Posted by shortelise on March 5, 2004, at 19:32:24
In reply to Do I have a problem with this?, posted by tinydancer on March 5, 2004, at 4:21:36
What I think is a funny story:
When I has been in therapy for about 8 months (it's been five and a half years now), I had a bit of a meltdown and called my therapist for the first time ever. He suggested I go shopping. He didn't really mean to, he meant to suggest that I do something, anything, I enjoy to help me get out of the bad frame of mind I was in. But he suggested I go shopping. I was so stunned, that it wasn't until after I got off the phone that I realized what he'd said. I was appalled on one level, I mean, what sort of a solution is that - and it was the very first time I'd appealed to him for help like that. Yes, we talked about it later, and worked through it, and now it just makes me laugh.
I count myself lucky that I don't have too much trouble with money. It must be awful, a kind of self-destruction that must lead to terrible feelings. I feel for you.
ShortE
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