tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4960867419941354709.post2823455006326011680..comments2015-01-04T06:42:40.016-08:00Comments on Quotidian Musings: CravingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4960867419941354709.post-69635385801038961062009-06-17T05:01:03.175-07:002009-06-17T05:01:03.175-07:00I came over from plurk just to learn more about yo...I came over from plurk just to learn more about you and found this wonderfully thought out post. It took a lot of poorly matched relationships and a divorce for me to eventually feel comfortable in my own skin and stop needing the validation of someone's "love".<br /><br />For the record, I craved salads, my place of work made extra just for me during those months <b><i>*smile*</i></b>Dragonfly7673 (Vicki)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13806149647914059096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4960867419941354709.post-7585513366786490472009-06-17T01:29:39.793-07:002009-06-17T01:29:39.793-07:00Perhaps my opinion may be negligible, as I will ne...Perhaps my opinion may be negligible, as I will never have the opportunity to be pregnant, but I hypothesize all the same.<br />Perhaps the odd cravings associated with pregnancy are the cravings of the yet unborn child. The child is just getting started, and needs to develop a pallet for what they will, and will not appreciate when they finally emerge into the world.<br />There have been several speculations and studies done on the psychic behavior between child and mother, leading to what is now known as the "milk letdown reflex" in which a new mother may begin to lactate when there child is getting cranky a few miles away. It is all just speculation at this point, as there doesn't seem to be money making opportunities to be made in proving something that on the surface seems obvious enough to ignore. But I still wonder.<br />Did you ever crave blueberries while pregnant with me? It may explain my childhood reaction to them, as if I had already subconsciously rejected them.<br />And for the record, while I can appreciate blueberries now, I still don't care for them very much. ^^Terraphim Bosarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16044999476412877170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4960867419941354709.post-80319275308114532802009-06-12T15:40:22.619-07:002009-06-12T15:40:22.619-07:00I think the shame comes from modern therapy, espec...I think the shame comes from modern therapy, especially 12 step related, where it has become a sickness to be needy. Codependency books certainly say this, even if not quite so bluntly. although I think Mel Beatty did. I knew at the time that this was wrong. Human beings have needs that can only be met by other humans. We cannot sustain ourselves fully in isolation. It is not a sign of sickness to have needs one cannot fulfil alone. No man is an island.<br />Also,there are some needs that were never met, never will be, yet we still yearn anyway. The trick is to live well despite that and to not allow the yearning to lead one into darkness in search of fulfilment of that unknown yearning. Once one knows what the yearning is,one is free from it's pull.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864658805462324550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4960867419941354709.post-70107285852027361262009-06-12T10:23:51.450-07:002009-06-12T10:23:51.450-07:00"It is almost as if we have some sort of sham..."It is almost as if we have some sort of shame around asking for what we need from others."<br /><br />I think you've hit the nail on the head.yarnpiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757646132631075487noreply@blogger.com