{"id":414,"date":"2011-11-18T12:37:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T12:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sankinator.com\/blog\/?p=414"},"modified":"2011-11-18T16:14:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T16:14:59","slug":"wtf-its-crazy-in-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sankinator.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/18\/wtf-its-crazy-in-here\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF, it&#8217;s crazy in here&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is therapy necessary? Some might believe so after reading this mess. My mind is a very scarey place to be.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been writing for a while now getting some small articles\/reviews  in The Buffalo News and one piece on local collegiate community  involvement in the Discover WNY Magazine, also a product of The Buffalo  News. For myself, this is\/was, and I put an emphasis on was, a major  accomplishment for me. I never thought it was possible.<\/p>\n<p>Just for the record, I&#8217;m thankful for the Buffalo News, if it wasn&#8217;t for them, I wouldn&#8217;t have a job and I would have never been published. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I truly want\u00a0 more. What do I mean by that? I mean I want to  take the next step but, I don&#8217;t know what the next step is or should be.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I should be thankful for what I have accomplished. I just can&#8217;t  live with that though. It&#8217;s like being one step away from being the best brain  surgeon ever and deciding to sell <span class='bm_keywordlink'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sankinator.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/01\/here-i-go-again-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\">life<\/a><\/span> insurance instead. I mean what  the hell, why would you do that.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, maybe I&#8217;m not good enough to take that next step.  Maybe that&#8217;s the reason I haven&#8217;t advanced past writing fucking bar  reviews. Maybe that&#8217;s my potential realized. That&#8217;s extremely  depressing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve dreamed about writing a book that was actually good enough to be  published. Then I think to myself that I really don&#8217;t have the  imagination needed to accomplish that. The answer is right in front of my face. I  guess I just refuse to settle with the reality that is my life of  writing.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe, I&#8217;m my own worst enemy. You have to have a good story and  you have to be able to articulate that story in such a manner that is  intriguing to people. You have to make them want to continue to turn the  pages. I think that&#8217;s the part where I lack on such a momentous level.  Again, a very real statement and very depressing realization.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been doing this for a long time. Trying to look within,  constantly self-evaluating my potential. Trying to figure out my  evolutionary potential when it comes to my writing. Maybe, this is all I&#8217;m  worth. This is my real potential realized. Writing auto-blogographies,  spilling my thoughts onto the screen and then deciding if I want to  share it with the world or not. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don&#8217;t,  for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<p>My mind is a dangerous place to be and I know it, hell, I&#8217;ve been in here  for over 40 years. I have thoughts I would NOT dare put to record.  That&#8217;s a daily struggle for me. I <span class='bm_keywordlink'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sankinator.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/01\/one-of-lifes-defining-moments\/\" target=\"_blank\">fight<\/a><\/span> with them everyday. It&#8217;s kind of  like the stories that pop up in my thoughts, they drive me batty. If I  can get them out, or at least start the story, it gives me some relief.<\/p>\n<p>Trouble is, after I start them and the pain goes away. Continuing the story becomes a chore. Once I&#8217;ve gotten some of it out and I&#8217;ve made room for the  rest to grow and I finish in my mind. I have no continued  interest in finishing it on paper or the screen I should say. That is  extremely frustrating.<\/p>\n<p>I worry that if my thoughts actually got out, I might be found  completely fucking nuts. I truly think that&#8217;s what separates us, the  sane from the clinically insane. I think we&#8217;re all a bit off kilter in more  ways that any of us will dare admit to.<\/p>\n<p>And therein lies the rub.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"crazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hauntersdepot.com\/2007NEWTEMPLATES\/MagicalIllusions\/StraightJacketDeluxe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some people can&#8217;t control their thoughts and those thoughts spill out  into actions, either verbally or otherwise. Then society says, &#8220;Whoa,  wait just a friggin&#8217; minute, you can&#8217;t can&#8217;t say or do that&#8230;&#8221;, it&#8217;s  deemed crazy by reasonable people who share the same ideals and morals.  What the <span class='bm_keywordlink'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sankinator.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/less-than-human\/\" target=\"_blank\">fuck<\/a><\/span> does that mean anyway? It means a group of like minded  people, what we refer to to as civilized society, have determined what\u00a0  is crazy and what is not. Oh my God, that is so anarchistic it  frightens the fuck out of me. Therefore I hide my thoughts as best as I  can.<\/p>\n<p>I guess maybe its a degree thing. Our <span class='bm_keywordlink'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sankinator.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/18\/wtf-its-crazy-in-here\/\" target=\"_blank\">craziness<\/a><\/span> is judge on  levels. Those levels are then determined to be of certain degrees. Some people are  able to get away with showing a little craziness while we, as a  civilized society, either look the other way, decide we can live with it  or we decide its not a danger to anyone else. Civilization at  its best!<\/p>\n<p>The truth about sanity and <span class='bm_keywordlink'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sankinator.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/18\/wtf-its-crazy-in-here\/\" target=\"_blank\">insanity<\/a><\/span> is the disturbing distance between the  two. The line is so this that you can see how some people might accidentally  drift into the insanity lane. The rest of us are somehow able to stay in our  own sane lane. Just don&#8217;t fall asleep at the wheel or get caught looking  elsewhere distracting you from reality. You too can be  institutionalized.<\/p>\n<p>I guess that&#8217;s all I have for today&#8230; yes, I know&#8230; this could get  me a nice comfortable bed with restraints, in a hospital with some great  calming barbiturates.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, that doesn&#8217;t sound bad at all.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers, you crazy bastards!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sankinator.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F18%2Fwtf-its-crazy-in-here%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is therapy necessary? Some might believe so after reading this mess. My mind is a very scarey place to be. 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