from my friend at obla-d.com, who just doesn't blog often enough to suit me, i got this link today. it's from wil wheaton's strange and mostly wonderful mind. go check it out.
also from wil, wil's mother actually, i was reminded of andrew weil's idea for mental health: a News Fast. an abstention from news from any source: print, tv, web, radio, for whatever period of time seems likely to bring about a return to inner sanity. cessation of the feeling that i'm about to burst into flames, or..... foam at the mouth, or .....put my head down on the table and sob. all feelings i have on a regular basis. brought on by paying too much attention to current events, administration policies, (p)Residential speeches, etc. this fasting would mean no getting on the internet at all. since aol puts the headlines right there on the welcome page. also, no blogging. since most of the blogs i read with any regularity are political.
so, could i? in the midst of the actual "war" my loved ones actually made me do this for a while. it was very short, a day or two. at that time i was unable even to sleep without Toxic News Syndrome occurring. i would, not exactly dream, but hear the constant voices in my head continue their outrage and anger, the voices that raged all day long unable to shut up and let me rest. i really began to feel like an outpatient with no supervision. or meds. the cold turkey from my news jones did in fact help. for a while. so, maybe it's time to do it again. i could still journal, if i closed my eyes when the welcome page came on. and if i go take some walks at the beach. breathe in the negative ions. eat some chocolate. take weekend naps. which is what i'm going to do right now. all of the above. in reverse order.
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