When I first start seeing my therapist she told me that she had knowledge/experience (20 years) in treating my issue. I’m single with no family/support, yet at first I only communicated with her in session. I had difficulties with anxiety and dissociation in between, but refrained from text or emails (I don’t like to call […]
Difference between sharing and venting
Share This entry isn’t a blatant call to action to see a therapist, but I do want to talk about the good that can come from sharing our feelings with trusted, safe people in our lives. We often use the term catharsis to describe the benefits from exposing the feelings related to a great trauma, […]
Be Content
It can be difficult to find a balance between being plugged in and engaged in the world around us and overwhelmed by the world around us. Some of us agonize over the state of things and carry around a toxic burden of unease that drains joy from our world. I’m not suggesting we adopt an […]
Stealing
My church is having a yard sale and the lady who has recently starting coming volunteered to get it organized. She has been cleaning a church member’s home for over six years. As far as this church member knows nothing has gone missing from her home. Now, since this person is organizing the yard sale […]
How to help with thoughts about death and life
Well, for over a month (early September to now) I have been dealing with some feelings and I need to know what is going on and what I can do to help myself. I believe it started when I found out that Joan Rivers had died. I then thought about what it must be like […]