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Re: Time to decorate therapy office--ideas?

Posted by shortelise on September 24, 2004, at 15:39:12

In reply to Time to decorate therapy office--ideas?, posted by gardenergirl on September 23, 2004, at 22:00:37

I need things to look at. I love looking out of the window - it seems to free my mind, but when I can't do that, I like to look at drawings/paintings on the walls.

I had one episode in therapy where I dissociated (I don't know if that's how it's said, but I kind of went out of my body) and when I finally managed to open my eyes, I was so grateful for the rug on the floor. It was new, and had a pattern to it, and I just kept looking at it, fighting to keep my eyes open and not go back to that place where I was in a cocoon, protected. I think I could have stayed there, could have let myself go into myself and not come out again, but my T kept talking to me, kept me there, and looking at that rug, tracing the patterns with my eyes, made reentry into the real world easier.

I need things to look at. The more intricate the better.

And pillows to hold on to. Mine is a sunflower pattern, big yellow flowers with nice green leaves on black.

I like to be able to curl up as I sit.

And nice soft kleenex. That's important because when I cry and use lots of kleenex, if it's that rougher kind of kleenex, my skin takes a beating. It's hard enough to leave with red eyes and nose, but when they are chafed from nasty kleenex, well! :-)

And a little fan on a top shelf blowing the air high in the room. Smells stay in the room, the smell of pain and sadness, of tears, of anger, it all lingers, it really does. I am not suggesting an air freshener - not AT ALL. Just a way to circulate the air.

If you are going to have plants, please take care of them, keep them healthy, water and tend them, toss them and replace them if they are dying. Dying plants are depressing and a person who lets their plants die - living things, plants are - might just let me die too. At home I rotate plants, you could do that with plants at home if your office proves to be not very plant friendly.

Ok, GG, there you have it from the mouth of another person with lots of therapy experience. Hope it's helpful.

ShortE


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