Poison

[Stigmata]

Ahhhh, Corri. Not even Memorial Day and you're lighting off bottle rockets LOL

Happy MD all. Darnit Corri, I can't resist.

I'm saying something now because, quite frankly, I do see the general, overall PMAs becoming excessively negative... and I am NOT the only one who has noticed it.

- No you're not.

Now. On the other hand, I do see venting here is helthy, especially for the individuals who may have a tendency to stream toxic resentful inner dialogue all day about the SO or the SL while consciously avoiding outward discussion with the SO due to fear-based rejection, judgment, or conflict--of course which dramatically compounds the tension in the house.

In that case, by all means, journal and get on the keyboard and talk to your fake friends. I'll set you straight when you start whining. j/k

Corri, what you're talking about here are memes and memetics. Basically it's sort of terminology describing a brain virus, a contagion expressed in seemingly immaterial thought. Fads are these--Rubik's Cube, Cabbage Patch etc.

But also words and phrases. Here's one I absolutely loathe and have for years: "At the end of the day."

Again, virus. Jumping from brain to brain. OP start using them everywhere. Some are good/fine others annoying and poisonous--like negative feeding/reinforcement. And the closer the congregated humans the more dramatic the shift and noticeability of the infection.

A lot of times I see quite a bit of self-constructed prison cells on this web site. Cells of air-drawn bars. Bars which can be wiped away with conscious shifts of perspective and thought once the person realizes where the focus is--ie, skewing negative.

It's okay to stare at the bars holding you in from time to time to remind you what's holding you back

But look again. Shift perspective. You are not so confined.

The free spaces between occupy a much greater volume than the smaller spaces occupied by the bars holding you hostage.

Shift once in a while when you're staring at the bars too long. There's a lot of bright free-flowing air in the gaps between. You're actually technically more free than contained if you do the cube-volume math.

-Stigmata-