Posted by SLS on April 1, 2016, at 8:25:53
In reply to Re: factors that may keep us 'sick' » Christ_empowered, posted by Tabitha on March 31, 2016, at 19:43:55
> > It made me think of myself as a very, very dysfunctional person making tiny bits of progress.
:-(
How damaging that can be.
My last psychotherapist demanded that I either go to school or find a job, or else she would terminate my treatment. I forced myself to get a job with Staples, even though it went against all of my instincts and what I had learned about myself and my illness. However, I could not help but to entertain the possibility that my therapist knew better than I did, and that I wouldn't make any further progress towards recovery had I not tried to work. Well, I failed the Staples orientation program because I couldn't read fast enough and failed to understand what I did read. The thought of being forced to work a cash register was overwhelming. I didn't last a day. The damage that this failure did to my self-esteem and confidence was almost crippling and lasted for many months. My therapist f_cked-up big time. I terminated her.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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