Agrimony: The Smile That Hides the Weather

Agrimony is an interesting flower because the smile is part of the story.

The weather

Traditional language says mental torture hidden behind a brave face, restlessness, the joke that keeps the room from seeing the bruise. It is oversensitivity to the idea that pain, once visible, will be unmanageable — yours or theirs.

Beside the profile

Agrimony already lives in this house as a profile: “Cheer as a cover.” The smile that hides a bruise; avoiding the quarrel, sometimes with a drink or a joke. Kindness to the cover. The weather is the unsaid. Bach filed it under Oversensitivity to influences — for those over-sensitive to influences and ideas. The profile is the door. This essay is a longer walk around the same weather. Neither is a diagnosis, a product, or a treatment plan.

Cheer is a social skill. As a prison it is well decorated.

A takeaway

Tell one true sentence to one safe person. Not a confession tour. One sentence. The smile can come back later. It does not have to be on duty all night.

Readers exploring this theme may also find neighbouring rooms interesting. Similar weather across traditions is not proof that one system explains another.