therapy silentbob everyone could do with a shoulder every now and again 011015 ... nr jazz + amy_poehler quotes 141230 ... epitome of incomprehensibility (Thanks, NR, for the page! I needed something lighter after fear_of_driving. And now seriously goodnight and happy new yearish things.) 141230 ... nr which page? did you go surfing for a page of amy poehler quotes and/or jazz? (i highly endorse this.) or do you just mean the post? either way, you're welcome, and happy new year to you too! 141231 ... e_o_i Hm, yes, I was being unclear. I meant the Amy_Poehler page, as you recreated her. I'd barely heard of her before, too. I know almost nothing :) 150108 ... FauxGrr i thought I had an appointment for therapy at 8:15 AM friday morning. no sir, it's for 8:15 pm. WHO FUCKING DOES THERAPY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT? I guess someone does but I'll be sucking up the cancellation fee. the last thing i need is my kid hearing me in therapy. 250124 ... raze the last psychologist i saw told me i was looking for my mother when i'd made myself braver than i thought i could be to get as far away from her as possible. he wanted to talk about my childhood but didn't have anything instructive or perceptive to say about it. more than twenty years later, what looms largest in my memory is the most ridiculous, random thing. no matter how many times i told him my drummer's name was tyson, he insisted on calling him tyler. 250406 ... ovenbird A psychiatrist I was seeing in my early 20s was adamant that I needed to be using medication for my anxiety. I tried a bunch of them but they all made me violently ill, disrupted my sleep, and lead to suicidal ideation. When I said I didn't want to try any more medications the psychiatrist insisted that I was making a horrible mistake. "If you fall off a horse, you have to get back on!" he yelled at me. And I said "Look. If I got on a horse a whole bunch of times and doing so consistently resulted in vomiting, panic attacks, tremors, nightmares, and wanting to die, I don't think it would be unreasonable to NOT GET ON THE HORSE AGAIN." I didn't go back. 250407 ... warmthofrelease A psychiatrist is a salesman for the pharmacist, whether pharmaceuticals are necessary or not. A psychologist can be helpful, but can also be wrong. A counselor is there to be a listener and to help you make reflections and make plans. Therapy should in theory encompass the strengths of all these disciplines and should be tailored to the individual. Problem is, treatment is anything but scientific. You're ultimately at the mercy of another human being and all their inevitable imprecisions. In a medical field in which every case is unique and in which no method is universal or foolproof. A good and compatible therapist is as hard to find as any good and compatible person. But in both cases it is so very worth it. 250407 ... ovenbird Absolutely agree warmthofrelease! I've been lucky to have some good counselors in my day as well and they have made a huge difference to my quality of life. Pharmaceuticals and I, however, never did find a way to get along. 250407 ... nr "is that a basketball?" she asked, pointing at the ball in the corner. "it's a medicine ball," her trainer replied, and brought it over to her. "let's do some work with it. i want you do bring it up high above you, and then slam it down as hard as you can, as many times as you can." she did as she was told, and after just the first slam, her eyes began to well up with tears. she kept her composure but this surprised her. when she got home, she ordered her own medicine ball. maybe this heavy thing meant for working out would finally help her feel. 250424 what's it to you? who go blather from