Hello. I am Dr. Peter Swilling of the North Utica Behavioral Health Hospital. I am here utilizing this communication system on behalf of Berhardt Goats, as noted on July 20, 2020. For those who served in the military, thank you for your service.
Valentine's Day can be hard on a lot of people. For those boys who were skinny, had pimples, were too scared to talk to girls, or all of the above, it can be hard. For girls who were heavyset, ugly, geeky, or all of the above, it can be hard. When you grow up and you still only get a date once every five years, it can be hard. Especially when that person raids your medicine cabinet and steals drugs after a one-night stand. It can be hard on so many people.
But, should you end your suffering? No, because the place you end up could be a little white room with a rabbit in it that torments you but never kills you. There are so many possibilities of what happens after you leave here that you can't even comprehend. So many variables go into your next locale. You die here, you get born somewhere else. And it could be a little white room with a rabbit in it. Think about that. Imagine the rabbit is all the things you suffer from and it lives inside you. Think about that the next time you go out for a bottle of wine to drown your sorrows in. Really think about it.
Suffering is meant to go on. You are supposed to revel in it, roll around in it, and make fried dough out of it. This is the kind of thing that it is. Don't wimp out on the suffering. Invite it over for dinner.
Valentine's Day isn't even really a thing. It is a made-up thing by Hallmark which makes greeting cards and movies in which a holiday of some sort plays a central role. Think about that the next time you want to end your suffering because you won't have a finger up your ass on Valentine's Day this year. This about that. Stick around. Be part of the program. There is always something new, especially this year.
There are many books you can read. This helps to expand your mind and imagination. You don't want to be a dullard and die of natural causes and end up in a white room with a rabbit who actually lives inside you. What you want is something wonderful. A wonderland of some sort tailored to the suffering you want and need. It lives inside you. Get in there and explore it. Come on now. Think about that motel on the beach where you had a good time once. If it wasn't you and it was someone else, just project yourself into the person in your vision. You can do that. It is your imagination. You can manipulate the shit out of it. Have a good time.
I am a person involved in the practice of psychiatric medicine. I also used to do stand-up in the Catskills Mountains. Had a bit of a following. They all wore white shoes and carried banjos.. It ended up not being for me. Not really, no. I'm more of a professional set player. You know the type. You really do.
One of the ways of ending your suffering rather than foolishly ending your life before the rabbit in the room comes for you is to reach down and grab it. Go ahead. Reach down and just grab that rabbit of suffering. Grab it firmly by the ears. Tell that suffering bunny that he is going to be the one suffering now. You are declaring war on your suffering and you already have the upper hand. You do. You really do.
There was a time where we used to do things like darn socks, fix holes in pants, give holy hell to minority groups, but now we just throw these things in a dumpster instead. We have lost our way. Do people think the dumpster is a magic place where what they throw out disappears? It has to go someplace. It ends up on barge on the Hudson River and then where does it go? Keep that shit at home and learn to live with it. You know who you are. Makes me sick. It really does.
When it comes to Valentine's Day and not having anyone to dance with, there are alternatives and I am not kidding about this. They sell dolls now. And role playing games. You can substitute these items for a "dance partner" as they call it in polite society. You can make love to the doll. They make all kinds of dolls for this purpose. You don't want to get weird with a child's doll. That is just sick. It really is.
Now, a role playing game or board game of a nerdy sort can be useful for getting together with other losers. And then what happens is you have winners who come out of the pack of losers. This is called grading on a scale, a bell curve, or something of that sort. You understand? If you have enough occasions where losers get together to play role playing games or board games of a nerdy sort, everyone gets to be a winner eventually. This is great. It really is. You get to feel good about yourself at someone else's expense. This is what life is all about. It is why we have suffering. We should change this. We really should.
I don't generally like to use the word "should" because it seems to eliminate other possibilities in life other than following what everyone else is doing and becoming a drone. I used it there for effect. This is something you do sometimes when communicating with other people. It punctuates a statement with a kind of vigor that draws their attention. It does. It really does.
For now I will close, but I hope you choose to either continue your suffering or reach down into yourself and deal with it and find a way to change your life in a more positive direction. I believe in you. I really do.
Faithfully yours,
Dr. Peter Swilling