacy or acquired debility of his organism especially in regard to the central nervous system or because of combinations of these factors and that may be manifested by disorders of perception, thinking, or affect symptoms of neurosis, by criminality, or by any combination of these -- distinguished from neurosis; compare INSANITY

2 : extreme mental unrest of an individual or of a social group especially in regard to situational factors of grave import -- compare HYSTERIA 2
synonym see INSANITY

Main Entry: in•san•i•ty Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: n san d. , - t , -i
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin insanitas, from insanus insane + -itas -ity

1 a : the state of being insane : unsoundness or derangement of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia or dementia praecox) and usually excluding such states as mental deficiency, the psychoneuroses, and various character disorders b : a mental disorder

2 : such unsoundness of mind or lack of understanding as prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or as excuses one from criminal or civil responsibility

3 a : extreme folly or unreasonableness b : something utterly foolish or unreasonable synonyms LUNACY, PSYCHOSIS, MANIA, DEMENTIA: insanity, more commonly used in law than in medicine, applies to any mental disorder of such severity as to render the person unfit to manage his own affairs or to enjoy his liberty because of the unreliability of his behavior that makes him a danger to himself and to others. LUNACY, a term legally interchangeable with insanity, popularly implies periodic mental disorder or alternating madness and lucidity. PSYCHOSIS is the technical psychiatric term for any far-reaching and prolonged behavior disorder (as dementia praecox or manic-depressive psychosis). MANIA is a phase of a mental disorder (as manic-depressive psychosis) marked by a mood of sustained and exaggerated elation, emotional expansiveness, overtalkativeness, excessive physical activity, or delusions of greatness, that characterizes any of several psychoses. DEMENTIA is the technical psychiatric term that denotes mental deterioration that is psychogenic in origin (as dementia praecox) or that results from disease that damages the brain substance (as neurosyphilis or arteriosclerosis)

Ok, so this is us we were coming out of one part that was lower functioning to a part that was higher functioning. Missy was helping us because she needed some petting pretty bad. I don’t know what was gotten from looking at those definitions, but I don’t want to go back there. The same way it’s a Dr. Marvin day and I’m not so sure that I want to go there.

Oh oh we went back to confused. We gotta straighten our self out … bad us. Straighten straighten. Better yet?

I wonder if we should go to work early and plan on getting stuff done … Darn it’s the day of goals and such. I wanted to work. I thin that’s a better idea as to going to work early to get a few things done? K

Ok, that if I were going to be serious would mean I shower now and not drink the hot coffee we just poured. The advantage … a whole hour before we saw anyone … as long as we don’t get taken in by sister. If we could do it … make us feel better, k? Try? *pretty smile*

Wow … time is going by quickly today. Just 14 minutes left … yes … we’re out of the shower. And, we called in a couple of the diabetic medicines that will run out tonight. There is always something. Yesterday, we got our check so we deposited in the bank last night. I don’t think they can get it in that fast, but we better check, hold on. AHA! They got it in there as pending already … bet they cash it fast because its there money. It’s a pretty big whammy though to go a whole couple of weeks to work for a check that only leaves you with $62 in the bank. Sheesh.

Check is deposited and recorded this morning in the bank as being pending. I haven't taken the stop off it yet ... it's got a positive balance of $66. I think I will be able to do the parking, medicine, gas and anything else I might need on the $100 - one fifty at a time, but I'm worrying about my car payment ... there's a chance that they might hold my electronic money for the balance - part sent through the mail. That's an important $1500. I will try to get downstairs to check on payment book in next day or two.

Ok, so far so good. Let’s keep up with early morning schedule and get out the door, hmm? Ok, sweetie you can do this … post please?