Author: Matt

  • Legend Has It: What Is to Be Believed? — a Foray into a Panic Attack

    Legend has it that the Buddha spent a night in a grotto high in the Himalayas. Assuming his position for meditation, the Buddha fell into an unearthly trance. A bat flew out of the grotto. A pebble skittered toward the edge of the cave and fell to the fathoms below.…

  • At War Within As I Crack Without

    I am waiting for that cry that will purge, at least for a few moments, all the pent up hurt I am feeling, physically and emotionally. The kind of cry that will express the stress and psychological presure of  seeing doctor after doctor for about two months during this horrible summer.…

  • From Desert Jules

      5.0 out of 5 stars This Mobius Strip of Ifs, August 18, 2012 By DesertJules “DJ” (Arizona) – See all my reviews   This review is from: This Möbius Strip of Ifs (Paperback) With deepest apologies to the author for the tardiness of this post, I have put fingers…

  • Swimming in the System

    About nine years ago I experienced a panic attack for the first time in my life. It is an odd feeling, as if the world is enclosing and wrapping you in a straight jacket but not in a claustrophobic sense. It is as everything you see or feel creates an unsettling pressure,…