Couch 247: Choose Cheese!

atisketatasket · Feb 08, 2024 at 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

She wasn't quite as permeable as Elpheba, but she did scare my friends. She was a type A+++ and I am more of a B -.

Except around therapists!

stopdog · Feb 08, 2024 at 10:38 PM

She is a therapist now. Seriously.
She was an extremely smart, extremely screwed up attorney when I met her. And she lurved the therapist she hired.

Lemoncake · Feb 09, 2024 at 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Doing or being?

Eta - he interviewed putin? Im afraid to look!

It's live now on Twitter. Also key highlights on Youtube.

ChickenNoodleSoup · Feb 09, 2024 at 06:02 AM

Saw forensic T the first time today. He's really nice. A bit different to my T, but nice. I can already tell he's gonna push me more than my T though, my first homework is "talk to parents about how your boyfriend behaves towards you" and "file a report with the police".... not looking forward to either of those.

LostOnTheTrail · Feb 09, 2024 at 07:42 AM

Wow, CNS.

I'm stunned that a therapist would just throw that out there as homework.
Both sound like things that would require several sessions of preparation to me.
Apologies if I am overstepping or have misunderstood here.

Take care,

Lost

LonesomeTonight · Feb 09, 2024 at 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail

Wow, CNS.

I'm stunned that a therapist would just throw that out there as homework.
Both sound like things that would require several sessions of preparation to me.
Apologies if I am overstepping or have misunderstood here.

Take care,

Lost

I agree that they sound like a lot for a first session. My therapist pushes me at times, but I'm sure he'd expect us to spend time discussing that sort of homework before I'd be ready to act on it. Even now, having worked together for years. Definitely not the first session.

ArtieTheSequal · Feb 09, 2024 at 10:30 AM

I really must learn to be less sensitive and stop letting other people steal my joy. Ugh. (nothing/nobody here).

Along with the above, I may write some Kismias poems. (ha! one of the guys in my poetry group introduced this "form" to me. It made me laugh.)

LostOnTheTrail · Feb 09, 2024 at 10:33 AM

Thanks, Artie.

I needed that.

ChickenNoodleSoup · Feb 09, 2024 at 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail

Wow, CNS.

I'm stunned that a therapist would just throw that out there as homework.
Both sound like things that would require several sessions of preparation to me.
Apologies if I am overstepping or have misunderstood here.

Take care,

Lost

Thank you for your concern. I think the talking to my parents thing is actually very good. My T never pushes me for that at all, and my parents and I have a good relationship (which I told him, and I am glad he trusts me with that). He then asked how I'm gonna go about my life until we next seek, kind of like an action plan, and I mentioned and asked about whether you can talk to the police. Like I learned that we have the equivalent of wellness checks, and I think it's probably secondary to him as homework to talking to my parents, but I also think I probably triggered his background quite some.

Possible trigger:

I'm not sure most people disclose abuse including death threats in the first session, let alone while not being able to talk about that in normal therapy much anymore. And we went through some pretty structured sounding questions to determine how "stable" the situation is and so on.

I actually am quite glad that he mentioned these things and suggested them.

unaluna · Feb 09, 2024 at 05:04 PM

Got my groceries put away and my meds were delivered this afternoon and my dr wrote me an email going who said that to you i will kick their arse so im happy now. Tired but happy. I love celery but making baggies is tedious. But i really love celery.

Lemoncake · Feb 10, 2024 at 02:09 AM

Well done Una!

LostOnTheTrail · Feb 11, 2024 at 06:43 AM

Hi Couch,

Reading this did me good today, so I thought I'd share the joy.

🐺

Have a wonderful day.

Lost

ArtieTheSequal · Feb 11, 2024 at 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail

Hi Couch,

Reading this did me good today, so I thought I'd share the joy.

🐺

Have a wonderful day.

Lost

what an absolutely beautiful story!! Thank you for sharing it.

Lemoncake · Feb 11, 2024 at 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

I really must learn to be less sensitive and stop letting other people steal my joy. Ugh. (nothing/nobody here).

Perhaps rephrasing you could try to accept that you are more sensitive and don't have to change. Just learn how to cope better.

You could have a google of HSP.

If it was to do with work/close relationships, having better boundaries can help.

unaluna · Feb 11, 2024 at 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail

Hi Couch,

Reading this did me good today, so I thought I'd share the joy.
🐺
Have a wonderful day.
Lost

Omg just the best!

unaluna · Feb 11, 2024 at 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

I really must learn to be less sensitive and stop letting other people steal my joy. Ugh. (nothing/nobody here).

Along with the above, I may write some Kismias poems. (ha! one of the guys in my poetry group introduced this "form" to me. It made me laugh.)

I survived my annual call from my aunt yesterday. I think my crankiness is over now.

Lemoncake · Feb 11, 2024 at 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I survived my annual call from my aunt yesterday. I think my crankiness is over now.

Was it one of those one sided conversations where you could say hi, walk away, then the other person wouldn't even notice by the time you came back?

Lemoncake · Feb 11, 2024 at 01:59 PM

I didn't have high hopes for the new Halo series, enjoying it so far. Battlestar vibes.

WarmFuzzySocks · Feb 11, 2024 at 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

I really must learn to be less sensitive and stop letting other people steal my joy.

Or, dear, appreciate and embrace the way your sensitive nature allows you to see the world's beauty and feel things deeply, including your joy.

...and stop letting others steal your joy.

WarmFuzzySocks · Feb 11, 2024 at 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemoncake

You could have a google of HSP.

I still remember when my former therapist gave me a handout on HSP. It was so helpful in reframing the "too sensitive" language I grew up with.

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ChickenNoodleSoup Grand Poohbah Member Since Apr 2017 Location: In a land far far away Posts: 1,584 7 1,306 hugs given	Feb 09, 2024 at 06:02 AM #184 Saw forensic T the first time today. He's really nice. A bit different to my T, but nice. I can already tell he's gonna push me more than my T though, my first homework is "talk to parents about how your boyfriend behaves towards you" and "file a report with the police".... not looking forward to either of those.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,325 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,811 hugs given	Feb 09, 2024 at 10:30 AM #187 I really must learn to be less sensitive and stop letting other people steal my joy. Ugh. (nothing/nobody here). Along with the above, I may write some Kismias poems. (ha! one of the guys in my poetry group introduced this "form" to me. It made me laugh.)

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,068 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.8k hugs given	Feb 09, 2024 at 05:04 PM #190 Got my groceries put away and my meds were delivered this afternoon and my dr wrote me an email going who said that to you i will kick their arse so im happy now. Tired but happy. I love celery but making baggies is tedious. But i really love celery.

Lemoncake Roses are falling. Member Since May 2017 Location: Seattle. Posts: 9,768 (SuperPoster!) 7 10.2k hugs given	Feb 10, 2024 at 02:09 AM #191 Well done Una! __________________

Lemoncake Roses are falling. Member Since May 2017 Location: Seattle. Posts: 9,768 (SuperPoster!) 7 10.2k hugs given	Feb 11, 2024 at 01:59 PM #198 I didn't have high hopes for the new Halo series, enjoying it so far. Battlestar vibes. __________________