A Case of the Fuck-Its

Looking Inside a Case of the Fuck-Its If you’ve ever had a case of the fuck-its, you know they can be quite deadly. You’ve reached the end of your rope, sick of everything, tired of people, and sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. It’s easy to get self-destructive when you have the fuck-its.Continue reading “A Case of the Fuck-Its”

Why Cats Should Fear Curiosity

Why Cats Should Fear Curiosity If you’re going to meet your feelings, the best feeling to meet first would be the one that can introduce you to the rest. It’s like when you go to a party. If you want to get to know everyone at the party, you should hang with the social butterfly,Continue reading “Why Cats Should Fear Curiosity”

Build a Fence Around Your Addiction

Build a Fence Around Your Addiction You’re addicted. You’ve tried to stop, but for some reason, something keeps pulling you back to your addiction. What can you do, instead? There are a lot of things you could do to prevent relapse. One of them is to build a fence. Yes, a fence. In fact, betterContinue reading “Build a Fence Around Your Addiction”

How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part Two

How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part Two Acting Out and Sublimation In part one, I wrote about how your daughter can work her emotions into art. The first step is acting out. Acting out is a common phrase anyone would use to describe your daughter’s behavior in the firstContinue reading “How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part Two”

How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part One

How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part One Developing an Artistic Theory of Emotional Expression You could see it coming as soon as you told your teenage daughter she couldn’t go to the mall with her friends. First, her face frowned. She looked as though some pressure was building inside.Continue reading “How to Turn a Temper Tantrum into a Work of Art, Part One”

A Lazy Writer Tries Chat GPT

I don’t often feel lazy; but when I do, it’s enough to throw me into despair and self-reproach. I come from solid Puritan stock, you see, for whom idleness is akin to damnation. I was feeling damn lazy but, nonetheless, sat myself down and committed myself to writing like I do every day. I couldContinue reading “A Lazy Writer Tries Chat GPT”

Can You Rebel All the Way to Self-Actualization?

It was every parent’s worst nightmare. Sixteen years old and in possession of my father’s car for the first time, I decided to speed as fast as I could down a winding road. I knew my father wouldn’t have wanted me to race, but I held a curve doing 100. In fact, I did itContinue reading “Can You Rebel All the Way to Self-Actualization?”

Are Some Feelings More Real Than Others?

Some feelings can fake you out. That is, they don’t match the corresponding emotion. Let me tell you the difference between feelings and emotions. Feelings are conscious emotions. Emotions are subconscious feelings. If someone were to come up to me and tell me how much they loved my books, I would spontaneously stand a littleContinue reading “Are Some Feelings More Real Than Others?”

What are Feelings and When Should You Be in Touch?

Feelings are how you encounter your very existence. When you’re out of touch with your feelings, you’re out of touch with life. They’re how you meet joys and sorrows, ups and downs, and everything in between. They help you foster and navigate your relationships, make choices, and adapt a response to events. But sometimes, feelings areContinue reading “What are Feelings and When Should You Be in Touch?”

Something You Can Do About Intrusive Thoughts

Some of my thoughts are almost as old as I am, but they still don’t know enough to knock before they come into my mind. I’d like them to make an appointment, see a receptionist, and fill out a six page registration form before we meet. For some, it’s been years since they took aContinue reading “Something You Can Do About Intrusive Thoughts”