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beanie - 2010-02-23 17:51:43
Good choice!
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terri t - 2010-02-23 17:58:51
Yes, you do deserve to discuss your issues with someone who can guide you along. I expect it's lots of the old childhood meanness cropping up because you are in a better place now...so you have to punish yourself by thinking less of yourself.... Ok, you have 50 minutes left of this session with me!
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gbw - 2010-02-23 19:25:52
Could the work out be partially driven by endorphens? The therapist thing sounds like a good idea afterall there is something to be said for a neutral ear.
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michele - 2010-02-23 20:49:15
congrats on the therapy choice, sometimes its just not possible to help yourself and the decision for outside help is a big one. my only advice is if you don't click with the dr after a few visits, get a new one. my husband spent way to long with bad therapists because he was trying to not give up. now he's got a good one, and she challenges him in a way that works, and it's made a big difference.
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Amy - 2010-02-23 20:50:20
The fact that you're finally able to give something like this to yourself speaks volumes about how far you've come. You've been beating your own path forward for so long, it's about time you had some help.
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Stephanie - 2010-02-23 21:31:40
I know exactly what you mean when you say that you wouldn't speak to anyone else the way you speak to yourself. I call myself names I have no business being called - by anybody. I think going for therapy is a brave thing to do.
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Cruel Irony - 2010-02-23 22:39:07
Therapy rocks. If you had bad role models for proper self-parenting, you have to learn what is proper from someone else; and a therapist is an excellent, trained, neutral source for that information. I do not see any shame or weakness connected to "seeking help" - it just plain makes sense. I stopped my internal negative talk years ago and my life is much more peaceful. First, I started paying attention to WHAT I said in my head, and second, I changed those messages to positive ones. ("You're an idiot!" became "Oops, made a mistake like all human beings do - oh well." That sort of thing.) And, there is NEVER any reason for name-calling -- either of others or of yourself. That should ALWAYS be nipped in the bud right away - even if you're not sure what to replace it with yet. Declare a "No Name Calling" rule in your head space. Anyway, best of luck in learning new, and better, ways to take care of yourself. You're worth it.
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Bozoette Mary - 2010-02-24 00:57:15
Good for you! And you know what, if you don't like your therapist, dump him/her and find one you do.
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alison - 2010-02-24 02:02:45
I have no words of wisdom I just wanted you to know that I understand, I always want to say to myself, "shut up and just deal, other folks have it lots worse then you, stop being such a crybaby" then I cut everyone else miles of slack. Wish I could be as kind to myself as I am to everyone else. Good Luck.
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Jim - 2010-02-24 17:30:00
Good! You are a woman of great accomplishment and I think it is wonderful that you are now willing to seek assistance in seeing just how very cool you are.
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awittykitty - 2010-02-27 02:50:38
Even though I bitched about my therapist "A" a lot in my blog, he made a huge difference in my life. It took a long time to find one that didn't just sit there and nod their heads. "A" is a take control guy and I really needed that since my childhood had enough crap to sink Manhattan. Hope you are lucky enough to find one as good as "A". Good luck, LA.
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