Just a thought.

[waterytones]

Okay, so this is sort of a random update but...i guess this is just something i've been thinking about recently. When i was little, meaning like middle school, i used to wonder how people could be claustrophobic. i loved the feeling of being close to someone, in every sense of the word. After some evolving, i've become a completely different person

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[silencedsparrow]

"i don't know if this is an affliction that needs to be cured or if it's just an observation that requires nothing other than an acknowledgment of its existence"

I think the second. As far as I know, you can't force a "cure" on this kind of thing the way you can with polio or the flu. It goes away when it goes away, you know?

[waterytones]

Well, this isn't something i think will "go away." It's part of me now...i was just wondering if it's something that i should be expending energy to get rid of.

No energy of yours, no.

[silencedsparrow]

It is part of you now, yes. But once, the feeling of wanting to touch everyone and everything was a part of you. It no longer is- so what's to say the same couldn't happen with this new "social claustrophobia?" That's a stupid moniker, I'm sorry, but I can't think of anything else right now.

I guess I said that from a glorious-man-will-sweep-you-off-your-feet perspective, but you and I both know you don't buy into that sort of stuff. What do I mean by that? I mean that if you fell madly in love with someone who you loved to be close to, this "social claustrophobia" (sorry again) would fade away. Am I making any sense?

Re: No energy of yours, no.

[waterytones]

You make sense but the thing is, i did like this person...and the fact that they were so clingy is what turned me off to them. It could be different with another person but...it's almost impossible for the person i have in mind to exist.

Also...i think this might be some sort of fear of commitment or some such thing? i don't really know.

[silencedsparrow]

eh, I wouldn't worry about all that gook. Examining your "fear of commitment" would be like me analyzing your repeated demotion of "I" to "i" and calling it a symptom of low self esteem. Sweeping connections like that make for a good House episode but rarely have real world significance.

Do you have time for a call anytime soon?

[waterytones]

Weekend maybe.

[teakeeper]

hahaha polio?
where did that come from. that's like... ms or smallpox

[silencedsparrow]

I know somebody who had polio

[silvercherries]

i think she means that it can't necessarily be cured... you're always kind of left with a gimp

[silencedsparrow]

always?

[chickielabamba]

FDR

[silencedsparrow]

as in, this guy?

[soeurpoulet]

that icon is scary/gross