I have to say that I'm one of those people who try to "look on the funny side of life." Sometimes, of course, what I think is humorous, some other people don't. Oh, well.

I know some folks don't think we should look at therapists or psychiatrists with some humor--or even mental illness as sometimes humorous--but it helps get me through. And I hope it helps some of you to see some humor about these things, too. Hence, this thread.

Maybe you'll appreciate this "poke" at me. I have been learning a technique called "tapping" in therapy. The person taps on various meridian points on the body (the same places used in acupuncture) and repeats the same sentence three times at each point. The goal is to pick one problem and help to relieve it, such as, say, a pain in the neck. You're supposed to say, in this case, "Even though I have a pain in my neck, I totally and completely accept myself!"

At any rate, I was doing tapping for pain in my neck this week, and I found myself saying, "Even though I'm a pain in the neck, I totally and completely accept myself!" Um, no, that's not what the developer of this technique had in mind..... Ha! And I don't think I REALLY want to be a pain in the neck.....However, it does have its good points sometimes!