Posted by Dinah on December 23, 2004, at 7:59:41
In reply to Re: Bringing PB into therapy » Dinah, posted by partlycloudy on December 22, 2004, at 10:50:13
I don't envy me at all. The ties that bind me to this world are snapping at a head spinning rate. Harry, my dad. My marriage is not great at the moment either. I *need* to care in order to be truly alive as a human being. Otherwise I just exist. And I have trouble connecting with others, in general. To lose an entity (and Babble is an entity unto itself) that I had a caring connection with is just one more untethering that I really don't need right now. I *need* to care about Babble.
I would hope that caring didn't interfere with deputizing too much. Deputy rules are so narrow and limited that when deputy intervention is even allowed, there isn't much room for interpretation of what needs to be done. Close calls aren't deputy territory. That belongs to Dr. Bob. And I had a separate internal rule that I wouldn't do anything about situations that only involved me. I'd wait for Dr. Bob.
Actually, caring about Babble might help when the inevitable fallout from being a deputy occurs. Otherwise it's all too easy to wonder why on earth you're putting yourself through this.
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