warning: ancient crone blood

My therapist suggested that I might enjoy reading Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist who survived the Nazi concentration camps and went on to help found existential therapy. She was right; he's really resonating with me. I'm only dipping a toe in at this point, because I'm still having trouble concentrating on reading Walls of Text. However I'm gleaning some core concepts from Wikipedia, GoodReads, TED Talks, etc. Definitely not as much as if I had read Man's Search for Meaning (his best-known book),  but enough that I feel comfortable responding with some of my own thoughts.

So recently I went to a Terrible Party with some Old "Friends"*. I came away, at first, feeling put-down and believing it. ( cut for length; tw: disability, ableism, psychology )