Vulnerability
“It is said that contradiction is unthinkable;
but the fact is that in the pain of a living
being it is even an actual existence.”
“Why is solitude such a negative experience? The bottom-line answer is that keeping order in the mind from within is very difficult. We need external goals, external stimulation, external feedback to keep attention directed. And when external input is lacking, attention begins to wander, and thoughts become chaotic — resulting in the state we have called “psychic entropy”.”
If you lived by yourself and had short attention span, one of those moments, you would be bound to find yourself face to face with your own existence, as suddenly as a cat licking itself in the bathroom discovering its own reflection.
Read MoreI am still terribly scared of unmarked boxes, but I am getting better at opening them.
Read MoreDoes this mean that we are not meant to survive the coinciding of those two states, that we mustn't be alone when we are lonely, and vice versa? That we must distract ourselves with more benign emotions when we are alone? That we must not allow ourselves to be deprived of company, when loneliness is biting?
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