C O U C H 39 -The Renaissance Period

Have a good one Ike.

...And if the therapist (even if accidentally) pushed the cookie jar onto the client's head, some support really would be preferable.

I wonder if I'm done?

And also making unhelpful comments because I've had too much to drink on an empty stomach.

I know she loves me. I know she is giving me exactly what she thinks I need. But it's not enough.

In my one big real-life crisis of the year, I went to her for support and didn't get it. That is what I feel and no one is going to talk me out of it.

I have emailed T asking to begin termination sessions tomorrow.

In a lighter vein...

Is it possible to eat a Terry's Chocolate Orange without a knife?

A Terry's Chocolate Orange? You Kiwis are more sophisticated than I thought. (Just kidding)

Dear T,
You have done your duty as a therapist.
You never offered to be my mother.
And so I deceived myself.

how long can you tread water?? RIGHT

morning peeps

Morning Granite.

hows things going today night? studying studying studying

I should be but I'm not! It's going to be so hard for me this year. Lots of maths and science stuff...and I never really turned up for school in my earlier years so I don't know any of it.

How are you this morning?

i'm ok. i hope you will find it easier then you think .i found in taking these classes they reviewed a lot of basics before they got into the new stuff

Morning cushions! What a great house we saw yesterday! I hate to even hope at this point. We will put an offer in and see how it goes. I hate the thought of paying for yet another home inspection, but I guess it's cheaper than buying a money pit.

SD - you are not an alien.

CE - sorry you are hurting.

Morning night & chickie...

shoutout to APT and JERSEY...miss yous guys!

Thanks Granite! I'll try to do my best. I did surprisingly well in the first year and I didn't think I could do that at all. I'm just scared about the second year, but maybe I'll get through that too. I guess it's just never going to be too much easier for me. I'm probably always going to have to work really hard to get through. Lately motivation has been hard to find.

Morning Wiki.

I don't think you've deceived yourself CE. I think you're realizing a need that perhaps you didn't know you had.

The need to be supported and, well, loved.

I think about your situation fairly frequently, and I have to wonder if your therapist, and perhaps even these boards, would have responded differently if you had been female. Would the power struggle aspect have even come up? I don't know.

It much more the cultural norm for women to ask for support, and *get* it, than it is for men.

But, good lord, it's a basic *human* need.

Everyone, at times, gets to feel like that child that pulled the cookie jar off on them. We have a right to empathy and support and love.

I wish you the best CE, I really really do. I wish you a lot of peace.

Good morning all!

Good morning Healed!

hey CE i was going to respond to Ellie's post (HI ELLIE) .but decided it was more for you . i would hope that you would not feel less supported here because of your gender. i know for me it was harder to know how to support when you stated that the decision was made and that there was nothing we would be able to say to change it. so i kind of took that for what you said. i think if this T is not giving you what you want and that you have decided it best to not see her anymore i can support you in that if you would like. it is just hard to know. you state your done but continue on with her and the issues. it would be nice to see you be able to work things out with this T as you have invested a lot of time .but digging in and,being stubborn isn't going to move you any closer to a resolution.

morning healed hows things?

See you all later. I'm off to bed.

Hope you all have a good day.

Night, night... Morning Healed, Granite, Ellie and Wiki!

Texting from church....freakng the hell out. Damn mother keeps putting her f'ing hand on my shoulder. I am going to kick her face in. I can't take it!!! Seriously!!

Serenity NOW!!! Serenity NOW!!!

Wiki....get up and use the restroom and then return and sit in a different place so you are too far away from her...perhaps the other side of your H.

or just whisper to your H to change places with you... or text him and tell him to sit between you two... or your daughter or someone...