They say the most therapeutic thing you can do is write about how you feel. I don't know why that's supposed to help,
even though I've noticed that it usually does. You feel sad, you talk about why you're sad, and then suddenly you don't feel
sad anymore. It's too bad it doesn't work with other things, like cancer. That would be awesome. What would be even more awesome
would be if I was the one who discovered it, and then everyone would call me Mr. Awesome, except with my luck they would probably
call me "that cancer guy". Except if it really did work that you could cure cancer by talking about, probably a lot of people
would have discovered it already because I imagine that a lot of people with cancer won't shut up about it.
Sometimes people have these major character flaws and they try to cover them up, only the faults are so glaringly obvious
that covering them up only makes them so glaringy obvious that it only winds up making them look pathetic on top of whatever
other problem they have. It's like a bad combover, or like having an elephant in your living room, putting a doily on its
ass and telling everyone it's an end table.
So, instead of trying to cover it up or minimize it, they get all obnoxious about it and even overstate it. They say
things like "I'm the most self-centered bastard you'll ever meet. That way, no one can ever call them on it. They never have
to improve themselves. They never have to confess or apologize or make amends. They never even have to try.
Because, when you overstate something, it's no longer a flaw. It's a quirk, and eccentricity. Or even a strength, something
to be admired.
When you do this, it's always important that you immediately follow by saying "....and I don't make apologies for it".
Usually when you have to say that you're not apologizing for something, it's a pretty good indicator that you know good and
well that you should be. Just by saying that there's nothing wrong with something, aren't you on some level acknowledging
that you know there is?
This would be a nice way to live, I suppose, if you could get used to the idea that, eventually, everyone will notice
what a douche bag you are.
In Alcoholics Anonymous, they say the first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. I say, the first step
is admitting that you have a problem and not thinking that it's totally awesome.
On the other extreme, some people apologize and accept blame for everything. They're overly sensitive. Usually they're
the same ones who are morally offended by Christmas trees and spend a lot of time alone.
Both of these people share something in common. That is, it's all about them, all the time. Either everything is their
fault or they're totally perfect the way that they are. Personally, I think that there's got to be a middle path, in the same
way that there is for everything else in the universe.
