Posted by Tabitha on April 1, 2016, at 14:40:07
In reply to Re: factors that may keep us 'sick' » Tabitha, posted by SLS on April 1, 2016, at 8:25:53
> I could not help but to entertain the possibility that my therapist knew better than I did, and that I wouldn't make any further progress towards recovery had I not tried to work.
That's exactly the logic that kept me in bad therapy for way too long. I not only entertained the possibility that she knew better, but I committed to thinking that way. I thought it was necessary for treatment to work. That, plus the fear I'd regress if I quit therapy made me vulnerable to every type of lunacy she wanted to try on me. :-(
> Well, I failed the Staples orientation program because I couldn't read fast enough and failed to understand what I did read. The thought of being forced to work a cash register was overwhelming. I didn't last a day.That sounds absolutely awful. Working retail is something I don't think I could handle for a day, either. Any counselor who insisted that working at Staples would improve your mental health deserved to be fired.
I'm volunteering right now. There's no fixed schedule, so I go in for an hour or two whenever I want. It's pretty enjoyable. I'd like more income but I don't want to lose control of my schedule.
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