Viral Vicissitudes

RE: ORG.Com    Re:lationally: As in we can all  relate, to the times, situations in our lives, where either relationships themselves, our own homes, offices (often the same these days), need to be revisited, reorganized, re'engineered', reprioritized..."Time to get organized!" Whether the 'place' we are trying to better organize is a dwelling or where our minds tend to dwell ("I'm spending too much time alone with my own thoughts...ruminating😔😕😖")...Either reorganized after a period of acquisition or scurrying about, too busy to think, let alone organize your space, or organize for the very first time. Saw lots of physical evidence that many of you were doing so, kicking stuff to the curb, in response to the CDC's early directive (not to get rid of stuff, but stay home a while), as well as heard from you your re-thinking of various relationships, after not seeing some people for an extended period...some of which you decided you were ...

RE:garding Regardless, Once-and-for-all... (non)Sense, Sensibilities: "It's about time!" Another way to refer to "Once and for all' -- "For the last time, finally..." What I sometimes refer to in a therapeutic setting as a 'summary statement', one which reflects a lot of acquired information and experience, in anticipation of strategizing, applying what one has learned, their "insights". Here and now, I've come to offer some psychological insights and strategies for those who continue to be irked, divided by the debate about whether, when it comes to finding a word to describe "without paying attention to the present situation...despite prevailing circumstances..." one should use the shorter version regardless  and disregard the word that probably, in the world of etymology, was as a latecomer, irregardless . Those more strongly adhering to the former and rejecting the latter, are now sometimes in etymological circles, re...

RE: flection, RE: jection...RE: election...Work/Life, in balance... All RE: US: Literally, figuratively...IT's what started this whole RE: thing, the re:cognition of how many times re  shows up in words, which generally signals "back again" (like when I re:started this blog after a brief hiatUS) and when hy-phenated,  can signal more of an emphasis, even being "emphatic!"...and more so, through the past few decades, showing up in both IN and OUT boxes of our electronic mailing system we have all been utilizing, which has in turn affected the more traditional "snail mail" (as IT's now being referred to) and those who have been carrying it (versus IT), those who have historically been indifferent to climate conditions: :"neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night..." but who, due to the competition find themselves part of the "Great Reflection" about work/life, the constant, dynamic changes in the (world) economy, OUR way o...

  RE: CONNECTIVITY : "IT's what's showing..." Inside, Out: No, not the movie, which I told you here, if you are a 'regular', I would not bring up again for a byte...notice the punctuation, specifically the comma, which changes the meaning of lots of stuff...here to acknowledge how IT ITself has changed, punctuated our lives, both in and outside of our homes, the whole range and meanings of CONNECTIVITY , both individually and collectively, has been transformed. So many social and psychological ramifications, I could set up a whole new blog (hmmm, I wonder if they would tune in for IT?)...I digress, part and parcel of the subject matter at hand here, both plot and theme...meme... Digression, Regression, or... A simple way to look at how IT is working for or against you, how you yourself are either harnessing or being harnessed by...Both way before and well after the pandemic. That is, prior to being prompted to (physically to be more technically accurate) ...

Re:calling your Times of 'Dis'Appointment: Re:ndering/Tendering Moments You and Me, In/Excluded: As in universally experienced, a whole range of experience, here, there, everywhere, as in what "they've been showing" (actually "airing", as I heard this all via overseas radio waves)...as well as shared with me in my office, in zoom rooms... A Range of Re:call: Ranging from those where we, ourselves, want to ask for a recall, a resignation on the part of another, the 'other' being one we initially endorsed, with whom we have become wholly (or unholy as the case may be) 'dis'satisfied, or someone in turn is calling us out for... -Or-  You, like most of the rest of US, have either been asked for, or wanted to, tender a resignation, sort of a tender moment, depending...ranging from an abrupt about face, in order to save face, "I'm so outta' here!"...before you have heard the utterly 'dis'appointing words "You...

Re:Porting on Re:Porters: "Meet the (AP)pressed"  Massaging the Messengers "Among Us": As in "Among Us", the social deduction game...As in having to prop up the press, who have apparently, if you find a recent interview with a well-known national reporter and talk show host believable, credible, "...our ratings have taken a hit...we have become demoralized...due to a difficult combination of circumstances...we find ourselves reporting a lot of dark news and there's been a lot of that lately, ranging from...to...and then there's the rise in public distrust with some inaccuracies that have been revealed...and the condition of reporters in other lands, with some even being jailed..." Well, even the show that has been around on radio since 1945 and coming into our homes via TV since 1947, "Meet the Press", ("one of the preeminent platforms for elected officials and policy makers...") has experienced mediocre ratings as of ...

