Confounding Factors (with a Quick Primer on Psychoses)
It is easier to let go when there is some good reason propelling you away from the situation. So I like to imagine the worst-case scenario (and, yeah, my assessment of the matter is at worst an illusion, not a hallucination ordelusion). Yeah, it pisses me off, but, what am I gonna do? (Once again, I am being purposefully vague.)
Then all of the sudden, this good reason is pulled out from under me, so to speak. Definitely not completely dispelled, that’s for sure, but I have enough doubt that my strategy of ignoring and disregarding the situation and striking off in my own direction comes into question.
I can’t just distance myself without giving a reason. Well, I guess I could, but, well, despite my aspirations of acting like an asshole, I can’t rid myself of my nice-guy-finishes-last persona.
Some things said echo in my head. I am left to ruminate upon their meaning, when I know that I shouldn’t even think about it, I should just let it lie.
Once again, I must meditate on my oldest friend’s mantra: Fuck it.
- illusion
- A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception (from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary)
- hallucination
- Perception of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external stimulus and with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or as a response to a drug. (from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
- delusion
- an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary [syn: psychotic belief] (from WordNet 1.6)