Posted by Janice on October 8, 1999, at 21:10:34
In reply to Re: Some Mental Illnesses are more acceptable .., posted by Bones on October 8, 1999, at 14:14:12
> Janice: Thanks for the good laugh!! Of course I understand exactly what you mean about "getting your hooks in" ... you seem like a kind and generous person.
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> Have a great Thanksgiving weekend. And I've been meaning to touch bases with you about Dr. Julie Righter. I've been attending her group therapy sessions. Very interesting. Not QUITE sure that it's where my best work should be done. I find the whole process very intersting. I guess I'm used to a support group "dynamic". The first session, I found the therapists, so very blunt, AND THEY WOULDN'T LET ME TALK/ ASK QUESTIONS / MAKE SYMPATHIC NOISES, when someone was speaking/revealing/sharing. And they were so blunt, almost rude. I began to observe/understand the benefit.
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> Anyway, wanted to share with you.
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> Take care.Hi Bones,
I'm glad you called her. She is quite the power house! She wanted me to join the group therapy, but as I said it was just to far for me to travel. I remember reading the rules (wasn't it more like a book?) for the group therapy. I wonder if group therapy is a common way to treat people with social anxiety. That blunt/rudeness is something they could only get away with in Toronto. Do you know what the purpose of bluntness is about?
Bones, you too, have a great Thanksgiving week-end, and keep me in touch with how the therapy's going. Janice.
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