Everybody interprets reality differently. These biases and filters that distort the information we perceive in sometimes subtle, sometimes drastic ways. We each view the world through personal biases and mental filters. The subjective realities are very much different because they are based on different senses and different information. Is reality the same to a blind man and sighted man? No. Each individual perceives reality, but perceives it using his or her own senses. On the other hand, reality can only be evaluated when we, as humans, perceive it. Maybe it is, maybe there is a single objective reality. We tend to think reality is perfect and absolute. In order to understand nervous breakdowns, we need to look at one particular theory of reality, or should I say realities. I feel I understand them better nowadays, and that makes me more resilient to life and able to avoid them. I’ve had some interesting lessons recently about nervous breakdowns. I didn’t think of it this way in the moment, but looking back I can see “crazy” much better as “nervous breakdown.” Perhaps calling it a nervous breakdown is more like it. For a musical artist like Cee Lo, crazy might be a pleasant place for creativity, but my emotions in that crazy space were very unpleasant.Ĭrazy is a vague term and encompasses too much odd behavior. Each one had a name: Vicki, Robin, Lora, and Rita. I think there were 4 times in my life I went crazy, and not in a good way. There was something so pleasant about that placeĮven your emotions have an echo in so much space I remember, I remember when I lost my mind I know crazy when I see it, even if I only see it in hindsight. The song is Crazy, not by Patsy Cline, but by Gnarls Barkley, as written by Cee Lo Green. A few years back I found one that resonated with me. A song that’s memorable, or touches you in some way, is a rare find nowadays. Most pop music is formulaic and repetitive It might have a good beat, or be danceable, but it’s nothing special. I Remember When I Lost My Mind A Lesson in Cognitive Dissonance
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