my brother was here for thanksgiving, so i have recently had a dose me-self of the family dysfunction holiday fun time. highlights included bickering over the thermostat setting (it's my house and i pay the bills, put a fucking sweater on!), my brother initiating a contest over which one of us had the worst childhood, and having brunch with my uncle (who never seems to know what to say to me, then again, we've only met four times, three of them in the last five years) at a random outlet mall between here and milwaukee.
i feel your pain. families are fun. it was always best when each member of mine had their own time zone. well, my mom and i are both ok in central.
in case you didn't check my journal...queenlyzardNovember 30 2006, 01:19:47 UTC
... I figured you'd get a kick out of this entry someone posted:
"A spanking a day keeps the psychiatrist away?
While this is not what I'd call a good source - nobody seems to have the original article, let alone in English - all the pervs are hearing about this one anyway. Russian scientists have published a paper claiming that daily whippings stimulate endorphins in persons with severe depression and/or addictions, and that they have successfully used this method to help drug users get over an addiction (http://english.pravda.ru/science/health/26-03-2005/7950-whipping-0).
BDSM: The anti-drug? Scientifically this does make a certain amount of sense; endorphins have similar effects to antidepressants, which are known to help (assuming the body is capable of producing endorphins; I'm not entirely sure this would work on clinical depression of a long-term biological type, although it sounds ideal for situational)."
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i feel your pain. families are fun. it was always best when each member of mine had their own time zone. well, my mom and i are both ok in central.
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"A spanking a day keeps the psychiatrist away?
While this is not what I'd call a good source - nobody seems to have the original article, let alone in English - all the pervs are hearing about this one anyway. Russian scientists have published a paper claiming that daily whippings stimulate endorphins in persons with severe depression and/or addictions, and that they have successfully used this method to help drug users get over an addiction (http://english.pravda.ru/science/health/26-03-2005/7950-whipping-0).
BDSM: The anti-drug? Scientifically this does make a certain amount of sense; endorphins have similar effects to antidepressants, which are known to help (assuming the body is capable of producing endorphins; I'm not entirely sure this would work on clinical depression of a long-term biological type, although it sounds ideal for situational)."
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