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Calpurnia’s Thought Record

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An Ides of March Walrus web exclusive

by Andrew Clark

Published in the April 2007 issue.  » BUY ISSUE     

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situation:

March 14.
Night.
In bed.
















I dream that Romans are washing their hands in Caesar’s blood.
He is dead.
Murder.



mood:
Anxiety
90%

Sad
95%

Angry
70%



automatic thoughts:

What was going through my mind?
Caesar crossed Rubicon.
Civil War.
Appointed dictator for life by the Senate.

What do I fear?
Brutus and Cassius may kill Caesar.
(Even Cicero may get in on it.)

If this were true, what is the worst thing that might happen?
Caesar would be dead.
Rome would remain a Republic.
I’d be alone.




evidence to support the hot thought:

Since crossing the Rubicon, Caesar has made many enemies.
If I were a senator I’d want to kill him. Once he is dead, no one will like me.

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