In My Head is All I´ve Got
Okay, so I don´t like vegetables, which is a bit sad for a man of my years and breeding - but I can´t help it. They make me gag. I can eat spinach and parsnip and some others, but when I get that veggie taste in my mouth my stomach turns and I can feel the bile rise. People say it´s all in my head - well I know that. The whole world is in my head - IN MY HEAD IS ALL I´VE GOT.
Like it being only in my head makes is less real. The only reality I encounter is via my head. The only things I see, hear, smell, taste or touch is through the filter of my head.
Every little thing I experience is a representation of a perceived reality created by the ragtag shambles of bits of pieces that together operate under the title of “my head”.I am my head.
This is not intended as a defence of a grown man not eating his greens. I do have a story cooked up about being mentally scarred by tragic school dinners, but really, it is all just in my head.
Well if you ever visit me, I will make you a nice, thick vegetable broth with dumplings and lots of coriander.
I have to confess . . . I’ve used “it’s all in your head” on my own children. It never goes down well.
earthpal
20 Feb 08 at 1:11 am
That sounds very nice EP, I like vegetable soup - not the same as coming across a big chunk of brocolli in your mouth - urghhh!
When we say things are “in your head” we mean as opposed to being out there independent of heads - or, out there in lots of other heads too. It shouldn´t be “only in your head”, it should be “only in YOUR head” - at least then you have some control over it and can change things - if it´s head-independent, there´s nothing you can do.
zhisou
22 Feb 08 at 5:42 am
Yes, “it’s all in your head” is really a very silly throwaway comment to make. It has a dismissive effect . . . ridiculing even. And it’s lazy.
I will remember this the next time I’m tempted to say it to my children.
earthpal
23 Feb 08 at 10:58 am
EP, it is dismissive, as if something being “in your head” was somehow less real to that person - but it´s also true, if it is just in your head, you should really be able to deal with it.
zhisou
23 Feb 08 at 11:15 am