Self-righteous indignation

"Confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behaviour of others".

I love this one. its so perfect for people who can only see their own point of view and no matter how much you try to enlighten them they just can't see past getting their own way. To such individuals, looking like they are right is more important than being right.

Indeed, this sort of person wastes so much time thinking the know all there is to know in the world that they never actually learn anything new or even anything about them selves.

Unfortunately so many people try to be who they think they should be or even who they think others would like or want them to be that they never actually discover who they are.

Often, i find myself in a conversation where i am thinking more about my response than listening to what being said, i have to stop myself, listen and think about what i am hearing, only then can i find a considered response. There is often pleasure in learning the point of view of others.

In my experience learning about your self, who you really are behind the veneer, this is what life is about. When you finally get on the journey of discovery you can really start to be your self.

I shall go online and see if Tickmaster sell tickets for this trip.

Neurosis

Not my words, i pinched them from someone else.

Neurotic disorders, defined as neuroses are mental disorders of varying base (e.g. emotional or mental).

Neurosis

People suffering from neurosis often behave strangely in contact with other people. They can constantly adjust everything, to bring the surroundings into a perfect state. They can also keep focusing attention on themselves and expect others interest. People with anxiety very often fall into addictions (drugs, stimulants).

Neurosis has many different symptoms. Some of them may be associated with severe pain of various internal organs. Other somatic symptoms are sexual dysfunction, abnormal functioning of certain organs and partial paralysis. Common symptoms of nervous disorders are obsessions (mental and motor) and phobias (e.g. arachnophobia, agoraphobia, claustrophobia). In addition neurosis may cause fits of anxiety, apathy, depression and sleep disturbances.

Up and running

I punched the air when the doctor gave me the all clear, i don't have prostate cancer, they think it was all down to the bladder infection. Still have to go back in a months time for some reason or another, i'm really not sure why but i already have the all clear so no worries.

After getting through the festive season relatively unscathed i decided to start training again, i suppose i am really just dipping my toe in the water as i have not worked at any strength training or Yoga or any of the many other things you have to do when you need to get fitter than you have ever been before.

I have started doing some speed work, a lap of my local reservoir is 2.8 miles, from home, around the res and back, but i run as hard as i can and try to include some hill reps at the end. The hill reps are very hard as my cardio fitness is so poor but that's why i'm doing the speed work, must improve my cardio.

I also need to drop and stone and a half as i am the heaviest i have ever been at 14 stone!!! This will be the toughest part of getting fit as my meds do tend to encourage weight gain.

A couple of weeks ago i had a walk up Skiddaw in the Lake District, my poor quads were very painful for a good 5 days, the weekend after i did it again and suffered very little in the following days. The weekend just gone i ran 16 miles in the Peak District and although a little tired i have had no aches and pains.

So my training has started and with a little luck i may get fit enough to take on a challenge or two this year.

Watch this space.