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The aggravation of sinuses began before your trip to Rochester, when Eleanor spoke of Rich Bed. (Eleanor wrote Jane about this October 4, 1972, praising Rich Bed extensively. See the deleted session of November 13, 1972, etc.) I gave you some material on that—Ruburt taking on cold symptoms as given in that material.

The sinus became aggravated again Ruburt did the presentation for Eleanor, and to his way of thinking was, at least, immediately put off by Eleanor—no decision in official terms.

[...] In the past, however, it tended to aggravate his condition because the word arthritis alone carried such emotional force. [...]

The symptoms became aggravated again after he signed up for next year’s work schedule at nursery school. [...]

(Jane’s signing a “contract” to work next winter was a point that completely escaped both of us when her symptoms became aggravated. [...]

[...] It is aggravating to him. [...]

[...] Prentice-Hall was bound to be confused about our motives and intents, and also there was the latest evidence that the uncertainty or resistance would lead to aggravated symptoms on Jane’s part. [...]

[...] It is also true, however, that his hands and arms became more aggravated in their condition precisely because he did not want to be able to hold the phone to do an hour show. [...]

[...] The symptoms have been aggravated to some extent, then, bringing to the forefront of his mind the very problems that require his attention. [...]

[...] I was angry at session’s end, however, with the fact that she had responded to the publicity dilemma with aggravated hand and arm symptoms, and that it had taken me so long myself to realize what was going on. [...]

[...] When it seemed you were rejecting him this aggravated his own doubts. [...]

[...] His symptoms were aggravated again on the signing of the contract, and highly again when he refused the summer position.

[...] These symptoms further aggravated his fears of dependence, and in his worse moments he feared that he would become a cripple and you would leave him. [...]

[...] That condition was also related to the telephone one, adding the extra difficulty of clearly hearing a television—or rather radio—program, and the hearing difficulty was aggravated along with the hands. [...]

[...] (Long pause.) That effect is somewhat aggravated by hot weather, by Ruburt’s way of using energy, and because he is physically a small person. [...]

[...] You used this period, however, yourselves, as a time to critically aggravate the symptoms (long pause), almost as if you were looking over a body of work to see what you thought of it, and what you wanted to do next. [...]

A note: Ruburt’s discomfort is indeed aggravated by fears. [...]

He tried too hard at times, however, so that again he concentrates upon the problem in an attempt to solve it, which aggravates the fears. [...]

The pent-up spontaneity, too long restrained, then latches upon normal low periods when the personality is tired, and comes out as strong discouragement, feelings of desolation, aggravating normal low periods. [...]

It was to some extent aggravated by books telling of the experience of various mediums, and by what he has read concerning the attitude of parapsychologists toward them. [...]

The crisis situation led him to concentrate upon his difficulties, which aggravated his stress, of course. [...]

[...] At the same time, however, the self will not be denied its creativity, and it will most stubbornly seek out those areas of its own expression, so not working on my book will not help solve Ruburt’s difficulties, and may indeed aggravate them, simply because of the further inhibition of expression. [...]

[...] This aggravated some of his own original conceptions. [...]

Being with your parents brought things to a head, because both of your attitudes were aggravated by the environment; you (Sue) relating more as a young girl in the family homestead, and he reacting as the stranger who came in the back door.

[...] The sinus condition has always been to some extent aggravated by the smoking habit, and there are also other conditions which will largely vanish. [...]

(She wanted to be turned on her side at 4:25, in an unusual request for her—and that’s when I found the roll of tape that had been so aggravating since 1:10 PM. [...]

[...] My fears have been aggravated by the delay in getting our medical records to the insurance company, the length of time it seems to take to get anything resolved—the whole bit. [...]

[...] and now even that sensation felt like an exaggerated or aggravated.... [...]

[...] There is an ingredient in nuts also that will aggravate certain conditions if nuts are consumed within ten hours before the drug experience. [...]

(“Do ESP classes aggravate his symptoms?”)

[...] But you live with some constant aggravation.

Now in this structure everything else is aggravated—the feelings between you and Ruburt mentioned so often for example. [...]

[...] You aggravate them, and yet you make them think. They dislike you for the aggravation, but they admire you because you make them think, and they now are beginning to believe that your thoughts can save them money and time.

Actually, Ruburt had thought of calling before, but also did not for fear of aggravating your own situation. [...]

[...] Attempts to bully can bring aggravations. [...]