"I Need Brains!" - Why Can't I Just Stay Down If I Want? By Ross E F Lombardi ...---… Sometimes, Many times, More frequently lately. I'm thinking. "Why do I have to keep trying?" "Why can't I just be a 'shut in' if I want?" "Why should I try to join the world?" ...---… It's easy for others to criticise me for giving up on myself, ...---… But I’ve been fighting this shit for decades! ...---… Everything is so heavy. All the dam time. And I want to quit so badly. I AM spiritually TIRED!! I don't want to be brave anymore. I want to stop fighting for 'a life'. I don't want to get back up. I want to just 'stay down' on the mat. Let life win. Let life get the 'Knock Out.' ...---… And now Sometimes, Many times, Quite a bit More frequently lately... When I ask myself Why I should 'get up' again. - Go out again, Before that ...