Posted by Poet on September 10, 2003, at 11:01:25
In reply to Feelings tonight, posted by galkeepinon on September 10, 2003, at 0:05:44
Galkeepinon,
I just discovered this site on Monday, and think it is fantastic. It is absolutely not self centered to ask for help when you are feeling low.
If there is no one you feel you can talk to, my therapist had me write down all the things that I considered failures in my life (and there were many), seal the list in an envelope and give it to her. We will destroy it together when (make that if)I am done with therapy.
Did it erase all my negative thoughts about myself- no, did it make me realize I am not the complete and total failure I believed I was- yes.
A year later, I am still working through the major "failures" but I am not the complete failure that I thought I was when I started seeing her.
It can't hurt to try writing it all down. Don't mull over it, give it somebody you trust or just plain burn or shred it immediately.
Hang in there.
Poet
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