tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post812823544691639225..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: OF TWO MINDSJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-8688174539775418012013-11-18T01:02:53.108-05:002013-11-18T01:02:53.108-05:00Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when y...Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your <a href="http://www.inspgift.com/pkk/mind" rel="nofollow">mind</a>. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! See the link below for more info. <br /><br />#mind<br />www.inspgift.com<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-1473817839806705622011-01-21T21:04:33.273-05:002011-01-21T21:04:33.273-05:00Some writers do indeed become so obsessed with the...Some writers do indeed become so obsessed with their characters that they lose touch with real people. Some writers say that too much contact with the real world detracts from their writing. I wouldn't equate it with the illness schizophrenia, but the word "schizoid" is used colloquially to describe anyone who has two personas or lives as much in a mental world as in the physical Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-53580528373868167762011-01-21T15:46:54.135-05:002011-01-21T15:46:54.135-05:00Linda, I appreciate your concern, and I don't ...Linda, I appreciate your concern, and I don't mean to take schizophrenia lightly. The problem I see is that reality is something of a sliding scale. Certainly seeing monsters and believing they are real and threatening lies at one end of the spectrum. But writers may fall at the other end of the same spectrum: we spend a lot of time in our own heads, often alone, and it's hard to Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-48568903370602758932011-01-21T13:48:46.713-05:002011-01-21T13:48:46.713-05:00I'm sorry but I have to make this comment. As...I'm sorry but I have to make this comment. As someone who grew up with a close family member afflicted with schizophrenia, I am bothered by your comparing the symptoms of this disease to the habits or tendecies of writers. There is no real comparison between a writer imagining/describing a grusome murder and a person who has no way of knowing that the terrifying monster they see coming at Linda Leszczukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15117080878321152684noreply@blogger.com