Couch 183: Stroopwafel salted caramel.

No, I don’t think most people know the original meaning now, but I bet that’s how the metaphor started.

In fact I just looked up the etymology of treacle and it originates from the ancient Greek therion, wild beast >> theriake, antidote against venom. Huh.

treacle | Origin and meaning of treacle by Online Etymology Dictionary

Mmm! I may have to see if I can order this delicacy on Amazon!

Well, apparently my T's son is not actually on the spectrum. Or maybe he is. I don't know. Apparently I've written my own "narrative" about him. Never mind that T never suggested I was incorrect when I told him what ex-T said. Or other things he's shared. Anyone want to hop in my pocket for bonus session in an hour?

Hopping in LT if I'm not too late!

T in an hour for the 4th time this week. I'm mentally drained from the funeral yesterday, nightmares and lack of sleep.

Anyone care to join me?

Nuuuuuuuuuu!

Ferrero rocher and Toffifee are in separate categories, but they both have a hazelnut in common. After I visit Niles in Seattle- I'll take the 1 hour trip to you and I'll bring you some.

This is my chocolate hierarchy.

Ferror rocher.
Kinder beuno
Snickers
Toffifee
Kitkat
Maltesers but mainly the bars .

For mooosive bars:
1.Aldi do a bar called hazelnut heaven, which is better than the cadburys hazel nut.
2.Green and black fruit and nut.
3.Mika's peanut crunch or something like that.

But I'll eat pretty much anything.

I'm here. I'm sorry you're struggling so much right now.

Meee

If I'm not too late. If he isn't I think he should have corrected you.

It's worth it. At Easter the reindeer gets turned into a rabbit!

Awwww this is lovely to read Artie.

I've only read your posts for a year and a but even I can see your progress. I'm very proud of you.

Umm Artie sorry to have to be the one to tell you but it's HER pink afghan,but she's kind enough to let you YOU borrow it.

She looks so cute and very comfy. I love pet pictures more than I should.We should have a pet thread!

Esme has a very cute puppy too. xD (HINT, HINT, HINT)

Thank you! That's so nice to hear.


Somebody here had mentioned back in July that a therapy ending should be organic. I have a better understanding of what that means now, because this one was. A mutual decision we arrived at together. Not one of us forcing it like I had tried to do in the past.

I had been using it on my chair as a lumbar support kinda thing, and she stole it that day haha!

I've been in bed since I came home at 1pm. Started call the midwife on Netflix, but stopped on episode 2. Watching the new Mowgali film and totally need to join a pack (of wolves). EDIT: I get bored easly and stopped when he has to go back to the village as the tiger wants him.

This is R's reply:

Dear S,

I hope you are well.

First of all, I'd like to apologise for any confusion you may have felt
regarding last Tuesday. I was surprised that you expected to see me, since
your previous messages indicated the opposite. I did Skype you the previous
Tuesday but since you did not answer, I took that as an indication you were
serious this time about not wanting to see me.

I regret that communications between us have broken down to such an extent that we both feel confused about exactly where we stand with each other and acknowledge my role in that. I'm sorry for not having responded to your emails as frequently as you would have liked.

I accept your needs in relation to the therapy, including any dependency
issues you may have. I understand that as your anxiety increases, Your
feeling that I am smothering you increases along with your desire to break
away from me.

The matter is complicated by a need I think you have to maintain an
appearance of togetherness, even though the material you are attempting to
work through can actually feel quite fragmented at times. There are many
different aspects to your personality but I will always view you as one
person who deserves my empathy.

In terms of moving forward, I'd like to keep working with you. I'd think we
would need to agree a written contract so we both have a reference point we
can return to if either one of us steps over a boundary. We would need to
talk about the nature of such a contract in a session.

Please let me know if you would like to see me on Tuesday.

Best regards,

R

If you get her this for Christmas the afghan can be yours again.

This is so cool, I want one:

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pe...diator-cat-bed

Aaah I missed out the word bit.

It does makes sense to see it like it. It feels natural.

Probably only if they’ve read Alice in Wonderland and were curious enough to ask or look it up. That’s how I learned.

This feels like an honest response. He says he wants to keep working with you, that's good right? And he regrets that your communications have broken down & acknowledges his part in it. Do you feel like it was an honest reply? Therapy is SO hard.

Before I left t's last night I thanked her for everything. And she told me that I had done all the 'heavy lifting'. I think she was right. This work is so difficult. But for me, it has been worth all the pain, all the tears, all the absolute naked vulnerability.

I just discovered the secret love child of a slipper and a sock.

Moccis Benefits

Haha! I see you've deduced what city I live in. Please bring some. They look intriguing. You can order them on amazon apparently but there are a lot of complaints that they arrive melted.

My therapist just emailed me out of the blue saying he was in office today (he's not usually) and did I want another session. Odd but timely, because yes, I would like to continue yesterday's conversation. I feel a little strange accepting though.

Lemoncake, that feels like a really supportive reply to me. I think the idea of writing down what you expect of each other is a great idea and may help to lessen some of the anxiety it seems like you feel about the relationship. I hope you continue to work with him. It sounds like he wants to work with you.

Yup! Now that I am well versed in American travel times. I obviously know that I can get from New York to Texas in a day.

Oh but do it NP! If you buy more you'd have a greater chance that some will have survived the journey! But maybe it was also dependent if the other customers bought it in the summer.

Thanks for the pocket riders. It went OK, still processing. And his son may or may not be on the spectrum, he's not saying. But he seemed to understand why I was upset about it. He apparently just hadn't realized that I'd assumed he was and had made other assumptions based on that. Which, when I read that in the email it upset me, but when we discussed it in person, I understood better...

Canceled Monday's session (since I just saw him and need time to process) and also Thursday's since I'm going Christmas shopping with my dad. He has openings Wed. and Fri. and debating whether to take one or to try a week off?

I'm glad you're taking him up on his offer- why do you think you feel strange though?