crises

One way I deal with difficult things is by not dealing with them.

Logical crises I find easy. That’s one benefit of being single-threaded and fast: you just get it done.

My crises are emotional ones.

Strong emotion can be challenging and leaves my body tied in knots; it’s very uncomfortable thinking about some recent events, for example. This needs a big ‘everyone feels this’ caveat.

Brain needs its +1 so it seeks out another problem instead; one that it can do. Logic. This is a valid coping strategy; it gets you out of the feelings and allows you to hopefully process them later.

The new problem needs to be challenging in proportion to the old problem. Playing computer games will not entertain if you’re going through a divorce, but base jumping might.

So the recent events, and maybe life in general, currently have me thinking that I want to build a company that makes tailored brain chemistry solutions for ND folks using AI. I have the connections from my old industry, I’m retired, I have some first-hand knowle….

But that’s me distracting from something else. The question is whether the distraction is full-on avoidance or a way to initiate processing. And right now I’m not sure. It’s not something I’ve ever been aware of until this morning so will keep you posted.

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