For weeks, the life-enhancing tea had unfortunately been enhancing the OCD too. But I've been off tea now for 4 or 5 days, and am gradually starting to enjoy life again even without the wonderful cuppa.
Albert's botanic garden passed the inspection yesterday. The Glaswegian nurse who inducted him was a joker: "hello Albert, you've won a prize - would you like it with or without?" Albert chose "without". "OK Albert, we'll give you it without anaesthetic".
When Albert came round after the anaesthetic, he felt a million dollars.
I've noticed this phenomenon before. It's as if the experience of being cared for by a room full of benign strangers, while you surrender everything (even your consciousness), has the effect of breaking your depressive or obsessive patterns.
This has a lot in common with ECT (except for the electricity). And I wonder if part of the therapeutic effect of ECT is nothing to do the equipment.
Actually, I've just realised something. In the recovery area, they gave Albert a cup of tea, which he drank without remembering he had given up tea. So now my theory's kind of contaminated by an extraneous variable.
I say!
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of the time before last that I was in action. Pamwe hete"!
PS. I'm the third from the left.
MM III
I say!
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of the time before last that I was in action. Pamwe Chete?"!
PS. I'm the third from the left.
MM III
Mingers, I expect you know how helpful that was.
ReplyDeleteAlbert? You get the same effect when you've taken downers the night before. Much better the next day than it is when you're falling about the place! Hotboy
ReplyDeleteI say!
ReplyDeleteIs it normal in New Caledonia to have an anaesthetic for the finger up the bum medical test?
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Hotters. I've never abused drugs so I didn't know about that. If only beer worked the same way.
ReplyDeleteMingers. Refusing the anesthetic would start tongues wagging.
Albert? Just recently I've noticed that Brian Wilson has that OCD thing! Maybe like autism everybody has a wee bit of it! Hope this helps. Hotboy
ReplyDeleteThanks Hotters. Just knowing that Brian and I have that in common is a great comfort, a problem shared.
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