18-01-2009, 02:01 PM
Not so much a 20 year old virgin Damien, as a 60 year old grumpy old bastard who has spent an extraordinary amount of time in hospital - 4 full anesthetic operations in a six week period just two years ago for example.
I return to out-patients clinics (plural) at least half a dozen times a year and know all the main departments of my local NHS hospital like the back of my hand.
I once walked out in fury from a dentists surgery after having my mouth numbed and never returned to the prick again.
In other words, I'm speaking from experience old fruit. But my experience may not be typical, of course...
I return to out-patients clinics (plural) at least half a dozen times a year and know all the main departments of my local NHS hospital like the back of my hand.
I once walked out in fury from a dentists surgery after having my mouth numbed and never returned to the prick again.
In other words, I'm speaking from experience old fruit. But my experience may not be typical, of course...
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14