It turned out we didn't need the iPhone to get the pictures off of my boyfriends camera. One of the pictures is of a butterfly that landed in my hair and stayed there for about ten minutes. It was really cool. The other pic was another butterfly in the museum.
The butterfly exhibit was my favorite part of the Museum of Natural History. The following day we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was happy that I got to see the Claude Monet paintings there. The Met is a huge place- easy to get lost in and you could spend days there. I am feeling pretty sad that Jeanne is leaving. Hopefully things will work out with another therapist.
Yesterday I was taking a walk through the neighborhood, the same path as usual. I was listening to some music so a lot of the environment surrounding me was tuned out. There were two sightings along my walk in particular that grabbed my attention. The first was when I happened to look down at the sidewalk. I noticed a butterfly opening and closing it's wings right there along the walkway. The other was closer to the end of my walk, on my street actually. I noticed a black cat staring at me on someone's lawn. As I walked by it just stood there, staring. Both of these sightings I found rather interesting, particularly because I just started this blog not too many days ago. Not only does the title of my blog refer to butterflies, but also I have a daily picture and a link about black cats on it as well. I attribute these sightings to synchronicity.
1: the quality or fact of being synchronous2: the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality —used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung"
It's been a while since I've studied psychology, so I had to refresh my memory on the concept. I shall include a link about Carl Jung's synchronicity in my relevant links section. There is much skepticism about synchronicity, as according to skepdic.com, they attribute it to the human mind's ability to find meaning and significance where there is none.
Certainly people suffering from schizophrenia/psychosis often find meanings in our everyday surroundings. Being hyper-vigilant is one of the symptoms I have had in the past. There is a website though that argues that synchronicity is not psychosis .
Whether or not you believe in synchronicity, is entirely your choice. Fact is though, that coincidences happen- whether synchronous or not. I do happen to know however that Synchronicity II is an awesome song by The Police. :)
I have struggled with mental illness since I was 13 years old. I have been hospitalized in psych wards ten times. I have a degree in Psychology. I’ve been looking for a place to write about my life, mental health issues, etc. I am going to post entries for the sake of catharsis, and because I want to share my story.
