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Old Nov 26, 2009, 03:36 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueMoon6 View Post
After spending all of this time working on my relationship today (without him present), it all seems as depressing as ever. I just want out of my life. How can I work so hard, spent so much time in therapy and still not want to live anymore? I try and try and nothing seems to come of it.
From where you are, right in the middle of one or more upsets, you have about the poorest vantage point possible on what's going on with you. When I feel anything like that, the first thing I do is take a step back (as it were); watch myself feeling that way; watch myself thinking that surely this time at least, it must mean something that I feel that way; and take care not to believe anything, good or bad, I might think about it.

----- Alternative 1 -----
The glass is half empty, you don't want to live, and it means your therapy isn't working.

----- Alternative 2 -----
The glass is half full, you don't want to live, it means you're having an upset, and your therapy is working exactly as it should.
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Thanks for this!
Sannah