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[=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=] [<<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>] [=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=] Stardate: 20220703.1507 Location: SBUX Input Device: Gemini PDA Audio: Mortiis - Crypt of the Wizard Visual: Table @ SBUX, Trenta Iced Coffee Emotional: Energized, +3 coffee booster [=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=] Went up to SBUX to get out of the house even though nobody is home. If I stayed there, I probably would not have given myself time to write. So I set a timer for 60 minutes before I can leave. Now that I've done that, I can't think of much to write about, so if this becomes garbage, you have been warned. Right now, I feel so out of touch with everything that has been going on in the world, in the communities I frequent, with my friends, with my family. This has been probably over the past month or so. There is a built-in safety mechanism that gets tripped when I become unwell and have exceeded my limitations to cope. I put myself in the dark, shields up, red alert! I know it is a safe place, but I do not like to go there. It has been years since I had to go there and it feels wretched being there, but I know it is safe. Being there, life happens, the world moves on, but processing is suspended. I am totally checked out, in survival mode, and it is not safe to process. Events are noted for post-incident analysis. Recently, I have started to come out of the dark. Re-entry is a b!tch and the wreckage is there to be dealt with. This instance was shorter but different in its own way, probably because the me of now is not the me of 5 years ago. This is a cyclical thing that happens every 5 to 7 years and I have gone through it enough times to see the dark, accept it, and even to welcome it. With each iteration, there are things revealed, feelings to walk through, and opportunities to level up. The ghosts are there but I know that they are false and are handled appropriately. This round, there was nothing to do except to acknowledge and experience them. Processing is pending. What I don't like about going in the dark are the misunderstandings. Explaining myself is futile. It's like trying to describe the color green to a blind person. Also, life is still in session, work needs to be attended, children need to be fed, adulting needs to happen, service needs to be worked, etc. I do have my people to discuss the color green. I have surpassed my time allocation. [=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=]