A life at sea

07/19/22 • 26 min

The Leaves of a Victim never more with Steven Wilson

In this episode I deal with the metaphors and analogies pertaining to life, addiction, and abuse.
War.
The term gets used , perhaps too much, which makes it devalued language game. Often we say, “war on drugs”, “war on poverty”, “war on depression’.
I call for a war on safety...I call for a war on prevention as I believe one should embrace the chaos known as life. I am in the hurricane. I am in the dangerous grey of wind, and rain, and don’t fight the storm.
A life at sea is a wonderful thing. Danger as we know it is subjective. To commit a war on yourself is a sure fire way not to heal.

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Reasons

This episode I explore the educational paradigm of being known as a victim and how that translates to those around us; especially our family and how they treat us socially.
My group discussed how they are treated when they return to family gatherings and how they conduct themselves and how they are treated by family and friends that know they were victims of sex abuse as children.
This is something I know a great deal about as I wrote my dissertation on building an educational system or foundation.
I read from Neil Postman’s “The End of Education”. He is a great mind and inspiration.

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Aristotle’s Apolaustikos (Love and happiness)

Today’s episode is based on my assessment of group members in regards to Aristotle’s work on friendships.
I also use Thomas Merton’s “No man is an Island”.
I find that there is a different life for those of us who were sexually abused as children when people discover that we were raped; and then discover that we attend group therapy or individual therapy. The members of the group sounded off this week about how they are treated by family and friend in social situations.
This made me think of Aristotle and the discussions I had about his ethics with my Uncle Hogan.
I try never to become a therapist in the group, and yes, they know about this podcast.
This podcast is a form of therapy for me. A piece of my treatment or perhaps self-treatment.