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Apr 21, 2010, 02:30 PM
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I went to a celebrate recovery support group meeting last night. It's the first time I have been in a group support group. I had a really had time hearing other people's problems. One lady talked about her childhood abuse and it really triggered me. I wanted to walk out while she was talking. I don't know if I can go back. My T wanted me to do this. I just feel stuck. Don't know what to do.
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Apr 21, 2010, 04:38 PM
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Wow Raceka,
That is a strong move to meet others with similar stories. I can imagine how hard that was for you! I think that I'd recommend writing down thoughts and emotions pushed up by the support group. Talk to your T about what you've written, see what he or she thinks. I'd imagine that as you become more accepting of your past, the easier it will be for you to attend the group. Writing about how you're feeling might help to the answer.  Best wishes to you!
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Apr 21, 2010, 05:34 PM
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I went to Celebrate Recovery for a few months at least, maybe it was a year, I don't know. But I really enjoyed it. For the first half everyone would be in the same room and we would listen to one of the members tell their story and then we would sing songs. I loved that part and I miss it. Then we would go into separate rooms, men on one side of the hall, women on the other. Young people in one room, abused older people in another, then addicts in another room. Maybe, if the group you are in is too much, you could go into another room? I stopped going to CR, because for one I wanted to remain anorexic, two I wanted to do drugs, drink, and smoke, and three (for the same reason I quit therapy so many times), I didn't want to talk about my past. Then I wanted to go back and they had changed the day and time to when my mom was working, so we couldn't go. I always enjoyed group therapy, I liked the socializing and I liked knowing that I wasn't alone, that I wasn't the only one who went through these kind of things. If you don't like the group therapy kind of thing, then CR isn't for you. But, for me I would love to get the chance to go again, and I would reccomend you trying to stay with it. Maybe next time it will go better?
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Apr 22, 2010, 10:36 AM
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Thanks for your input. It just brought up these emotions that I don't want to feel. Being around caring people just makes me emotional. I'm not used to it.
I know my T will convince me to go back. I guess I should give it a chance. |
| AShadow721, by.grace
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#5
Apr 22, 2010, 12:28 PM
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This group could bring up issues that you can then work on? So you will talk to your T about everything that it brought up for you?
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Apr 22, 2010, 01:24 PM
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Hope it works out for you, RACEKA.
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Apr 23, 2010, 09:30 AM
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I'm going to talk to T about this tomorrow.
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Apr 23, 2010, 11:28 AM
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Keep us posted?
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Apr 26, 2010, 09:13 AM
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I talked to T about this on Saturday. He thinks I just try it for 8 weeks before making a decision. He thinks the group discussion is something I really need. I hold everything in. I need to learn to let it out. As long as I'm safe and nobody is harming me I should stick with it. I guess I will.
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Apr 26, 2010, 09:19 AM
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I think that it will be a good learning experience. Will you talk to T about what is going on with you during the group sessions?
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Don't let your problems or the world make you feel small. Stretch your arms out over your head. Take a deep breathe. Tell yourself that you are big. You are big, not small. You always have space, you are not trapped........ I'm an ISFJ |
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Apr 26, 2010, 11:19 AM
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I will talk to T about how I feel in group. He gave me a list of things he wanted me to journal.
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| Sannah
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