‘Moody’ as in displaying a rainbow of emotions often in a short space of time rather than the questionable provenance of an object. eg: 'Harry picked up another moody motor from Billericay.'
Physical symptoms of ms, whilst not necessarily easy to deal with, are a relatively known quantity in comparison to all the ‘head shit’ (term used by a friend of mine when describing the process of going cold turkey) ‘the physical stuff’s fine it’s just all the head shit that’s hard to deal with’
The head shit is a daily challenge for us all:
Things we’ve not achieved or things that we have, at the expense of other things. This ‘opportunity cost’ becomes both more and less relevant in the sphere of living life with a chronic condition. Some things I don’t miss like working full time and getting inadvertently immersed into the quagmire of office politics. Some things i miss not doing any more like going for an aimless stroll. I think i had the makings of being a very good flaneur*.
One winter, a long time ago I was paid to stroll around town. This would have been fine – the December days were crisp, clear and dry but I had to do my strolling wearing a sandwich board advertising a craft fair... So many people i hadn’t seen in years... who all appeared to be doing their Christmas shopping on the days i was sandwiched, then, a not so long time ago I was paid to stroll around the centre of town one summer encouraging people to go punting... http://www.cambridgepunters.com/puntinghistory.html Nowadays i contribute to a T shirt design Co. http://cambridgetshirts.spreadshirt.co.uk/ and I’m very good at starting doing a variety of ‘stuff’ with the 8yrs worth of digital photos I’ve somehow managed to not wipe from my computer.
*flaneur
"loafer, idler," 1854, from Fr. flâneur , from flâner "to stroll, loaf,saunter," probably from a Scand. source (cf. Norw. flana, flanta "togad about").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
moodiness is attached to many aspects of having MS. Not least is dealing with a profound lack of certainty in everyday life. Now there is potentially a physical reason to account for ‘low mood’ as it’s politely referred to when speaking to caregiving folk in the NHS.
Apparently the effects of low oxygen in a brain with impaired bloodflow could be a culprit http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=the-connection-between-multiple-scl-10-07-03. As well as all that other headshit.
the brilliant watership down image is now sold out but could have been bought at
http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Art_Artists.asp?Artist=Al%20Murphy&Offset=0&PageNo=1(no affiliation)
the brilliant watership down image is now sold out but could have been bought at
http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Art_Artists.asp?Artist=Al%20Murphy&Offset=0&PageNo=1(no affiliation)
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