Posted by Wittgenstein on April 4, 2007, at 9:12:10
In reply to Re: New and looking for support :) » Wittgenstein, posted by Dinah on April 4, 2007, at 8:32:19
Hi Dinah,
Thanks for the advice. I guess opening up to someone and being direct about your feelings is just part of the therapy process - something I'll have to get used to, when it all begins.
The other day my bf's mother phoned to see how I was (of course being Dutch the WHOLE family knows all the intricacies of what has happened to me the last weeks) - she only speaks Dutch (my Dutch is OK) - anyway at one point, after having asked half a dozen direct questions about me, she mentioned she was having physiotherapy - even before I asked what was wrong, she started talking about what I first translated as 'strawberries' (hmm I thought - this is random!!) - only for me to realise a sentence or two later she was going into intricate details about her haemorrhoids and how they had prevented her from sitting down properly for 2 weeks... this is what I mean by being direct (don't want to imagine what kind of physiotherapy would remedy this problem)!! In some ways it's very refreshing - but a bit of a culture shock.
Hope none of you were **trying** to eat while reading this!!!!
Libby
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