Were There Things You Felt You Needed To Accomplish After Therapy?

[J.L. Pitts]

I did not mean to make it look like I wanted to make money off my illness I just needed skills that therapy didn't teach me. And to be able to go out in public assured of myself I would go to a person (if they were in my price range) because some of the issues that I personally need to work on are private things I wouldn't feel comfortable sharing about myself in a group. Maybe I am just different and have issues that are not like other peoples.

 

[anthony]

I did not mean to make it look like I wanted to make money off my illness

I wasn't judging that... and to be honest, I don't care if people make money off of their illness. Everyone has to make money, and if you're good at something that helps you put food on the table, go for it. My comments are purely on life coaching... it is a saturated market IMO.

 

[moonbeam]

IMO life coaches mainly read the same self help books, get quotes from people they think sound famous or important, and then try to get people to pay them to regurgitate it on command.

I'm still in therapy so I can't answer that question yet.

 

[J.L. Pitts]

IMO life coaches mainly read the same self help books, get quotes from people they think sound famous or important, and then try to get people to pay them to regurgitate it on command."

Probably true but really that's what therapists do too. i lived undiagnosed for 25 years.Then had the best therapist anyone could ever have an I DID THE WORK, THE HARD GOING THROUGH MENTAL HADES shredding an old life to find a new passageway through I still live with the fallout. But I am healed. I cannot erase scars or memories but I have a wonderful life now.I hope your healing goes just as well no one deserves to have to live that life...

 

[anthony]

Agreed... there are very few pioneers, most read, regurgitate and try and charge money for it, especially if they do it well. Everyone needs a living.

 

[J.L. Pitts]

OK I'm new Anthony so what does all that mean? I don't know what PC stands for and I am unaware of a problem. I like coming here and do not want to lose the privilege. Could you tell me what I have done wrong from the bold type it indicates this is a "strong better be listened to statement" but truthfully I don't what is referring to or if it is even referring to me? Could you enlighten me?

 

[joeylittle]

I don't know what PC stands for and I am unaware of a problem.

You are referring to the signature at the bottom of @anthony 's post, which is the same as mine. Most staff have this signature. PC stands for Private Conversation, accessed through the letter icon on the top banner. The bold type is for emphasis, for everyone, not just you. Any other questions about forum matters, feel free to write in the Help Desk.

 

[Abrasky]

Therapy had done what it was supposed to do. But I had to learn to interact with society again from a different viewpoint. Did anyone out there have areas that they feel therapy did not cover but they did need guidance to get to some of the goals you set for yourself?

Your very articulate, That is something I have never been able to put into words but can relate to. It is really difficult starting over again after learning how to interact with society again. It is hard to know what is expected of me as in some ways I am mentally still a child growing up. Sometimes parts of me in my childhood stalled during trauma and when they come out again, I had to be both the child and the parent maintaining that.

And you are right there are a lot of things therapy does not cover. I find although I can learn to reconnect with people again, I still find it hard to connect with different sorts of people, and most people are different from myself.

 

[J.L. Pitts]

Maze,
I so know what you mean about being a child inside. From childhood to 32 I was very much thinking how can I do "this grown up thing" I am just a little girl?" What I learned in therapy is that is a true inner child. And we have to learn to parent our inner child to help them learn and grow and not be afraid of the world. There are still times now, at 48, I all of the sudden think in my mind but "I'm just a little kid how can I accomplish this task?" But the impact of those words are now fleeting. I don't know if my inner child or if anybody else ever truly stops having those moments. This is a good question maybe we should start a thread about it!