Genoa is beautiful. I didn't expect this, it has a bad rep. The old docks are cool, the old town is well kept and well lit, even the surrounding hills with modern condos are all alight after dark. The sun sets beyond the docks. Lovely. Only problem, it's dangerous after dark.
Congress ok. I helped as volunteer, mostly as runner and sentinel at the stand, being the youngest. You look around at the many ways the brain can go FUBAR and you feel so lucky to be alive and healthy. It feels natural to give back some of that luck by helping. A friend confirms my theory; people who suffer a lot turn out better, or bastards.
We're in the Mistral Room, and every time I see the name an Italian song by Mango starts automatically in my mind:
I will be born
Where I left you I will be born again
your mistral won't scare me anymore
Now I face the sea
I will be born
For myself I will be born again
This wind won't hurt me anymore
I won't sink again
Learned much about PTSD. Went to a panel about depression, specific for doctors, and fell asleep, but made some considerations. Depression = neurologic alteration (serotonin etc.) However it's not a neurological illness like miasthenia, for example. Or at least, PTSD is not recognized as such. Is it because it has external causes? What is the relationship between depression and PTSD? Is it a symptom? Is it a collateral phenomenon? Got to read about it.
Finally, bought "The Mind in Internet", a great book about Internet addiction. It will deserve an entry all by itself. |