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My beanbag emerged from the depths of the couch. It had not merely slid down behind the cushions but somehow underneath them as well. Good. No gremlins.
I haven't needed it these past few days because my back has been quite happy. A little unhappier today but the real tsuris is the knees which have decided to ache and pang all day. The book I'm reading- whose name and author I can't be arsed to look up- annoyingly insists that pain isn't a physical problem. It's something the brain does by depriving various bodily areas of oxygen, to prevent you from realizing how angry you are. But not the anger you're aware of, oh no, that would be too easy. It's the subconscious rage you hold from everything that's happened to you since infancy. And how do you get rid of that? Apparently by believing that his thesis is true. Mental placebo. So when your body hurts, you just yell at your brain to stop it. Brain will at once comply. You can throw away your pain meds and stop doing your exercises. Which is not something I'll be doing any time soon.
Because I *am* angry at the phone company suddenly bumping my already unreasonable bill by $60 to over $200 a month. The Canadian telecompanies have us by the balls even if we don't have any, and are allowed by the gov't to twist them as much as they like.
I haven't needed it these past few days because my back has been quite happy. A little unhappier today but the real tsuris is the knees which have decided to ache and pang all day. The book I'm reading- whose name and author I can't be arsed to look up- annoyingly insists that pain isn't a physical problem. It's something the brain does by depriving various bodily areas of oxygen, to prevent you from realizing how angry you are. But not the anger you're aware of, oh no, that would be too easy. It's the subconscious rage you hold from everything that's happened to you since infancy. And how do you get rid of that? Apparently by believing that his thesis is true. Mental placebo. So when your body hurts, you just yell at your brain to stop it. Brain will at once comply. You can throw away your pain meds and stop doing your exercises. Which is not something I'll be doing any time soon.
Because I *am* angry at the phone company suddenly bumping my already unreasonable bill by $60 to over $200 a month. The Canadian telecompanies have us by the balls even if we don't have any, and are allowed by the gov't to twist them as much as they like.