Posted by Bob on October 27, 1999, at 14:52:40
In reply to Re: Not so Scary books, posted by dove on October 27, 1999, at 10:02:25
Geez, dj, just when I was going to dedicate a dictionary thread to you--a place where people can come and state their descriptions of TLAs and FLAs and geekSpeak and technoPsychoBabble--you had to go and mention Pirsig and Zen ... I have never been able to finish that book. Yikes!
Dove, as for being jealous of Jamison, all that creativity and energy that her manias gave her is exactly why. After living in unipolar limbo for all the life that I can remember, my first experience with Zoloft sent me flying pretty high. I think if I had not had that one manic experience of my own, I wouldn't have the basis for any jealousy. But its like having a dream (as in sleep, not goal or aspiration) that you want to recapture every time you go to bed. I've had three events that were either dreams of flying or out-of-body experiences, and many nights the hope that I might have that dream again is the last thing on my mind before I fall asleep. The same thing with that mania; having one taste of it isn't enough. It makes me think that not only do I have bad genes, but I have the wrong bad genes.
Bob
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