The name "melancholia" comes from the old medical theory of the four humours: disease being caused by an imbalance in one or other of the four basic bodily fluids, or humours. Personality types were similarly determined by the dominant humour in a particular person. Melancholia was caused by an excess of black bile; hence the name, which means 'black bile' (Ancient Greek μελας, melas, "black", + χολη, kholé, "bile"); a person whose constitution tended to have a preponderance of black bile had a melancholic disposition. (Thank you Wikipedia)
I think lately I have suffered from an excess of black bile in my system. I feel as though my humors are out of balance. I am sure this feeling has nothing to do with having lost a very close friend and my mother in law in the same year, or by the hormonal tango that comes with pregnancy, birth, and nursing.
I am usually a very hyperactive personality, with a touch of OCD and an endless supply of energy. Now I make a list of what needs to be done, and if there is more than one item on it, I wonder if I will get it finished. Hmmm..... I have to get dog food, I hope I can get home in time to meet Monkey at school.
I have great moments of giggling with my kids, but usually I am tired and I seem to be spending most of each day waiting for it to end. I do not like this feeling.
Any ideas on how to get my humors back into balance?
Oh yeah, please remember to enter the contest before the 14th!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Melankholia
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4 comments:
Ooh! Ooh! I know!
COME BACK TO COLORADO AND PLAY WITH MEEEEE!
That oughta do it!
My humor? Sanguine. Ask Val.
Spahhhhh. I hear there's a good one in Larimar Square . . . do you know it?
And maybe one of those leather helmets boxers use in the sparring ring.
A good chat and cup of coffee with your good friend Coni alone - we could explore some things that might be gettin to ya!!!
Love ya girl - doesn't take a rocket scientist to say - D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N...........
Sometimes, easily cured :)
A good conversation with the person who sat on your left for three years might be helpful!
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