Oct. 27: Interior Drama

In today's reading Mr. White talks about how stories unfold in the internal (mind) of characters as well as through external events. In the "For Further Reflection" he comments on how the human mind still has "unfathomable depths". Inspite of all the knowledge we have gained of the workings of the human brain there are still mysteries regarding consciousness and unconsciousness that we do not understand. Mr. White believes that enough has been learned about the workings of the human mind to make for some "compelling internal drama".
Today's "Try This" assignment:
Compose an interior drama from the perspective of one whose mental state is characterized by one of the following symptoms

• paranoia
• delusions of grandeur
• one of the phobias, such as a fear of heights
• obsessive-compulsive behavior
• seasonal affective disorder

Don't have time to work on it today but there is one story that I am working on regarding two women one newly sober and one with long term sobriety that the first two symptoms could be included in. Particularly the newly sober woman. Could even blend the last symptom into the information regarding the woman with more sobriety. It sometimes happens that individuals with long-term sobriety realize that they have problems with depression.