I don't know about anyone else, but I have found that I often demonstrate more emotions when I am watching something that has sentimental value on television or in the movies than I did prior to being a quadriplegic.
I wonder why that's so. Quadius On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Merrill <[email protected]> wrote: > Sometimes a tear is just a tear. > > Sometimes you have connected to a sincere and honest moment. > > None of the time do I know what I am talking about, but I ask myself if I > would trade that tear for a pill. > > Like a recurrent dream which repeats until we get it, the tear marks an > issue to understand, accept and move on if it is time, otherwise it is > condemned to repeat. > > Loosing this is what scares me about being on medication. > > What do I know though, I still lack the sense to get out of the rain when > it just feels good. > > The weather man may not be right but they do seem happy, so I listen. > > > > Merrill > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Quadius [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 24, 2008 2:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Merrill; [email protected]; Joan Anglin > *Subject:* [QUAD-L] feeling down > > > > John, > I must confess that I cry every time I watch Miracle on 34th St, but I'm > not normally depressed. I have been dealing with a slight amount of > depression over the last couple of weeks, but yesterday it finally broke. > > I don't know what changed my attitude, but it did change for the better. I > think it's just because I began reading once again and am attempting to put > my frustrations to the side for a while. There's nothing I can do about > them anyway, so why fret. > > It seems like when I begin to feel depressed that I immediately get > sexually frustrated. I am flabbergasted as to why this occurs, but it is > nice to get out of the funk without the need of pharmaceuticals. > > I understand people need them sometimes, some don't take this as an > anti-medication diatribe. I just simply know the way I feel and if I get to > the point where I'm not respond in a timely manner, I'll go see my > psychologist. I hope everyone will do the same for their own mental health. > > Merry Christmas, > Quadius > > 2008/12/23 John S. <[email protected]> >
