Posted by Susan47 on March 14, 2006, at 15:44:35
In reply to Re: Answering then a bit offtrack, sorry ... » Susan47, posted by LadyBug on March 14, 2006, at 1:09:50
Yes I really enjoy reading Yalom's books too, because he has a style of writing I understand and can relate to, I just struggle a bit with what I perceive to be his large ego, but that's to be expected I suppose maybe I'm just falling into thinking about him as a type, I'm typing him I guess ... which may be interfering with my getting all of his messages ... I loved Momma and the Meaning of Life, BTW I'll bet you've read that .. I should get it out again. I lent the Gift of THerapy to a friend and haven't gotten ut back as she's passed it onto someone else, so that tells us a lot, right?
About your personal stuff, yeah I know, when I posted on the thread above I wasn't sure whether I came across as understanding that it wasn't you who's addicted, it's your hubby, because I got very personally involved in remembering the interactions between myself and daughter .. I don't think my girl is talking about my drug use, because she doesn't see how it negatively impacts my life. She doesn't see how I struggle to put things together when I'm at work, she doesn't see how I freak out when I'm by myself and overcome by anxiety and feeling unable to act, and BEING unable to take my life's reins, then I NEED to toke .. she means I think more of the reject-my-mother-because-she-disappoints-me thing.. but one day if I keep this up, it'll interfere dramatically, probably ... and then that pain added to what she's already feeling .. it's important to me that I don't let her down any more than I already have, to keep a career, even if it isn't what I want, so she can have guitar and voice lessons added into the choir, she's already getting pretty darn old for that stuff, but it isn't too late. What I need to do is get it together and lose my fear and do my job, no matter how abhorrent it is.
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