This is a story I don't expect you to understand.
There was once a little boy that like to play in the sun. This little boy loved apples ate them nearly every day. The he was around five and a half years old.
One day he was playing in the beautiful, mid summer day, enjoying the sun. The grass was green the sky was a lovely shade of blue with a few wisps of clouds. It seemed like a wonderful day. He was eating his favorite snack, you guessed it an apple. Not just any apple but a delicious green granny smith apple.
The boy was eating his apple and enjoying the wonderful day. He had taken a few bites out of the apple. Then as he took another bite, he lost one of his front teeth. The tooth had got stuck in the apple. This upset the little boy, seeing his tooth stuck in the apple.
The tooth grew back in sometime later as it was a baby tooth he lost. But the boy would not eat apples any more. To the boy this apple was tasty and good for him. He loved apples. However because of the emotional distress caused by seeing his tooth stuck in the apple, the boy no longer wanted anything to do with apples. That boy grew up, and 40 years later still wants nothing to do with apples or pears as to him they are to apple like.
The story is about how some peoples brains work. We don't all think the same. We don’t all understand things the same way as others. I know it sounds strange. He was losing his baby teeth, why should that be a big deal? It shouldn’t right? Its because of the way he thinks. For him he loved apples and they hurt him. This is the way his mind sees it. Even if the apple really had nothing to do with the science of what really happened. It does really matter to his brain. The apple in his mind is represented by an emotion. When that bond between the boy and the apple was disrupted by that event, it changed they way he perceived the apple. He never attempted to repair the bond he once had with the apple. Apples remind him of that event, that for him was tragic.
He may still love apples, however because of the negative emotions an apple represents in his mind, he wants little to do with apples or apple like things.
That boy was me and no I don't want any apple pie.
Mo
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That was a perfect example. I loved it. Everyone can relate to that story. It happens to everyone at some level. Sometimes it's just a simple avoidance to the thing, and then with others it's an avoidance to anything that resembles it at all. The triggers are real to those experiencing the emotions-even if they don't always make sense to you or someone else. Hopefully that is what you meant by your story. It's at least what hit home for me. Great job Mo and loved the pictures as well
ReplyDeleteThank You for taking a look, I'm glad you understood it, not everyone does. I seem to have be very sensitive as far as things go. The apple is an example but, it go a lot deeper then that. These event can have lasting consequences. If the damage is not repaired.
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