Be Wildered
I've encountered a new symptom in the last few days. I've seen depression, fatigue, ennui, apathy, and suicide but these last few days I've seen something new: bewilderment. I am bewildered at the world, at the dynamics around me, at the choices available. And what does that word mean, anyway? I should check it before I hang my hat on it.
- be thoroughly
- wilder to go astray or to be led into the 'wilderness'
I have a sense of how to handle bewilderment, or any distraught emotion phase: avoid making big decisions, stay close to friends, avoid extremes, drink water and eat; in other words, press pause on the normal functions of life and wait until the issue passes. I'm not sure that waiting and pausing in my case will outlast the phenomenon.