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One of the things ive learned is not to look ahead. Just for now do todays journal. If something comes up in writing, explore it a bit, write a bit more. You’d be surprised how quickly things start to turn for the better when you write. As to activity, make that your first entry, something like...

Breathing is hard! I had to do a lot of research outside therapy to understand all that stuff as there was never time in therapy to ask the questions. I follow a few ppl on Facebook who quotes mindfulness quotes in short paragraphs, I think it’s called the daily bell. This helps add to the...

Ah, I feel for you. I think you’ve taken a good measurement of your time and now you need to add a few minutes here and there of company. I’m at my worst when i’m Alone too much so i hired a couple of teen aged boys who like being care takers of the yard. One of them was here today for 3 hours...

This for me has been an enlightening thread to read. I’ve now learned about going behind the desk, being on the computer of the office staff etc. At my t’s office this would never take place. The one mystery that keeps leaping out at me is why the t cuts it so close to her appointment time. My...

So sorry this happened. Sounds like the therapist is caught in the middle. If you could email or just put it in writing like you did here, but more as a report, dates times, people who said you could do this. People who helped. Then in the future give notice in advance to the therapist if you...

I think they only get contacted if you sign the paper that says they can talk to your therapist. So in a sense if you didn’t request it and didn’t sign a consent to have the t called it did not happen. I’d email your t if allowed and just ask or let her know

Yes pretty much me, a lot of the time. I use the iPad to see what day it is otherwise I’m never really sure. I’m worse after a therapy appointment. Things just seem really vague and I can’t fill in the gaps as to what I’ve been up to.

It may also help if you add to the t. As cancer surrounds us and so do the support people for that disease. Hospital social worker or cancer support groups may be able to pair you up with additional support. Our ts are not around and cannot support us at all times and if concern for him means...

I liken it to bravery beads. The kids who have cancer get one for every procedure they go through doesnt matter the size of the procedure. So if you actually gave yourself a bead for every action or procedure you take towards recovery, I bet you would be able to see your courage!

Yes the winning of the goal set is the victory, not what everyone else in the room is doing or seeing. For them sitting around a table listening is a piece of cake. Talking is easy for most. For me the goal to leave the house was always the first victory, so if a car ride to another location was...

I get it. I attend a support group for mental health. It went like this over what, two years now? My first goal was to leave the house, get to the building. I don’t drive, but I trust my friend and he supports each goal or step. So I get to the building, enjoy the grounds, can’t go in. I keep...

I put up bird feeders in my yard. I open my basement window, screen out and take pictures of them. It’s very calming, because I get engrossed and have to be still and quiet to not let them hear me. This helps with the being in the house trapped all the time feeling for me because I don’t leave...

Great idea

One time he said one word and I replied with, you have a cold. He said you are sensitive to how people are. We had a good talk about that. How I look for changes or notice changes because my secure place is in consistency and no changes. But he also recently was very much clock watching in the...

Just wondering f this is based on mindfulness? I’m doing some mindfulness work and this sounded like you explained allowing?it is a great explanation of something? Thank you

Sometimes its hard because we dont trust God to get us and his people through things. We are used to getting through on our own or by our own means, hence the idea of drugs. You are not alone in this. Sometimes I avoid all Christian stuff just because it makes me feel less guilty or less like...

That’s so hard on your vulnerability. You tried and she is one that flips back when angry which she wouldn’t get why this is extremely hurtful. I live with this fear and is one of the reasons why so few know, I think maybe two, that I’ve trusted who are far from family to me, more like mental...

Welcome. Glad to hear you’re making progress on a difficult journey. There are so few able to say what their background is in their intro, so well done for being able to do that. Having a shared background would be keen to hear about things you’ve done to help. Im a long way from integration...

Standing still with you in this very difficult time and sending peace to you through the voices of others here and those who surround you there in the days to come. May you be able to come to a place of understanding and find a container for your grief.

The phrase is often used by my psychologist and has meant to me that it’s a normal response to what you are working with coupled with where you are at in your journey. I like that my psychologist emails me answers to what questions I have as it gives me a chance to keep it present and I get a...

Yes thank you for understanding the confusion. What I know about him is he’s very much into body observing. What the body is doing tells him things I don’t understand. It’s his go to as much as what your saying is but more so I guess.

today at my appointment with the psychologist he noted how I scan the environment. He said it was not slow or smooth and causes fragments. Asked me what would it be like if I got the whole environment all at once and said would that be better than only remembering pieces of things because I...

I know when I first did the meditation for the body scan I had no idea how to find my foot let alone isolate a toe and travel to the ankle and all that this scan directs you to do. The idea to locate it without looking at and to feel sensation was and still is pretty foreign to me. While I can...

Thanking them as well. Just read the admin posts and have no idea what or where all that muck happened but feel like admins work really hard and need this to be a safe place for them too.

Wow thanks for tip to look up bite model of mind control. I listened to a bit of one of his presentations and quickly felt overwhelmed . Meaning I’m just learning what happened to me and he lays it out really quickly or for my mind it seems quick. In the end it’s a good tip. Thank you freebird...