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Originally Posted by Ygrec23
My parents weren't Communists but the family could have fit into Stalin's domain with ease.  |
Okay, sorry to fuss about this again, but that winky face DOES NOT fit right after that sentence about such a horrible thing. I'm not trying to be nit picky or give you a hard time, but just want to point out it's okay to use the purple frown face or the red angry face with us on PC. You don't have to put on a cheerful face for us.
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Originally Posted by Ygrec23
I thank you very much. I'd just like to demonstrate to others that therapy can really pay off. That self-examination and exploration really are effective in the end. Can change your life entirely. For all kinds of reasons, originally explored by Freud himself and elaborated on by his successors, too many people give in to their internal promptings telling them to give up trying, to stop this nonsensical peering into their mental innards. It's only your unconscious telling you to lay off for its own entirely self-interested reasons. Therapy is worth the price of admission. I think it should be pursued with as much strength, intensity and seriousness as any individual can possibly muster. For many of us, there simply aren't any other options. Take care! |
Thank you for the encouragement. As I'm reaching middle age I'm sometimes feeling like it's not worth it to try to change much, or something like that. As if there's not enough time to go in a different direction, so I better stick with the program and not do some wierdo, difficult therapy crap. You inspired me to think about it more consciously at the moment, and I don't really believe what I just wrote. IDK, I don't want to understand my life as something that
needs to be changed and fixed all the time, as if the way things are is never acceptable, but I don't want to stop changing either.
This relates to what you wrote about PC being an "after market repair shop"- creative phrase. I feel regretful sometimes, but I want to focus on the wonderful feelings of new discoveries that can let me feel better and let me help other people feel better, the way it sounds like you're doing, as much as I can.