By way of anecdote, in the dinner queue just now, this lady quips, “Oh! But you’re so cute!”. Only to hurriedly add that she meant that in a good way, “I love your curls and you have such beautiful eyes”, she gushed. Perhaps, it had something to do with her having seen me colouring in […]
Continue ReadingToday I came to a rather interesting realisation. And, to illustrate, the words of our couples councellor rang true: “Being is better than doing”. Yesterday, I had time to kill between sessions. So, with nothing better to do, I sat in a quaint little enclave in the bustling passageway of the ward. I sat facing […]
Continue Readinghttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/think-well/201009/feeling-angry-or-guilty-maybe-its-time-stop-shoulding Food for thought in psych therapy today. I am a slave to “must-arbation” and “shoulding”. All part of my unrealistic expectation subtext. It’s really quite disempowering. Life is passing me by. Cheers.
Continue ReadingI got a new roomate the other day. Of course, I made certain assumptions about what brought her to the crazy farm. She’s of retirement age – a sizeable proportion of the population “on the inside”. So, I assumed, naturally, she must be in for depression or some such. When I decided we had established […]
Continue Readingwe discussed this in group therapy today. Guaranteed to move you. The therapist says its not intended to make your problems look small and significant, but rather to show the triumph of the human spirit. Enjoy! Cheers.
Continue ReadingLet’s talk trees. Tall ones. Whithered ones. Evergreens. Jacarandas. They seemed to be a prominent theme in therapy today. But its not the first time they cropped up in a therapy context. Years ago, our marriage councellor used the analogy of two oak trees. They cannot grow if they are too close together because their […]
Continue ReadingI’m reading TD Jakes “Woman, thou art loosed!”. In Chapter 5 “Walk into the newness”, he speaks about his ministry of hugs. He explains, “When something happens, and I really can’t fix it, I just hug them.” I am brand spanking new to this parenting thing. My baby is only 9 months young. As long […]
Continue ReadingI am still trying to get to grips with my diagnosis. Post-natal depression. It is not who I am. It is an illness that is slowly robbing me of my sense of self. I feel empty alot of the time. Like I have nothing to give. To offer. Like nothing. My doctor related a story […]
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