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The disturbing remarks as heard by a very disturbing person

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“Your’e quite disturbing to be around.”  “You brood a lot”. “You don’t participate”. “You’re not fun”. “This indifferent nature is quite redundant”. These are the other occasional dialogues that come along. Actually I can be a lot more disturbing person to be around, than you imagine to be. When anxiety creeps in, its like going berserk in the inside. One can’t really explain how that is. There’s a surging need to scream out loud. But hush… There are people around. As a matter of fact, I’m saving you guys from experiencing the outlash of it, with that attitude. That’s how I try to keep calm and composed. That’s how I hold myself in. Brooding.  “Did you go to _______________ alone?”  Yes, I go to the movies alone. I go to restaurants alone. I go to lot many other places alone. I do a lot other things alone. Once upon a time I too used to judge myself for this. But later, it came out to be one of my greatest strengths. I believe the capacity to do things al...

Ruminations from a Waking Life: #neurotic

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“On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion.” -           Waking Life (2001) Dazed Guy : I think my rationalism has reached such an extent that nothing interests me. Anything and everything around seems to be meaningless. Confused Guy :  How could that happen? Can you explain? Dazed Guy :  Just consider the very idea of patriotism. It is way too hypocritical, I feel. When something unique to Thrissur happens, say Thrissur Pooram , we make this statement that we’re proud to have born in Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala and so on. On 1 st of November, we say that we’re proud to have born in Kerala, the God’s own country. And on January 26ths and August 15ths we yell out that we’re proud Indians, while rest of the year we don’t miss out on a chance to mock the people from the neighbouring States even. Confused Guy : Rationalism is the doctrine that reason is the right ba...