Fear

It occurs to me to comment that all fear is rational.  It is simply the case with Stable Fear Patterns that the nervous system is reacting rationally to a threat which is no longer present, a fact which it simply lacks the capacity to learn, due to limitations in our nervous systems.  We don’t reset like zebras (who do not get ulcers).

I might comment on this score that my own health is outstanding.  Even as a large man, I have reasonably normal blood pressure.  My cholesterol was a bit high the last time it was tested, but I attribute that to my drinking.  Nothing good happens when 250 ml of hard liquor won’t get you drunk.

But I literally cannot remember the last time I had a cold.  I’ve only had the flu once in my life, during my stint at a Large American Corporation which had me having nightly anxiety dreams.  I don’t do LAC’s very well.

I just don’t get sick.  I never need to go to the doctor for anything.

I attribute this to the fact that, while I obviously have a lot of fairly severe “issues”, I am tackling them head on.  I am not suppressing or avoiding them.  I am not hoping they will go away.  I am dealing with them realistically and directly.  This is very important.  You may be crazy, but it gets worse if you pretend you are not.  As the Tao Te Ching says, those who know they are crazy are not crazy.  Words to live by.