This, cost me nothing because the piece of thick wood was lying on the beach and the rope I had already from a previous renovation job. Yes its got way too many square knots, but it holds me while I swing upside down with my feet in the air looking up into the Acacia tree's complex branches. Always wanted to be able to do that !
The idea of the swing came from ADHD research a long time ago. Many sailors apparently have ADHD. The balancing act of staying vertical on a ship occupies the part of the brain that causes trouble, and allows focussed calm thinking so one theory goes, and that is why sailors are model citizens on board and create havoc on land ! (smile). I do indeed LOVE sailing. On a calm sea my mood goes from slight boredom to the most unbelievable calm bliss. When you seldom know peace its a lovely lovely feeling. I'm not in the mink, manure and yachting class, I used to work as a hostess on booze cruises and volunteer as temporary crew for the race practices at the yacht club in Table Bay. I thought of this on this horrible day where my BPD has been playing havoc with my brain and hurting everyone within range. I'm studying the science of happiness. Can you believe that ? Just because I have to. The MOOC on EdX allowed me to bootstrap myself out of a downward spiral of toxic cortisol poisoning, insomnia, night terrors and starvation, on a fist full of meds that didn't work, and level out, like a plane saved from a nose dive. I haven't been thinking about it too hard for a fortnight and have started nosediving again. Today I had a reality check. I recommend this course to anyone with mood problems, not as a cure but as a management technique. It saved me, that and a video by Sapolsky on baboons and stress from the Goodwood library if you are near a library in Cape Town you could order it. Here's the EdX course: https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:BerkeleyX+GG101x+1T2017/
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