beats to a double pulse

"Beats to a Double Pulse," October 24, 2022 (#297)

title from Dissecting Stephen King: From the Gothic to Literary Naturalism by Heidi Strengell (2005)

"Sometimes They Come Back" by Stephen King (1974)

Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder by Jerold J. Kreisman, M.D., and Hal Straus (2004)

Beats to a Double Pulse

We'd all agree that teaching is a pressure occupation, especially at

the hope of salvation from a lifetime of self-doubt suddenly lost

and another fear to go with it: This is how you felt when you were cracking

an increasing, persistent melancholy after the operation. Adjusting the

horrible sludgy slowness of dreams. You look back over your shoulder

but you must be aware that borderline rage is like no other in its

dusty chain reaction of memories and emotions, as startling as the

comfort and support. Membership in other organizations such as

faces coming out of nowhere, whirling close, whirling off into

psychotherapeutic approaches that have shown promise

walking out of the pentagram, something with the face

who didn't seem to be very interested in me.

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Eugene Delacroix, Christ in the Garden of Olives (The Agony in the Garden) (detail) (1824-26) (here)

2010

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

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