Dimmi che non
sono pazza. Dalla nascita dei figli mi vengono delle piccole crisi, momenti di semi-svenimento
in cui sento un violento abbassamento della pressione e il replay di una
canzone in testa e sono paurosamente spaesata, come se rivivessi una giornata un
po’ deprimente già vissuta una settimana o un mese fa. Dopo la crisi, non
riesco a ricordare né il titolo della canzone né che giorno è. Il neurologo pensò
all’epilessia ma lui non capisce niente: Google sa benissimo che sono emicranie
silenziose, cioè aura senza mal di testa, e che uno dei fattori scatenanti è il
consumo di cioccolato. Dimmi che non sono pazza a preferire il dolore al
delirio, e il cioccolato ogni tanto a una vita completamente priva di vizi.
Tell me I’m not crazy. Ever since my kids were born I’ve experienced
little episodes, moments when my blood pressure drops so violently I feel I’m
going to faint and then I hear a song replayed in my head and I feel
frighteningly disoriented, as though I were reliving a slightly depressing day
from a week or a month ago. Afterwards, I can’t remember what song it was or
what day it is. The neurologist said it might be epilepsy, but he doesn’t know
what he’s talking about: Google knows full well that my episodes are silent
migraines, that is, aura without pain, and that one of the triggers is
chocolate. Tell me I’m not crazy to prefer pain over hallucinations, to prefer
the occasional piece of chocolate over a life completely devoid of vice.
Dimmi che non sono pazza. Circa un anno fa mi sono risvegliata di notte fonda. Ho
avuto perfino il tempo di maledire la mia vescica, quindi ero perfettamente, scorbuticamente
sveglia. Ero girata di lato e, aprendo ora gli occhi, ho visto, proprio
all’altezza della faccia, una bolla dorata. Era proprio come una bolla di
sapone, iridescente e translucida, e proprio come una bolla si muoveva,
ruotando dolcemente, ma sembrava uscita dall’oro liquido ed era grande grande
come quelle bolle che fanno i clown. Mi sono spaventata a morte. In quel instante
la bolla, come se colta in flagrante in chissà quale attività notturna, ha
cominciato a fluttuare verso il soffitto. Su su su su lentamente ma secondo me
il più veloce che poteva, finché non si è dissolta nell’oscurità. Sono sobbalzata
dal letto e corsa come una forsennata per la casa che dormiva – ma no, non
c’erano luci accese che potessero essersi infiltrate nella mia stanza, non
c’era nemmeno la luna. Dimmi che non pazza a pensare che una bolla possa essere
dotata di bontà e di volontà.
Tell me I’m not crazy. About a year ago I
woke up in the middle of the night. I even had time to curse my bladder, so
I was perfectly, grumpily awake. I was turned on my side and as I opened my
eyes I saw, at the height of my face, a golden bubble. It was just like a soap
bubble, iridescent and translucent, and it moved just like a bubble, rotating
gently, but it looked like it had been blown from liquid gold and it was big
and fat like the ones clowns make. It scared the bejeus out of me. In that
instant, the bubble, as if caught red-handed in who knows what nocturnal
activity, began to float towards the ceiling. Up up up it went, slowly but I
think it was going as fast as it could, until it melted into the darkness. I
jumped out of bed and ran like a mad woman around the sleeping house – but no,
there weren’t any lights on that might have slipped their light into my room;
there wasn’t even a moon. Tell me I’m not crazy to think that a bubble might
possess the quality of goodness and the will to act.
Dimmi che non sono pazza. Di recente ho fatto un sogno bellissimo. Ho
sognato di avere un senso alla mia esistenza, di aver trovato il mio dono e il
modo di regalarlo agli altri. Mi sono svegliata e ho pensato che non era affatto
un sogno ma la mia vita vera, e che per non svegliarmi mai da questa realtà avrei
volentieri rinunciato al cioccolato, e altro ancora, per il resto della mia
vita.
Tell me I’m not crazy. Recently I
had a wonderful dream. I dreamed that my life had a purpose, that I’d found my
gift and the way to give it away. I woke up and thought that it wasn’t a dream at
all but my real life, and that if it meant I’d never have to wake up from this
reality I’d happily give up chocolate, and more, for the rest of my life.
Such a beautiful post Heddi. Most of us struggle to find meaning, especially when raising children is so overlooked as a worthwhile and useful contribution to society. If you tell people you are a parent, they may well nod and ask "but what else do you do?" as if it wasn't enough. You do write so beautifully, so poetically, that hallucinations seem like they should happen to you all the time, that it is proof of your artistry. I have only hallucinated once, and it was because of the anti-malarial medication I was taking. It overstimulated the brain into seeing ghosts. It was really frightening. Because you have to take the medication one day a week for 6 weeks after being in an infected area I had 6 weeks of very rough riding. Not fun, and sadly, not an indication that I was special, chosen by God for big things, or an artist.
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