for 6 weeks of each year i allow myself to have love island brain (low cognitive function, irrational opinions, unbridled lust) and i think it’s really good for me. i’ll read a book or something after, idk
in odyssey 20.18, homer has odysseus tell his own heart, “endure, my heart” (τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη), a famous example of self address that many scholars view as an early literary depiction of emotional self control and inner psychological conflict.