It is properly autumnal out there today. The rain has been coming down all day although the gales promised have not reached here. I too remain under the weather and stayed home once again. Although I'm hungry I neither desire nor want to risk eating at this stage of proceedings. Might chance a sandwich later, I have just demolished the chicken carcass so that might suffice. Having had chicken it is now a stock day as it bubbles away furiously on my hob. Despite the delicious smell I still have no desire to eat.
I'm listening to the astonishing voice of Karen Carpenter to pass the time on this dull and ill day. What a voice and what a tragedy. When I meet students with eating disorders they always make me so nervous. The tragedy of losing a student to an eating disorder still hurts nearly 5 years on from then. I don't actually see very many of them and often the eating is a symptom of more complex personality type problems. Yes I remain sceptical of such a damning diagnosis but each year the number of students for whom that diagnosis is apt keeps rising. Last year they represented nearly 25% of my case load.
Why am I musing on work when I'm home unwell? I really should leave it for another day. With luck I will be sufficiently recovered to make that day tomorrow. Until then.
I Heard a Voice.
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