Re:ality TV: The Tides, Ides of Life, Inside Ousters...Highs, Lows, ebb, flow... Enough Already! As in "I've had it up to here! I've heard more than I want already from this blogger on the 2015 Pixar film "Inside Out" Well, alrighty then...to be clear, I do not intend today, right here, to make refence to one of the five major feelings/characters depicted, that we can all relate to, universally experienced, during various adventures in our own lives...instead, today, here and now, I'll present some re:al time footage of stuff happening locally as well as globally, that we can also all re:late to...ranging from those when we seem to be riding a crest of a wave, perhaps even enjoying immense popularity, our own poll numbers soaring, only to be slapped in a face by an "incoming!" maybe even a tsunami! A wave of negative opinion, a turn of luck in our own turnstile of life, as "on a dime" All of which, of course, can evoke any/all of the five ...

Re:ctify...Wrecktify: Seeking or Wreaking? Your Adventure Continues Here... When Will (We) Ever Learn? As in "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" 𝅘𝅥𝅯 The ballad made famous by the 3 Some of Peter, Paul, and Mary...If you are reading this, then not only have you elected to continue the adventure we started together recently, a tale of 3-Sums, but you have all reached the age where you have been taught "right from wrong" and, finally, how to "right the wrongs", the latter taking many forms and reflecting many personal styles, personalities...the ones we are about to learn a lot about in the coming few months, on the way to November 8th ("And Beyond!")... And if You Elect to... or otherwise, "If you are so elected..." How would you seek to govern? Would you turn a page of history, be a servant of the people, leading with humility, or would you turn back to earlier impulses when criticized, when things don't go according to plans...blame o...

Re: A-Praise-All -- So, Reap...Heap...Weep: "Choose Your Own Adventure Meets Jeopardy" (AKA from Re:gale to Re:veal...to Re:vile?!) - How did I go from there to here, overnight?!  The Adventure Continues: The one you and I started together a long time ago here, in the form of finding ways, navigating the pandemic unfolding right before our eyes, the full effects of which have yet to be completely unmasked. More recently, as of two days ago, right here, a re:application, re:envisioning of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series, applied here in an attempt to provide you with an alternative to increasing your Melatonin dosage at bedtime (whenever that is, lately) -- utilizing your vast imagination to better mitigate nocturnal anxiety in particular...including a re:organization, mash-up of real life situations and take them into the land of "make believe"...playing loose with historical fiction...kind of like you encounter when watching some evening news ...

Re: Envisioning Anxiety: Nocturnal Gnashings, Noshings "Choose Your Own Adventure!": A book series I've referenced here before and utilized in my earlier professional practice when trying to engage, establish rapport with youngsters...which brings the reader to various climactic cliff hanging situations and "pauses", giving you the reader options (e.g., "If you think the character should enter the cave turn to page 61..."), which was sort of a precursor to contemporary video games, which tend to just unfold at a more rapid pace. Since you're gonna' think about something  as you attempt to get a good night's sleep, which turns out to be a peak time for anxiety to rear its head, to peek into our semi-conscious self, when lots of us begin to re:engage our respective areas of preoccupation that have kept us up nights prior, may as well think about something fun, adventurous, semi-pleasurable. In order to gain the advantage on behalf of our youn...

There's just no Re:telling...nor Fore:telling... Themes and Memes: As in just where this blogger will try to take us next, how he'll try to stretch the limits of the applications of psychology, of the collective experiences many of us have shared with him, either literally, or more so 'virtually' lately. Is there anything beyond the purview or preview of psychology? Just look at the range of stuff, topics, dimensions of life that this blog has covered over the past few years, which started as an attempt to sustain, engage you throughout the pandemic period (whatever that turns out to be...) on topics at least partially germane to the theme "Viral Vicissitudes" which, looking back, sure looked like a stretch on this theme. And eventually, over the past month, has featured, Re: in many different versions and applications of "your life on psychology"...many... Re:curring themes, iterations: of experiences you've had but I felt were worth a second lo...

(A Natural) Re:pairing; (Total, Partial) Re:call: Re:volving (doors): Meet, Greet, Leave... "When one door closes..."  As in an opportunity, current position, or long-held status...comes to either an abrupt (as in a door shut in your face) end or graceful, gradual transition...a whole "arrange of experience" (see 7/8 post)...represented around here by "White House communications chief latest to exit...close on the heels of the press secretary who departed a few months ago..." and around there, as in across the pond, the PM's announced resignation, accompanied by his intention to stay, continue re:siding at his current address, until such a time that his party can re:organize, find a suitable candidate to re:place him...how thoughtful (?) Anything really re:newed here?! As in being called out, being put on notice for something you've done, those others have noticed, or, as the case may be, something you've failed to follow through on, a neglect ...

