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Originally Posted by BlessedCheeseMaker
I wish I could have stood up for myself when I was younger but as I was saying to my t words have power especially when you are young
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I agree with what you said to your T. Words have power, and it definitely can be hard work unlearning the harm.
I'm glad my brothers and me sorta band together as adults though we had terrible sibling rivalry and mutual sibling abuse as kids and teens. My father is learning that his children will sharply call him out sometimes
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Originally Posted by CantExplain
I've applied for six jobs online and I've heard nothing all week.  |
Job hunting is tough and stressful. I hope you'll get interviews soon *hugs*
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Originally Posted by growlycat
((CE)) I find job hunting harder and more stressful than the actual job itself. May you find something soon
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Agree, job hunting is stressful. I hope you get calls for interviews soon CE!
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Originally Posted by ruh roh
Thanks for the support everyone. It was a horrible experience yesterday, but I learned from it that my therapist had been right about how to approach a difficult topic. Her way would be safer, and I see that now. I'm just fortunate that she didn't respond by terminating. Instead, she gave me an ice pack and offered a way forward.
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I'm really glad your T didn't terminate. I hope the ice pack helped - did you injure yourself when you hit the door?
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Originally Posted by ruh roh
 I have no words for that family of yours. Toxic doesn't even touch it. I wish you could get out of there, and hope that day comes soon. |
Hugs. I definitely have plans to leave though they'll take some years to come to fruition for complicated reasons. In the meantime my T and forums has really helped me in learning how to disengage where possible in neutral ways (think some people call it "grey rocking") and taking their words less personally, being assertive in small ways where it's safe.
Meds also definitely help with the chronic anxiety though I tend to be pretty emotionally numb.
It's mostly verbal stuff directed at me now, which grey rocking helps a lot with. Definitely glad the physical stuff ended when I was 23 some years back.