ex cathedra: Outside Inside

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Outside Inside

One of my patients recently focused on how differently he feels subjectively from how he is perceived by others. Cool on the outside, quite anxious and conflicted on the inside.

I can relate.

The weather today is gorgeous again: sunshine, blue blue blue sky, temperate. Inside XC, not so much.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I wonder if the ego can relate to a patient who complains that others perceive him as anxious and conflicted externally, although he feels cool and serene within. ... Maybe that's the Christian inner path outer path arrangement: manifestation of conflictedness and anxiety but from within a centre of calm? (2Cor 4:8); 12:30 PM, June 27, 2012

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