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Me Two: A psychobabble story about the human condition
The residents of Jordan Springs have a problem. Their subconscious minds are getting uppity.
Some thoughts we keep to ourselves, telling no one and calling them secrets. But other thoughts we fight to keep from ourselves. These personal demons lie below the surface of the conscious mind, and we know they exist only when random thoughts float uncomfortably to the surface. The thoughts appear obscurely like a Magic 8 Ball prediction – clouded and strange, yet clear in their message. They make us uncomfortable, so we quickly shake our Magic 8 Ball mind and they disappear.
The good people of Jordan Springs, however, have lost the ability to shake their Magic 8 Ball. Their little voices take form and start to talk in sentences, paragraphs, essays, and novellas. Instead of floating to the surface in a clouded prediction, they emerge from the depths with a hoop and a holler.
Residents try to shush the annoying little demon voices, of course, using the tactics that worked for them in the past. Some try drowning the voice in Jack Daniels. The workaholics dive deeper into their jobs, figuring a dead brain doesn’t have room for terrible thoughts. Most residents simply lie passionately to themselves, saying nothing is actually wrong, using rationalizations to override the bizarre voice-thoughts – it’s not really a voice, it’s not really a problem, it’s is not really true.
It can take a therapist six months to help people face personal truths. In Jordan Springs, therapy happens on the fly. Repressed memories, insecurities, and hidden desires pop up like un-whac-able Whac-a-Moles. For some folks, the new internal voice presents an opportunity, a chance to become healthier and happier. For others, it’s a nudge that sends them over a cliff.
In Me Two, A psychobabble story about the human condition, Barb faces a common Which guy is best for me? Should she go back to the ex-husband her son adores, continue dating the bad boy that sparks more than interest, or take a chance on the intelligent yet unusual guy she just met? Her mother’s nagging voice – the one that never expects Barb to make smart choices – doesn’t help.
In a confrontation that threatens to destroy Jordan Springs, religion takes on religion. The voice of a town minister’s fire-and-brimstone God preaches dogged obedience, but he finds a worthy adversary against a 13-year-old boy’s soft-spoken, Jesus-loves-everyone savior. As the clash of philosophies intensifies, an apocalypse begins to brew.
A town sheriff confronts a voice that says he’s gay, and so far in the closet that he can’t see the closet. A bipolar woman talks to herself, alternating between happy and sad; a 17-year-old teenager hears her unborn child; a grandmother confronts her own mortality; a man with multiple personalities discovers the strangers inside his head.
The people of Jordan Springs raised self-denial to an art form, but the old tricks no longer work.
Some thoughts we keep to ourselves, telling no one and calling them secrets. But other thoughts we fight to keep from ourselves. These personal demons lie below the surface of the conscious mind, and we know they exist only when random thoughts float uncomfortably to the surface. The thoughts appear obscurely like a Magic 8 Ball prediction – clouded and strange, yet clear in their message. They make us uncomfortable, so we quickly shake our Magic 8 Ball mind and they disappear.
The good people of Jordan Springs, however, have lost the ability to shake their Magic 8 Ball. Their little voices take form and start to talk in sentences, paragraphs, essays, and novellas. Instead of floating to the surface in a clouded prediction, they emerge from the depths with a hoop and a holler.
Residents try to shush the annoying little demon voices, of course, using the tactics that worked for them in the past. Some try drowning the voice in Jack Daniels. The workaholics dive deeper into their jobs, figuring a dead brain doesn’t have room for terrible thoughts. Most residents simply lie passionately to themselves, saying nothing is actually wrong, using rationalizations to override the bizarre voice-thoughts – it’s not really a voice, it’s not really a problem, it’s is not really true.
It can take a therapist six months to help people face personal truths. In Jordan Springs, therapy happens on the fly. Repressed memories, insecurities, and hidden desires pop up like un-whac-able Whac-a-Moles. For some folks, the new internal voice presents an opportunity, a chance to become healthier and happier. For others, it’s a nudge that sends them over a cliff.
In Me Two, A psychobabble story about the human condition, Barb faces a common Which guy is best for me? Should she go back to the ex-husband her son adores, continue dating the bad boy that sparks more than interest, or take a chance on the intelligent yet unusual guy she just met? Her mother’s nagging voice – the one that never expects Barb to make smart choices – doesn’t help.
In a confrontation that threatens to destroy Jordan Springs, religion takes on religion. The voice of a town minister’s fire-and-brimstone God preaches dogged obedience, but he finds a worthy adversary against a 13-year-old boy’s soft-spoken, Jesus-loves-everyone savior. As the clash of philosophies intensifies, an apocalypse begins to brew.
A town sheriff confronts a voice that says he’s gay, and so far in the closet that he can’t see the closet. A bipolar woman talks to herself, alternating between happy and sad; a 17-year-old teenager hears her unborn child; a grandmother confronts her own mortality; a man with multiple personalities discovers the strangers inside his head.
The people of Jordan Springs raised self-denial to an art form, but the old tricks no longer work.
301 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 14, 2011
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