Craig is anything but normal. He is depressed. He can't get through school. He can't handle eating or sleeping. It's as if life for him is one big task that he just can't do. But the weird thing is, he seems okay with it. As if he realized there is no help coming to him. That, he just has to accept that he is depressed and not going to get better. He tries to make it better. He tries to have a Shift. But all he gets are Fake Shifts. And he turned to suicide as he realized that nothing was going to help.
If we have something coming to us, that we can't help, something that we don't want to happen with all our might, do we accept it or stop it? Do we even try to make it better? Or do we just give in and let it come? To me, it all depends on who's inflicting it. Is it some one younger? Some one who I can say no to? Is it some one older and wiser who says "we want to help you"? When do we get the power to say no?
Craig has the power to say no. In fact, we all do. We just don't realize it until it's too late. If Craig really wanted to, if he wanted to make it better, he could do it. We have power over our selves. We have a conscience. I can make my self do what ever I want. If I wanted to become depressed I think I could. But I don't. I have Anchors. If Craig could just hold on and grip those Anchors like his life line, he could make it through. I know he could. I know because he was strong enough to go to the hospital by himself. He didn't kill himself. He got help. He got help because he does want to live. And he has Anchors that he doesn't know about yet. All he has to do is find them.
My only question is weather or not people talk to themselves. Or conscience, our guide that tells us right from wrong is ourselves. We make the decision to do some thing bad. We make the decision to do some thing good. And the way I do that is by talking to myself. I do it all the time. It may seem strange or weird, but we all do it. It's that stream of thought inside our head that is constantly at conversation with it self. People think things like "her dress is so cute" and "oh my god. I forgot to do my homework. I'm in so much trouble". This is basically talking to yourself. I have the other me that's just a clone of myself that I talk to to figure things out like math problems. Craig has the army guy that he talks to when he's feeling bad. We all have someone.
Who do you have? Who do you talk to?
very thought provoking and theory-based. what book is this about?? don't forget context!
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