The Couch 119: Come Join The Human Shelf!

When i go to Chilis, by the time i walk over to Marshalls at the other corner of the strip mall, i have to find the bathroom immediately if not sooner.

So, I went straight to the pool again after work and swam laps for an hour, and now I'm sitting here at my computer listening to the storm that's brewing outside and trying to do my therapy homework - rewriting my story as a fantasy/fairy-tale with me as the heroine. I've barely started (again), and the resistance is great (again) but I'm gonna do this. It's hard to see oneself as a heroine when one has never felt like that....I got some ideas I'm playing with while swimming so we'll see how it turns out....

I would have a great deal of trouble with that assignment. I'd probably end up finding a real fairy tale and adjusting it as needed. Plagiarizing therapy homework - what level have I sunk to?

i fell asleep at 4 and my husband woke me up at 9 to take my meds . im so drained i dont want to be awaik

Sleep well and sound Granite.

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First Lady?

My first thought was to borrow heavily from Hansel & Gretl, so don't feel too bad!

God forbid she becomes that!!!

Changed my mind.

TrailRunner: I looked up some info about giraffe energy for you. Does she perhaps have a message for you?

"First and foremost, Giraffe loves her body. She loves that she is unique in all the world and she knows and owns her beauty. She does not waste a single minute in wishing she were anything other than what she is, just as she is. Let her teach you this love of your own body, even though you are, of course, not like everyone else.

Giraffe will also give you the gift of foresight, for her height lets her see what is coming from great distances. Nothing catches her by surprise, for she can see not only what is heading her way, but can run as fast as the wind if she does not like what she sees. Learn from her to intuitively sense what is coming.

Just breathe in Giraffe Spirit before you make any major decisions and she will help you to see what is on its way to you. What you see may be too far away for others to see, but you are Giraffe.Giraffe will also bring you the gift of camouflage, her spots blending in with the hillside and her long neck with the tree tops themselves.

With her energy within you, you will be able to find ways to maintain your own uniqueness while sharing the world with others. Her highly social nature will help you find the right balance between being exactly who you are, shining out with your wonder, while also fitting in with the group when you care to. You are all of this: unique, yet socially adept; far-seeing and intuitive; and completely comfortable with your physical self. How blessed you are to be Giraffe!"

Crocus: SD brings up a good point...what WOULD be supportive for you?

SD: I'm sorry your person is having such a hard time. I really wanted to put a sad face emoji there, but i refrained just for you! (sorry...HAD to at least do an exclamation point)

She may have faked her degree too...I earned all of mine!

Your words took my breath. Thank you so much for sharing that with me!!

I am a bit different than this world I live in and have always felt like I don't belong here. Your words have given me courage, strength and a feeling of being who I was created to be.

Thank you!

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So my fantasy/fairy tale is under way. I've written close to 600 words, but am nowhere near making myself into a heroine yet. Why is it so much easier to write elements of what really happened and let myself sit here getting sad, than it is to invent what a heroine would do to make myself feel good? Oh, cheese whiz.

I'm glad that was helpful. I wish they were my words, but they're not - I copied them from "Power Animals Unleashed" and forgot to add that!

Ooh can you copy paste for me too? For lion (may be obvious stuff still would love to read and rhino if you have it ( aside from big cats I like the armored tank animals like rhinos armadillos and pangolins). Thanks art. Only if it isn't a pain !

The heroine can be written from other characters viewpoints doesn't have to be told in the first person. Different characters could have a different take on the heroine (admiration to apathy to contempt perhaps). Have fun with the narrative. Not all paths are linear

Maybe someone can try this and let me know if they "feel" their power animal approaching. 'Cuz I got nothing.

The Enchanted Forest

Oops, I started backward....start here first (looks like the same link but its not...):

The Enchanted Forest

My counselor has introduced me to creating "structures" and it has helped me so much.

There are moments that I have found myself frozen in or wishing so desperately there was some other ending than the one I remember. He asked me to "create" the perfect "mother" which I decided to make a beautiful fake lily that he has in his office. I decided that and then he asked me to describe her. What she was. How she was. What she liked. Her strengths. I did that and it was pretty cool.

Then we made a structure. We recreated a moment I was frozen in and I brought the "perfect mom" into the scene and she was "who she was" - strong, confident and loved me fiercely. We supplemented that moment in time that was frozen in a place I didn't want to be and couldn't get away from with a "rewrite" of the perfect mom intervening. The mom heroine. Super mom!

