Back on July 25th there was a post on Writing as a Sacred Path, that I just didn’t understand, so I let it sit in my email inbox where I could re-read it and think on the subject.
Jill talks about an experience in Italy where she is crushed by a sense of social correctness, stopping her from enjoying herself and causing an awkward situation over a cough that gets gradually worse, people stare at her and ignore her and it gets worse as she leaves.
Fear and social stress impact.
Stress can effect some people physically and no two people are affected the same way. Our upbringing (nature versus nurture) has a large impact on who we become in life, what we do, how we react.
I am a very analytical person, I think I am the way I am because of my parents and siblings when I was reading Jill's soliloquy at first I scoffed, I admit I almost erased it from my inbox after the first reading but her brief explanation was almost terse when she mentioned her mother and spoke volumes of why it was so important for her to set her thoughts and feelings into words even if I can't internalize the experience. I see the older of two or three children in an upper middle class or moderately affluent family, her mother was likely overly controlling given her need to stretch her wings later in life. The psychological impact fascinated me and made me reflect on a Sociology class I once took.
See, analytical to a fault.
Interesting reading though Birth Order and Personality.
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