Blogging (Writing) and Reading, Even When You are Grieving
First, I apologize for blogging so rarely the past six months. We say that writing can be therapeutic, but you do need a certain amount of neuro-transmitters, endorphins, serotonin, zipping around upstairs to put out. But that's going to change. After all, I've studied the new DSM 5 DSM 5 and there's much to say about diagnosis. Yeah, it was expensive. But mainly because time heals. I'm beginning to notice things again, like in the old days, when something, any random thing, would happen and I would tell FD: I must blog about this. That's happening again. The job, when a parent passes away, as any therapist will tell you, is to grieve, but also, to get out there, be in the world .When you're running on empty, that can be hard. So for some of us the best therapy is to sit around and read, preferably in some yoga posture, learn new things. Or listen to the radio, watch TV. Listening to NPR last week I heard two journalists talking about books that might make n...