Re:sign of the Times: ins and outs...arrange of experience. Timed, called out: (an update from 2-19, "You're OUTTA Here!") It's one thing for you, in due course, after completing your term, otherwise your "tour of duty" in whatever responsibility you signed up for, to simply be 'timed out'..."time to go..." After which you might be inclined, to be in a re-signing mood, perhaps even enticed with some sort of 'signing bonus' Or even in the most unfortunate case, if you are being held against your will, have to 'resign' yourself to. A whole range of experiences, some of which are arranged for you, or by others, on your behalf😕. Finally, almost daily, probably more than once, you found yourself, via tech, having to "sign back in..." which might even involve going back on your word, as in changing your personal password. We have all at some time or another found ourselves being "called out!", whether when try...

Re:solve, Re:salute: Continuing the course for the Cause, Stepping in the Right Direction... Post Declaration, Celebration: After the smoke of the barbecues and fireworks has cleared, and the fog (in your head?) has lifted, you awaken to find "It's a new day!" With a new set of realities dawning on you, those aligned with the pronouncement, declaration you made just prior ("I said what ?!"), the ones that were nicely accompanied by a lot of pomp, ceremonial circumstances, celebratory oratories, the heartiest of "Congrats!" Now it's time to see if you have what it really takes, as in the resolve to step up, to keep stepping, to see if you are truly ready for... The Long Haul: Not always clear as to how long it would take, the sacrifices required, to get where you want, need, aspire to get to, your final destination. Nor is the path always clear, unobstructed, nor the waters calm for your passage. But we around here, are fortunate indeed to have had ...

Re:Birth of a Nation: Declarations...Celebrations...standing to be corrected, "Oh Dear"... "Dear Abby" Well, a derivative, truncation, term of endearment, nickname, for many formally, initially named "Abigail"...shortened even further to A.A....as in Abigail Adams. To be correct, as history would have it, the 'Second First' lady was born as Abigail Ameila Smith, who then came to be known as "Nabby" (at least rhymes with Abby), and eventually as Abigail Ameila Adams, the wife of John Adams, one of the "Founding Fathers". While we around here, U.S. in this Great Nation, who continue to engage, 'enjoy' -- in the sense of being able to do so openly rather than having to resort to clandestine communication, by virtue of the First Amendment, part of the Bill of Rights -- animated debates, all the way up the Supreme Court, the highest 'law of the land' (well, to be corrected, who review the laws of the land written by a...

Re:gret-able...Re:morse-able...Re:movable... Continuum of Connectivity: Castigation...Contrition...Conciliation  Places We've seen; People We've been: Places in our respective, collective lives, the roles we have all  played, at one time or another. Both sides of the aisle, from blaming, being victimized...to being the instigator, the aggressor, the antagonist...A whole range of the blame game and eventually, hopefully, arriving at a place in our lives, relationship(s) of accepting responsibility for ourselves...what have/have not done...what we can/cannot undo...what we can recommit ourselves to in moving, "Stepping" forward. Even after we, after putting forth due diligence, have finally completed the Twelfth Step. Time to start over, with renewed efforts...Re: resolve...Re: constitute... Cable We are, Culpable R Us: As in being capable of regret, remorse, and even forgiveness ("removal"), taking "resentments!" and bitterness out of the equation o...

Post-Venge Post: The Day(s) after...Fool Some, Fulsome! "So where do we go from here?" A reasonable enough question, which deserves at least a halfway intelligent, sincere answer. Just where does one go after they have either successfully carried out a plan to avenge, get revenge, or instead, put the plan on "pause" and do as I suggested in yesterday's post: reflect on how you, yourself, have either through acts of commission  or omission , even unintentionally brought harm to another...a reflection of our own shortcomings and flaws, an honest look in the mirror, as well as inwards...taking a Moral Inventory ("Step 4" in "12 Step" programs)...perhaps progressing to "Making Amends", an attempt to more successfully mend fences, reconcile after a time of reflection, prior to just jumping in with both feet, with zeal, well-intended apologies, or even compliments which can go awry...We've all been on both sides of these... "An...

Re: Venge-Full, In Spite of Myself: Taking Inventory...        from Afflict to Inflict, deflect...defects. A Big Step: One we should all take, while in a state of feeling "resentful!", bitterness, otherwise prepping to "get them back" for what they did to me...whether it was a sibling just a minute ago, or a wrongdoing ages ago..."while I still can!" While I've written about this here before, I return in this Re: series prompted a recently high frequency of worldly as well as very localized, personally experienced (as in my office) situations whereby individuals and groups, while feeling wronged, "righteous", prepping to seek revenge, avenge a wrong...Before doing so, both (you and the 'other') would be well-served, even if not formally "in recovery" (such as in 12 Step programs), to at least consider either stepping forward or back, depending on where you are at, to what's frequently referred to as "Step 4": T...