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Rachel's Musings

Sharing ideas and provocations on living single while happy. Reflecting on the social psychology of stereotypes and other cultural phenomena.

Rachel's Musings

Tag Archives: field notes

Procrastinating…

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Rachel
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I am noticing that I am procrastinating. That dreaded activity that is so frowned upon in our doing society. According to Wikipedia, we procrastinate on important tasks by doing unimportant tasks. But there seems more to my procrastination than the …
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Posted in Healing tools | Tagged field notes, meaning, nonviolent communication, NVC | 2 Replies

Sisyphus and Happiness

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Rachel
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As I was waking up this morning, in that state of not-quite-awakeness, the name Sisyphus bubbled up. Somehow the idea of dragging myself out of bed to do almost exactly the same thing I had done the day before, felt …
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Posted in Healing tools | Tagged connection, depression, field notes, friendship, happiness, meaning, myth of sisyphus | 2 Replies

Rape, Trauma, and the Rewiring of the Brain

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Rachel
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I was raped twenty years ago. It was date rape. I didn’t even consider it rape until someone pointed it out to me: The doctor who saw me for the STD I contracted. It made sense. I hadn’t wanted sex. …
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Posted in Feminism, Science | Tagged field notes, hippocampus, meme, rape, trauma | 22 Replies
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