Welcome to the couch! People of PC Psychotherapy

You might want to add some Scotch to the gatorade, or just skip the gatorade, but if you do that, you'll want to slow down the rocking. It's a trade off.

Yes. Gatorade was a code word for scotch. I am good at rocking and scotching. Rocking soothes me. Actually more than the scotch.

Yes, well, I don't think we can develop a tolerance for rocking. Rock on, stopdog. Rock on.

I like to rock too...and spin. Both calm me. I think I'm a little Aspberger's.

Scotch doesn't interest me too much, but give me tequila or vodka and it's a party!

Just struck me funny...I thought, "I'm going to get a drink." But currently I'm making a necklace.

Alcohol + small beads = incident of biblical proportions.

I think the drink is going to win this time!

This looks like a dream about therapy and how you can't keep up with your T.

It's 5am still have slept. Jealous of u guys drinking. Succumbed to taking my strong pain meds followed by a food binge of cake, cookies and peanut butter on the basis that it's recommend to take the pills with food lol. Hopefully sleep will come soon.

anybody else watchin tennis? is that court purple or is it my tv?!

I think it's more of a dream about how my stupid head won't shut up even when I'm asleep and just let me get some rest. If someone were to ask me how my dreams were, I would give the same answer that Morbo, the newscaster, gives Richard Nixon on Futurama. Nixon asks Morbo, "Hey, Morbo, how's the family?" Morbo growls, "Belligerent and numerous." That's my dreams--belligerent and numerous... Also not an inaccurate descriptor of my family.

It's been 11 days since my last session and I feel just fine. It's making me wonder if I should even go back, but I know what will happen. I'll feel fine for a little while, then be right back where I was. I have to get through the whole process, but the break feels nice. I've come too far to turn back now.

I know I'll have a long break coming up as my T has been cleared to have her breast reconstruction surgery. I know from her cancer experience that she will fight to be back at work as quickly as she can. I looked it up; the usual time out for this surgery is 6-8 weeks. I think the break this time has proven to me that I will be just fine while she's out. I'll keep working on my Boundaries workbook (and post it here).

Hopefully, my session Tuesday morning (a rare morning appt. for me) will be good. I will be ready; confidently advocating for my healing.

Chopin that's awesome that your doing so good without your T. I also got session on Tuesday but in the afternoon which is rare for me too as I'm still off from work.

I'll jump in your pocket then, tkd!

Woke up this morning actually dreading tomorrow! That's one way I know T is finally off the pedestal. I still think about her quite often, but not like I did before.

It's also a way I know I'm getting into work I really need to do. I had a rough night's sleep. I had vivid and disturbing dreams related to my ex-GF that tell me I need to work on moving past that relationship.

I firmly believe everything happens for a reason, good and bad. Same in the T relationship. I may need to learn rupture and repair can happen in a normal, healthy relationship. I may need to learn that this T can't help me. I may need to learn to have more faith in God, myself, and others. I may need to learn to stop pacing people on pedestals because they'll inevitably fall off.

So, now I need to get up and get my butt to work. I'm acting director this week, which means I am large and in-charge. Meh. Really don't care.

Chopin, I know where you are coming from. My T was off the pedestal months ago, and when I realized it- it was actually an awesome feeling for me. My sessions have now become what they are-sessions. Mt T is my T-no more no less. Granted, its 50 minutes a week I would NOT want to miss, but I basically have learned the whole "Do my session-Do my life" thing. It was struggle to get there, but a sigh of relief when it finally happened because then I realized there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Have fun being "director" this week. I am done work 4 hours early today. Nice little surprise!

The one I see has never even been a room with a pedestal. I might not recognize a pedestal if I walked into one.

I'm thinking that's where I'm headed...and I'm liking it!! There's actually not much for an acting director to do today, so I've done a bunch of research on attachment styles. I think I've found the key...now I need to work past it all!

Think of what Olympic medal winners stand on when receiving their medals. That represents a pedestal to me.

Pedestal is far too ambitious. If she is lucky, I may let her climb out of the pit.
I figure between the people who put them in pits like me and the people who put them on pedestals - it balances out so maybe they are just on the ground most of the time.

Maybe you are standing on it?

I've got my own pit. And it is a lot deeper than the one the therapist is in.

Seems weird way to work a session. You sitting in a larger pit and your T sitting in a equally large , although shallower pit of her own. Can you hear each other?

LOL

we have a couple of tin cans and some string

Oddly enough that is exactly what i had envisioned! Great minds think alike!

Aww... Short week, any Easter plans?

I thought you'd tap on the wall like prisoners of war since that sounds like what it might feel like for both of you.

It would give me a reason to learn morse code.

We will spend time with the dogs dyeing dog biscuits into pastel colors, but then they will fight over finding them in the yard and probably eat the baskets.