11.10.09

Blogging is... Liberation!

Sunday night late, and I am still not ready to sleep.  I had a difficult weekend, firstly, because of a couple of silly, but stressful situations playing out, and secondly because an incident occurred that brought to the surface a number of unhappy and upsetting memories.  Due to "prolonged excessive stress" (the doctor's words, not mine) I am currently on a six month course of anti-depressive medication and my new batch of pills did not arrive yet and thus I had to stop taking them suddenly.  Now, anybody who has ever taken these drugs this medication will know the effect of a sudden stop.  So yes, not even a visit from Eliza (my eldest daughter) could not lighten the dark cloud hovering over my head this weekend.

Then, this evening I found two comments on my blog from new people and one of them even became a follower.  This did the trick.  The cloud has not dissipated altogether, but has lightened considerably.  This is how important a role blogging has come to play in my life...  when and how did that happen?

Where I live and work I find it very difficult to socialise with people in a relaxed and natural manner...  somehow I am always expected to perform or have the answer or to be the shoulder, etc., etc., (I know many of my blogland friends will identify with this).  I never feel under a similar obligation when I blog.  I feel I can be myself (even selfish and get away with it) so it has become an escape to me from the pressures that threaten to smother me completely.  I can express my thoughts, ideas, experiences and emotions without being berated.  Thank you bloggies for giving me this sense of liberation.

Also, in the community where I function, topics of conversation are normally limited to what the blacks (that evil force called government and usually a much worse word is used) are doing to this country, how badly the municipality performs (same as twenty years ago only now it is so much more exciting because most of "them" are black), what is the newest scandal/sob story in Huisgenoot (popular boring magazine) or what happened on Sewende Laan (popular, repetitive and boring soapie)... negative, negative, negative and bo-o-o-ring!  So once again, Blogland is Liberation-land.  It takes me out of my tiny little fishpond and allows me to swim the oceans of the world.

Now I am asking:  "Is it wrong, sinful, mentally unstable, sociopathic, etc. (ad infinitum) to love blogging?"... because I do!  

PS:  I do hope the people from mennolink.org will forgive me for using their image. It really portrays my feelings exactly.

10 comments:

Dimple said...

Hi Human, I appreciated your comments, and will think about what you said before I reply. I love talking about the Bible, and I am not easily offended when someone is excited, as you evidently were. After reading this post, I think I may understand your excitement a little better. I pray God will comfort you and give you peace.

Dimple said...

Hi again, I have replied to your comment on Genesis 4:1-4 Why?
http://idahodimplebible.blogspot.com/2009/10/why.html

Marit said...

Blogging is fantastic, and if you're wrong and unstable, then I have been for many a year. Even though I have drastically slowed down my pace of blogging recently, I still love it!

A human kind of human said...

Hi Marit, thanks for visiting. Phew!... so I am normal after all (Lol).

janis said...

Oh Yes! I hope it is normal, even if not I don't care. It validates me! Makes me feel self-worth. My family & friends love me, but there is something about a stranger, a fellow blogger that can be truly honest, that excites me with a comment or praise. My husband & even daughters, think I get a little too obsesses with my Blog, but I am very proud of it and it does help me so much.
My therapist thinks it has helped so many of her "patients", including me. More so than my drugs. I would give the drugs up before giving up the Blog!

Dimple said...

Hi Human,
I am sorry, I didn't mean that you were disagreeable at all. I should have said that polite disagreement is wonderful. I just don't want to get into the kind of debate which I have sometimes witnessed (although not in the blogosphere) when people become (apparently) angry with each other. Your comments have been both polite and interesting! Please forgive me for in any way implying otherwise!

Dimple said...

And I'm back! I have replied to your comment on Genesis 12:3 Blessing: http://idahodimplebible.blogspot.com/2009/10/genesis-123-blessing.html?showComment=1255386851934#c4873701806212785679

Let me know if including the link like this is helpful, I haven't figured out how make a link of a word or two when I'm leaving a comment.

Argent said...

Well, I have to say I resisted blogging for years. Blogland was full of silly airheads who just blurted out the most inane and trivial stuff about their lives, right? Wrong! My good friend Don't Feed the Pixies introduced me to it and since then I'm hooked on it. I feel I have connections with other thoughtful,interesting people all over the place. I can air my stories and poems, as well as the more serious stuff and it's just great! I don't think it's a sin: surely God wants us to connect.

A human kind of human said...

You are right Argent. Blogging is not a sin, it is a blessing. Just think, I can express any and all of my ideas and if somebody disagrees I can just delete their comments... wish I coudl do that in everyday life!.

Anonymous said...

Yes, correctly.