I read this blog pretty regularly. It's written by a woman with 7 children who has left the "quiverfull" movement -- a super conservative christian movement that believes in 'letting the lord do your family planning'. I heard about her through this Salon article, and have been oddly drawn back to her blog regularly. It's pretty fascinating, to see how she makes the transition from years of cult-like thinking to what I think of as 'normal' life.
Anyway. I haven't mentioned this because it didn't seem too relevant to space and memory and time. But today she posted about sensory hallucinations and it seemed eerily applicable.
I quote:
Anyway. If you want to read the whole post, here it is: http://nolongerquivering.com/2010/05/04/mayhem-on-the-homefront-dont-freak-out-2/The freakiest thing has been happening to me lately: I’m having sensory hallucinations. Weird smells that get stuck in my nose and mouth for days. The first time it happened was last summer ~ for several days, all I could smell was cinnamon. I tasted it too.
The cinnamon smell eventually went away ~ but since then, I’ve had the same thing happen with the smell of bleach, Listerine, oregano, dish soap, cat litter ~ it’s always a strong, distinct odor which completely overwhelms my sense of smell and taste.
For over a week now, all I can smell is fresh pencil shavings. Our lilacs are in bloom ~ and even when I stick a bunch of blossoms right under my nose and take a deep breath ~ all I smell is lead and sawdust. I usually chew Winterfresh gum ~ and lately, I can only taste the mint flavor for about a minute ~ and then the gum tastes like lead.
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