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How funny... I was born in Sycarcus NJ and than we went to NY.. but I tech. grew up in California to me.. lolRead More...

Scott: Perhaps your T is wanting you to find the answer within yourself.....??? SRead More...

AG- It sounds like you have had wonderful progress/process in your therapy Dude- I think for a lot of systems.. being seen and unseen is a big deal for different people... I would assume it would depend on what sort of role that person needed to take on and degree of safety For me, I think I want to be seen but Im too afraid to be really seen because maybe hurt/pain will come somehow.... However, I do believe in Congruency... inner outter..... I think it's rare to meet people who are really...Read More...

I wish I were taking the exam... I'm not yet.. i want and need to... it's pivotal to getting accepted into graduate programs.... so it's just difficult not being able to prepare really right now due to economic issues sarah- thanks for your comments about the poem.. if i had known anyone was interested, i probably would have left it... i dont know why.. i get really vulnerable, insecure and paranoid when I leave my poetry someplace and no one says anything or really anything... it worries me...Read More...

my therapist doesnt do email because of the place she works for doesn't allow it. I think this is stupid... lol. At the Uni, it was like this as well adn I do understand but my therapist there allowed me to because she understood that it was a way that helped me communicate better at times... My current therapist is only in her office 3 days a week but says she will make efforts to call you back when she is in her other office and the few times I have done so, she has called me. During...Read More...

Hi Attachment girl- Welcome here to the group. I have been gone along while but read your posts. Sounds like you have a great therapist that supports you in your healing journey. I like your n ame here.Read More...

M: I have been enlightened...thank you SRead More...

I enjoy your ramblings (as you call them)....you enhance my learning all along the way....thanks SarahRead More...

A hobby is a good thing... I'm still figuring how to deal with actually spending money on 'me' rather than on others! I'm trying to take care of 'me' but it does make me feel rather selfish. Some other insider is 'causing me grief' so I'm already ready to give up on having a hobby! I won't get into it... but it was another day when I could hardly stop crying. I'm so NOT used to that feeling! My T (who did phone me... phoned during my 'crisis' mode! which is why I posted that other...Read More...

Hello Charmedone.. welcome How old is your son? Sounds like a difficult diagnosis. Do you know what type of Schizophrenia he has?? I believe that drinking (substance abuse) is a common problem for people with other major psychiatric disorders... technicaly referred to as dual diagnosis (substance abuse plus another clinical disorder). It is a way of self medicating and I always find it interesting that someone isn't willing to take prescribed drugs but will take another type of drug (ie...Read More...

Is that so? Then i truly could be the grinch!! dudeRead More...

Thanks. you knows I'm 14 so I guess that's almost old enough to write some sense! ha ha ha SamyRead More...

Hi Sarah Welcome to the forums hereRead More...

Hello: I thank you for finding the answer to my question....As for your question....I am presently in therapy...have been for quite some time.... SarahRead More...

Hi Butterfly Warrior, how interesting...I couldn't agree more about touch. I think you might have missed Dude's post about the Little's who experienced touch with their T (it was another one I had erased). Maybe, if Dude reads this he can tell us again about it. Apparently, the touch really helped. The massage therapist I refer most of my clients to is actually trained in body psychotherapy. She does amazing work but you would barely recognize it as massage as she won't touch a body until...Read More...

Hi Antoni and Scott, good question. I thought about it for a while but it's an area I don't know much about. I know that we can split off aspects of ourselves from our own awareness. This happens for a lot of people too. This might not relate to you but I was chatting with a colleague Erika Moore, an RMT who does amazing work. She's a bodyworker who studies and understands how we split off in the body. She sees it all the time in her work. Not sure how the topic came up but she was...Read More...

Hi kvilter, welcome. Boy, that's toughie. I think it's great that you took a risk to reach for your friend. Many people might have had a different reaction. They might have been hurt too, but willing to look at it and to thank-you for risking to say this. Another person might have more open and asked more questions about how you arrived at this. Whether she was ready to hear or not, I don't think is your responsibility for how she reacted. We can't help but hurt people if we want honesty in...Read More...