Jones

Jones

surname, literally "John's (child);" see John. Phrase ‘keep up with the Joneses’ (1917, American English) is from ‘Keeping Up with the Joneses, the title of a popular newspaper comic strip by Arthur R. "Pop" Momand (1886-1987) which debuted in 1913 and chronicled the doings of The McGinnis Family in its bid to match the living style of The House of Jones

The slang sense "intense desire, addiction" (1968) probably arose from earlier use of Jones as a synonym for "heroin”.

Related: Jonesing.

analyst] What were you feeling at that point?

What was I feeling? I felt either I’m having a mental breakdown again or I’m living inside a computer-generated reality that has imprisoned me… again. [laughs]

[chuckles softly]

Not much of a choice.

No.

Maybe it’s not as binary as that. Maybe there are other ways to understand what happened.

Yeah.

Thomas, you are a suicide survivor gifted with a powerful imagination. Those facts have combined to create dangerous fictions in your life. Yesterday, you walked into a meeting with your business partner and he ambushed you, demanding you make a game you said you would never make. This attack effectively took away your voice. His violence triggered you and your mind fought back. You did to him what he was doing to you. We’ve talked about the value of adaptive anger in healing trauma. Far from suggesting a repeat of your initial breakdown, I believe this episode demonstrates healthy self-protection. And more importantly, I remember how hard it was for you to share something like this. Which tells me just how far we’ve come.

[chuckles softly]

Do you need a refill on your prescription?

[sighs] Yeah.

[pills rattle]