Vintage 2024

Fingernail Biting

Several months ago I stopped biting my nails. I have to keep them short so I don’t bit them. It’s not like quitting Cigarettes where you don’t have anymore cravings. I have to stop myself from relapsing all the time. I have been stopped now for a while and it feels like there is something more happening; forever and a day. I looked on the internet for information about it. Following are some results on Onychophagia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_biting

Onychophagia is the clinical name for fingernail biting. It is a common stress-related or nervous habit in children and adults. It involves biting off the nail plate, and sometimes the soft tissues of the nail bed and the cuticle as well.

Multiple factors play a role in the development of nail biting, ranging from genetic components to underlying psychiatric conditions. Nail biting can be a tough habit to break. People do it for many reasons, like stress and boredom. Sometimes, though, it can be related to a deeper issue like anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

Onychophagia is classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) under the “Other Specified Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders” subcategory. The DSM-5 further characterizes onychophagia as a recurrent BFRB disorder.

I am pretty sure I am not going to bit my nails anymore. So, now I can talk about it.

Google for Pi – Highlights

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What is the formula for calculating pi? The pi is a ratio and is obtained from a circle. If the diameter and the circumference of a circle are known, the value of pi will be as π = Circumference/ Diameter.

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The miraculous fact about Pi is that no matter the size of the circle, the value does not change, making Pi a mathematical constant. Adding to its allure, Pi is also an irrational number which means that its decimal representation has no end and no repeating pattern.

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Pi shows that knowing, wholly, is an impossibility. The more we know, the more apparent it is that there is much more to know. For each individual, and for humanity as a whole, there is always that added bit that simply can’t be figured out, no matter how much information or education we possess.

Directive for Philosophy

I am supposed to learn Philosophy. It was Edmund Husserl’s directive for people like me to learn Philosophy. I learned that directive in 1989 from a lower division Philosophy class. I have to do Philosophy!

Doctor Seuss Biography

I love Doctor Seuss! I wrote about him in 2009. He’s on Gevluef!

Gevluef post about Doctor Seuss is Doctor Seuss

The two page Biography I wrote is at Box: https://app.box.com/s/jgtrimm3fz

Casa Staff shared the Book: Oh The Places You’ll Go! 1990.

Culture

The Fall Generation – https://gevluef.com/2019/08/17/the-fall/

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture

Please use “Culture” when referring to my mental illness; it is understandable in my community. It is a culture.

Leila had Phocomelia. She passed away.

Correlatives In The Advance Directive Worksheet

Google search link definition for Correlatives. – a word or concept that has a mutual relationship with another word or concept.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correlative

In the Advance Directive, Correlatives are your little jobs. You are supposed to keep a notebook handy to note your ideas. They are your productive ideas that indicate you are working correctly.

Breathe Poem

This Poem is called Breathe, 1993

Waves relentlessly move to and fro upon the banks of used and reused granules of sand,

The Moon faithfully circles the earth pushing and pulling the tides high and low.

The Sun disciplined in its seasons of hot and cold collect and scatter leaves and rocks across its shores.