Hi everybody,

First of all Ill tell you what triggered this whole thing is that my 24 y o son is growing up at the same time I am in many ways. We are both searching for ourselves, and I was talking to T about it and it was tooooooooo obvious that some of the things I was saying about my S were also applicable to me. So as I am telling T my frustrations about DS I can't help but wonder if T is similarly frustrated with me. It felt like the same thing. Yes, the wishes and hopes Echoes are mine. But they are VERY SCARY because I have so many fears and so much has happened over the past few years that I cannot go backward, only forward and I am so afraid crummy things will happen again. It is SOOOO hard Tree, yes I want someone to just lift me out of the pit. I don't want to crawl out myself because it feels lonely. Chaotic, do you think that the voices become louder when we are on the precipice of change or about to "be" something new? Do they grow out of psychological stress? Yes, Skeksi sometimes the talking feels redundant but we move on don't we?

Perna, thank you. I keep thinking that I want to experience the wonderful things that people talk about as a result of therapy and I feel stuck. Thanks for letting me know it's out there! So I guess the voice IS mine. I need to tone that baby down a notch.

Thanks everyone!





So, to answer your question Melba, no T didn't articulate his desires for me. I just know he wants good things for me that are appropriate developmentally. Echoes,