Monday, September 10, 2007

Whither thought

There is this recurring angst like feeling.Why is there no thought. Despite inputs from sight, sounds, touch, feel, one just stares blankly. None of the sensory triggers activate a memory. There's just this blankness of mind. And its all pervasive...all day. Even on my walks, its zombie like motion. Then one becomes aware of the state and a process of introspective questioning starts. Why? What?....
Over the past six months I've come up with a hypothesis. Since there is hardly any memory, none is triggered. There is only forced recall that comes up as snapshots. No emotions attached. Huge gaps in a life lived, yet seemingly unknown. Since memory is so shallow, there's no connectivity to present day exp;erience. Hence no base for social conversations.
The basic issue is the lack of an emotional framework. I'm just a zombie like shell with no imagination as a result.
Thought seems to be on a single track. Often wondered how thoughts germinate. How people flit from one thought to another.....