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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy
I do think that's true. I know I wouldn't be the same person had my upbringing been different, and I think I'm pretty damn fabulous in a variety of ways.  It's definitely given me some very important skills for my job. |
Funny you should mention your job (which your sig. makes clear). My sister, cousin and nephew are all psychologists. I grew up reading textbook interviews with schizophrenics the way others did story books.
It isn't good, however, to be teased as a child by trained shrinks. They know the ropes -- in every sense -- just a little bit too well.
I've always sought out the darker strains of experiential and aesthetic beauty, as perhaps my family -- and the archaic Edwardian objects and furnishings that surrounded us -- taught me to do. It's that aspect of my history which makes the acts of writing and composing feel ravishing, the experience of romantic love, overwhelming (to return to the subject at last).