HeyJaredLife, According to Violet
A psychologist's notes on being human - the absurd, the serious, everything in between. I write about what I observe in the world, and in myself (the more alarming territory). I don't try to be funny; sometimes it just happens. Marfan Syndrome Warrior!
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The Anti-Adversity Shield... (opens the original)
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There comes a moment in almost everyone’s life, sometimes early, sometimes late, when they realize adversity is not necessarily a punishment. Instead, it is material, like raw ore or a rough stone that, with a little effort, you can lift, turn over, study, polish and eventually forge into something that serves you.When faced with adversity, our usual instinct is to recoil. We start to see even the smallest of hardships like insurmountable threats, and we surrender before we’ve even assessed the
The Return of Mediocrates... (opens the original)
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Mediocrates, that ancient slacker‑philosopher, the younger brother of Socrates, and the patron saint of barely trying, landed in America one Tuesday morning, materializing in a cloud shaped suspiciously like a shrug. He appeared not as a bearded Athenian but as a 25‑year‑old skater‑boy type: gender‑neutral, eternally youthful, and radiating the unmistakable aura of someone who had never once held a full-time job nor completed a group project. When asked his pronouns, he said, “whatever works,” a
Coffee with Jesus... (opens the original)
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It is curious how, even when I don’t leave my house, I still manage to encounter the unexpected and sometimes meet the most curious people.Early one recent morning when I made my way downstairs to the kitchen, I encountered a most curious man. I knew this man, but before I could say anything he said, “Good morning, my name is Jesus and I have a message for you.”Very strange, I thought to myself, because the man looked very much like my older brother and Jesus is his real name (that he never uses
Modern Dragons... (opens the original)
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I’ve had to start limiting the amount of time I spend online, particularly with reading the news. It’s not enough to simply avoid the standard news outlets; plenty of people are more than happy to bring the ‘news’ wherever they happen to land, and to disseminate it AFTER having processed it through their own filters. This sort of information distribution creates, for me, a maelstrom of confusing, difficult to understand, and somewhat frightening political, economic, and social forces. Reading th
Going Fallow... (opens the original)
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Every so often, my mind and my body join forces to radiate a deep audible sigh. When that happens, I take a deep breath and then allow myself to feel the weariness that such an event often unwittingly heralds. Then my mind starts to wander.I’ve lived a life full of adventures, misadventures, and discovery of the world and of self. Every moment has added to the sum of my parts, to who I am and how the world sees me (and how I see myself). But now, as I am getting older, regrettably, I’m beginning
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