Sexuality, and the Difference Between Chasing Happiness and Being Happy

[teeganjane]

My ear infection isn't bothering me. It might be on its way out, or the ibuprofen is working--one or the other. We'll see how I feel tomorrow. If I wake up in splitting pain, it's off to urgent care for a prescription. And because I've had somewhere around five hundred million ear infections in my lifetime (statistic might be exaggerated), I know

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[chainofhabit]

I feel the same way when people compliment me like that .... Sort of like they're complimenting this person I know, instead of me and I'm supposed to be proud of it and take the compliment.

[teeganjane]

For me, it's profoundly depersonalizing. It makes me feel like I'm watching a television reality show about myself instead of actually being in my own body.