Dear Waves,
You are right about Therapy being a job in itself. It can take up brain space and real time.
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however these are issues that are more abstract and deeper than i have even dealt with before. it's actually new work.
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Well my issues are almost always about my parents. I keep hoping to get past that someday because I am getting bored. Seriously. I feel like I
should be over this by now. And it doesn't make interesting conversation either. -- not like something good that I could write a book or screenplay about someday. Too mundane and boring.
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i still question if i am really bipolar or if there is just a lot of psych stuff boiling. one of my songs describes me as a storming sea.
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Is this one reason that you are so clued in on the DSM stuff? Have you been studying it to see where you are?
I would find this hard -- to not know the general dx/s.
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i would have to skip the future one. mine would be: "I don't know what i want in my future." (to avoid saying, "I don't know if I want a future.")
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Would you be able to say something along the lines of how you want "peace" in your future? I learned/was reminded of this one by my sister the other day when I freaked out on the phone to her about something having to do with my intentions/wants.
BTW, after all this therapy do you find that you can put a pin on certain people you meet in your day to day?
I have become good at creating an entire parental background for people I work with simply by watching them interact with authority figures, deadlines, pressure, money, . . . . Later details often confirm that I am usually right. This is a skill I wish I did not have. I gained it by spending lots of time in therapy and thinking about therapy and spending money on therapy and buying books. . . . .
I could have moved to the beach and become a poet or tattoo artist instead.
Mari