Super ART!!

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I love this stuff!!
"When you walk, walk like Lion. Be proud to be who you are, exactly as you are. Hold your head high. Look each person in the eye and silently say to yourself: I am Lion.

Lion will fill you with courage, the courage to be who you are and show it to the world. He will teach you how to roar out with your power, displaying your talents and announcing your presence. He will teach you to have the courage to be yourself, always and in all ways and to know the deep truth, that you are exactly as you should be. After all, you are Lion.

Lion is power, but power contained. He will teach you the strength of quiet command. He will teach you to hold yourself with such presence that merely being around you will fill others with respect and awe.

Know and be the quiet strength of complete confidence. Speak calmly and with authority. Act from a place of personal truth and wisdom, a wisdom that comes from the quiet times you spend just being and feeling your deep connection with all that is.

Walk with grace and strength. Hold your head high. And once in a while, give out a resounding, magnificent roar. After all, you are Lion."

"Ah, what strength and power is yours, with Rhinoceros energy within you.

Rhinoceros will bring you great power and will also teach you how to use it to great effect. He will teach you to position yourself in strength, so that you need only stomp your feet and give out a few snorts to let others know that you mean business. And if this is not enough, take a deep breath and become aware of your great horn, lower your head and let your body and manner show who you are. You will find that you can exert power through your newfound presence alone.

Rhinoceros will also help you to get a thicker skin. You will no longer be bothered by the petty comments and actions of others. You will learn to live in harmony with those around you, appreciating that even the very annoying can be of service to you, like the bird who sits upon Rhinoceros’ back and keeps the insects away.

Rhinoceros also brings the very special gifts of commitment and follow-through. Stable and strong, he observes carefully, but when he decides to charge, he does so with complete commitment to a successful outcome. There is nothing that can stand in your way when you decide what to do. You hold great power now, which you may release at will, allowing you to successfully accomplish what you might never have even tried before. Just breathe in your rhino power, lower your head and charge.

You are Rhinoceros and you will prevail."

I got Seagull....

"Soar in joy. Soar in freedom. Feel your power. You are Seagull!

Seagull knows that freedom is a state of mind and of the heart. She can teach you to let your heart soar on the wings of freedom and joy, no matter where you are and no matter what you are doing. She will help lift you out of the sands of worry and petty concerns and into the soaring heights of being one with all that is: one with the ocean, one with the land, one with the vast and glorious sky.

Seagull will also teach you perspective. Whenever you care to, she will take you for a ride, up into the sky and across the vast ocean, where you will see that your cares are as small as the grains of sand on the beach. She will teach you that your power is limitless and unbounded and that all you need to do is stretch out your wings and let life carry you.

Feel the freedom in your heart. Smell the salt air as you soar across the vast ocean. Feel the wind beneath your wings lifting you higher and higher, endlessly higher. Fill yourself with all of this power, the power to be all that you truly are, fully and freely expressed. For you are Seagull, and freedom is yours. "

This spoke to me because we've been working on creating connections to other people but in some ways I'm scared of those connections. Interesting.

I'm an owl. Cool, Owl was my favorite in the Pooh books. Plus, Athena.

I just gazed at the graphics and waited till it felt like my breathing was in sync with them. Probably not the right approach.

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Owl brings you wisdom as well as great powers of perception and intuition. Welcome her into your heart and life gladly!

Owl has very keen hearing and vision, enabling her to perceive what others cannot. With her powers within you, you will be able to penetrate the darkness with your intuitive senses. You will see through deception and illusion. You will uncover all mysteries and bring truth to light. Fill yourself with her power whenever the truth is unclear or hidden; she will shine the light so you may see.

Owl also allows you to move silently and unseen. When you do not want undue attention paid to you, when you wish to just quietly keep your own counsel, call in her spirit as you would an invisibility cloak.

One of the greatest powers Owl brings you is to penetrate your own secrets, to see into the beauty of your own soul and uncover there your personal truth and intentions. Feel her within you now, opening yourself to yourself, your true purpose sparkling like a treasure within.

Ah, what a blessing to be Owl!

Hmm. Thanks, this is definitely something to consider. I love to write, but I write poetry.... but y'know thinking along these lines, the very last paragraph I wrote, if I use as the starting point, would be from a different character's perspective.... I'm glad I started this early instead of waiting until the night before my next session lol

Sounds better than mine. Which was staring until nothing and then more nothing happened...