((Christina))

Okay so seriously I used to (loooooong before I ever went to therapy) take certain memories or thoughts and put them in a box. I usually made it a gift box (mental imagery--not real) and then I tied it up tight with string or ribbon. THEN I put the box on the top shelf of my closet. When I was first seeing T I told him about this imagery and he said that we could open the boxes together. Believe it or not, it worked for me. I had to cope somehow. Sooooo, it's not as bad as it sounds, and it actually helped me.