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You are waiting in a Dr.'s consulting room, surrounded by posters of body parts. There are interesting brochures about diabetes, prostrate exams, and flu shots. Generic muted watercolor paintings hang somewhere. You have a cell phone to use with no restrictions. Candy Crush is delightful. Time will pass.
Oh, but find yourself in a specialist's room.
My last appointment with my neurologist showed me a huge difference. Gray-ish walls in a barren room, with no visual stimulation at all, suffocation drops heavily. No cell phone usage, either. Too many electronic machines, absolutely important machines. No clock, time will seize up.
There is an implicit message: Do Not Touch. Interesting canisters, holding interesting stuff, cabinets are locked: Do not touch.
These are activities I have used:
Oh, but find yourself in a specialist's room.
My last appointment with my neurologist showed me a huge difference. Gray-ish walls in a barren room, with no visual stimulation at all, suffocation drops heavily. No cell phone usage, either. Too many electronic machines, absolutely important machines. No clock, time will seize up.
There is an implicit message: Do Not Touch. Interesting canisters, holding interesting stuff, cabinets are locked: Do not touch.
These are activities I have used:
Tap
dancing, sit on that plastic chair and make your feet fly. Fix a song in your head and have at it. Tusk from the album, Tusk by Fleetwood Mac is a favorite. Be original. Go with it.
Make
sure
to not touch any paper covered space on that rolling cart, staff gets ready pissy about that. Instead, roll that cart (which is holding a few
instruments) around the room. Slowly, of
course, but you could make several passes in five minutes. Don't touch the paper.
That
rolling stool? That
thing is fast, amazingly fast. It swivels rapidly, so you have to be careful
with that one. Be sure to lift your feet
up, so you don’t get tangled up with the rollers. Don't touch any paper, even casually .
Pretend
to use that grey and hard table to play an imaginary drum.
Avoid the paper. This is good for arm muscles. Be sure to drum with convincing force.
Search
for studs
in the wall. Odd, but trying to hang
pictures in plaster board often leaves a row of nail holes. Stud finding is an art. There is no danger of paper-touching.
I can’t think of anything else, as the doctor entered gray prison room when I was still checking for studs.
I had found one possible stud, but lacking a hammer and nail, this could
not be confirmed.
