Couch 248: Curiouser and Curiouser

Jersey 4 · Today at 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Taking Ambien for a few years taught me how to fall asleep. Also limiting myself to one coffee a day. Also just being old and not having to get up in the morning. I was sleep deprived my whole effing life once i started grade school. I had afternoon kindergarten - not a morning person even at age 5!

Any prescription sleep meds don’t really work for me. I metabolize medications really fast (it’s a shame my body doesn’t work the same way when it comes to food) and so a high dose is usually required to put a dent in anything. I really need to get back on Klonopin for Anxiety but I know no new psychiatrist is going to give me the 3 milligrams I need in order to calm down because technically that much should calm down a horse.

Jersey 4 · Today at 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

Hey couch well I'm ready to share this and actually leave the post up this time

. I tried twice before but deleted them

. I think I'm ready now. So, my much-too-long saga with L has officially come to an end, as of 3 weeks ago today. Well my last session was in mid-February, when she said a couple of things that led me to cancel and tell her I needed a break which had been open-ended. But I talked to her on the phone 3 weeks ago and told her it's permanent, that I'm not coming back. It was a pleasant enough conversation, I am relieved that it is finally over, and I (still) feel like I escaped from a cult. I never should have gone back the first time I left. But it's all water under the proverbial bridge now because I am free. I didn't see just how unhealthy that relationship had become for me until after I got out.

Thank you all so much for putting up with my struggles with her over the years.

Your description of saying it feels like you escaped a cult is what it felt like when I ended therapy back in 2016 and never looked back. That’s exactly what it felt like-I just couldn’t describe it. I’m glad you are at peace with your decision to end it with her for good and with a positive conversation.

ArtieTheSequal · Today at 04:23 PM

Thanks, Jersey.

Echos Myron redux · Today at 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by WarmFuzzySocks

I think I need to find a new therapist. I like art t but it’s not really helping and I am spending more time in bicycle guy’s town than my own.

I hate looking for a therapist. I wish they had speed therapy events like speed dating.

They did this in London a few years ago. The organisation was called Stillpoint.

Artie - I'm glad to hear you have an ending. It sounds like it's been a long time coming.

Hi Couch. I have a new T. It's very strange, especially as he is completely online. But I'm glad I found him, he's pretty good.

Sending

to those who would like one.

ArtieTheSequal · Today at 06:04 PM

Thanks Echos. It certainly was a long time coming.
Hugs back

and I'm glad your new T is good. Online is strange, isn't it? I much preferred phone sessions over online when in person wasn't an option. I hope that you're able to settle into the online thing and that it's helpful for you.

ScarletPimpernel · Today at 07:15 PM

Can I ask the couch a question, please? How would you feel if your therapist left her

Possible trigger:

breast pump and breast milk

out?

I'm very triggered. Considering that I'm ultra sensitive about her pregnancy and baby because I can't have my own children, is it wrong to be so triggered?

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ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,347 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,828 hugs given	Today at 04:23 PM #663 Thanks, Jersey.
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ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,347 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,828 hugs given	Today at 06:04 PM #665 Thanks Echos. It certainly was a long time coming. Hugs back and I'm glad your new T is good. Online is strange, isn't it? I much preferred phone sessions over online when in person wasn't an option. I hope that you're able to settle into the online thing and that it's helpful for you.
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ScarletPimpernel Wise Elder Member Since Nov 2013 Location: US Posts: 8,429 (SuperPoster!) 10 6,454 hugs given	Today at 07:15 PM #666 Can I ask the couch a question, please? How would you feel if your therapist left her Possible trigger: breast pump and breast milk out? I'm very triggered. Considering that I'm ultra sensitive about her pregnancy and baby because I can't have my own children, is it wrong to be so triggered? __________________ "Odium became your opium..." ~Epica
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