Couch 153: Couch slouch

Cute, thanks for sharing.

Damn, I hope pain eases for you, Demunine and Velcro.

It's not you, trust me. You know where I'm from and they do the same thing - dismiss "psych patients".

Session in an hour and twenty minutes. Anybody about to pocket ride?

May I have the courage to admit the consequences of recent events.

I'll pocket ride! May the therapy room feel safe enough to give you the courage top up required

I'll pocket ride too

I'm in too! I hope you feel safe enough to talk about this recent event & that your T is helpful about it

I am in too. Hope I am not late.

Got you, friends...thank you.

I am so paranoid, I'm sorry about the dear T thread guys thanks or the htoughts

We're here if you want to talk

I hate when the work day ends and I have to go home

Session in 19 mins and I don't feel so strong.

Hugs capt and lemon... I hope you find the strength to get through it


Has anyone here watched "The handmadens tale"? If yes, from 1 to 10, how triggering is it in general?

I hear you. Me too... I haven't watched the movie or read the book (coincidentally an acquaintance asked if I planned to watch it) because well...the author wrote it to as a cautionary tale of how Christian fundamentalism might look like if it took over the world. "Atwood maintains that the Republic of Gilead is only an extrapolation of trends already seen in the United States at the time of her writing, "

And having been raised in fundamentalist Christianity, I don't need to read the book to know how dystopian it is.

Also, the "woman as tool only for surrogacy" it talks about kinda already happens in countries outside the USA, just in a nicer and more civilised fashion of course...

I prefer Octavia Butler's Parable series, which is also a powerful critique of fundamentalist Christianity, weaved in with a powerful tale of the resilence of complex trauma survivors.

Me too haha.. I wanna go home but I also kinda just want to stay. To be around people I guess.. And be distracted

hey velcro how are you doing .has the pain gone away yet . i hope you are ok

Hugs to all couchies who are struggling. Today's session was the kick I needed to actually do something to help myself, so I made this mindfulness jar. Tricky to work out how to share without giving personally identifiable info, but I think I have managed it.

https://imgur.com/ajFF5bc

Pretty neat, trail! I thought it was going to be a jar of tasks or smthg like that. Its beautiful.

Emailed my t last night to ask for an emergency appointment today and he hasn't gotten back to me

Maybe try calling? Hope he can fit you in...

I came across Octavia Butler only a few years ago and was so sad to find out that she had recently died. I haven't read the parable series. I loved Kindred and Fledgling. Both stories had very interesting social constructs.

I haven't read Fledging and Kindred - sounds like I may enjoy them.

I've read Lilith's Brood and it's interesting sci-fi.

Dang. I hope you can see him earlier than your next scheduled appointment.

Thank you both. He got back to me and has nothing available til I'm scheduled to see him next in 5 days