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[xgeekrockx]

i think i'm going to be alright. definitely more myself lately. tomorrow i see the dentist, the counselor again (it was *weird* the first time), and an eye doctor. maybe i'll get some awesome glasses and have less weirdness at work or at the grocery store or at other places where i'm looking at things way too closely for way too long

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rather actually feel the cuts and bruises that come along with life than callous up and become numb,

[tendervittles]

Bo, be very very cautious about false dichotomies. Life is far, far more nuanced than any either-or proposition can account for. Sometimes feeling hurt is good, other times allowing yourself to feel fine is good too.

Re: rather actually feel the cuts and bruises that come along with life than callous up and become n

[xgeekrockx]

i know whatcha mean. i think i wasn't trying to condemn feeling good so much as i was trying to say something about learning and going through things vs ignoring things. in this case i do think there's an either/or dichotomy. i feel that i only really grow and learn from experience. i think that sometimes people chicken out from life too much and refuse to let themselves out of a certain comfort zone. i've been way out of that for a while now. but i've been better at realizing that i can only handle so much, and that i need to let myself feel okay and good once in a while.

[ruddiger]

Being a numb, unfeeling robot seems to work ok for me.

[xgeekrockx]

yeah but i dont like alcohol as much as all my friends. it works out great for other people. dont get me wrong, i love good beer.

[graceelizabeth]

Sounds like your making some good choices. This makes me happy.