[ChavInAHat]

T set me some homework to do while I take a newish friend to Harry Potter studio tours on Saturday...

'Hi (name), on Saturday could you at points in the day focus on your experience of being (name) in the world doing (name) things, so for example; attend to what your body feels like, (how it rests, gravity, how it feels to move, the wind on your face etc, how your organs feel inside), how you percieve the world at that point in time, what your mind is drawn to, do you feel more alive? Less alive?, any emotions that you are experiencing at that point in time..Do they change etc?... or anything else that comes up when exploring those moments."

(T added that she wants me to tell her all the things from the above on Monday at our next session)

At first I was thinking- hmm. Ok, I don't know where you are going with this but I trust you...

Now... Well, I practiced it and while it is doable in terms of the practice- I am so likely to forget as I won't be at home in my own environment- I will be struggling with small talk, hating the fact that there are so many people there, and definitely absorbed in the moment as the Harry Potter world means so much to me. I'm like a kid in a sweet shop there! I don't know if I'm going to be able to remember everything especially as she wants me to do it in parts of the day meaning a few times not just one or two.

I am getting more stressed then I was be already with the day out before adding this.


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[Argonautomobile]

Yeah, no. Just enjoy the Harry Potter experience. As a fellow Potter nerd, I'm really jealous.

Later, when you get home, you can reflect on how your organs felt.

[stopdog]

I would not take the therapist quite so literally. I would do what I could or what was reasonable in trying the therapist's suggestion but I would focus more on enjoying the activity - not pleasing a therapist.

Wouldn't happen. I'd do what I could if it happened to come to mind, but I suspect I'd be so absorbed in my trip that therapizing myself would be the last thing on my mind. Sometimes a vacation just needs to be a vacation, T.

[ChavInAHat]

Originally Posted by stopdog

I would not take the therapist quite so literally. I would do what I could or what was reasonable in trying the therapist's suggestion but I would focus more on enjoying the activity - not pleasing a therapist.

Ah, see she should know that I do take things literally and possibly take that into account when asking me to do things.

It's not about pleasing her as such. I pay her to help me, she believes what I tell her will help her, to help me.

If not then I'd be royally peeved

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[stopdog]

Then good luck with it. I think trying to perfectly follow a therapists directions can be more stressful than it is worth - but if you don't - then I hope it goes well for you.

[ChavInAHat]

Originally Posted by stopdog

Then good luck with it. I think trying to perfectly follow a therapists directions can be more stressful than it is worth - but if you don't - then I hope it goes well for you.

That isn't what I meant- we have discussed the possibility that I may be on the autistic spectrum and therefore should know I would take her literally. I didn't realise I was.

No I won't now that I know there is an option to follow it the best I can and just tell her that.



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[rainbow8]

Can't you tell your T that you want to fully enjoy the "Harry Potter" experience and choose another outing for your homework assignment?