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Re: Newsflash! I'm not normal

Posted by daisym on June 20, 2005, at 23:53:36

In reply to Re: Newsflash! I'm not normal » fallsfall, posted by Dinah on June 20, 2005, at 22:41:07

I think we all wonder if our coping mechanisms are "normal" -- I think society likes some things (baking, cleaning, working) and not others. As a society we are quick to label things good or bad based on their perceived productive value. I think therapists fall into this too, sometimes.

There might be a bunch of reasons why he was pushing you. I guess next time you say, "I was anxious this weekend" and leave it at that. It makes me think of what my son's therapist says all the time to me: "the goal isn't that he doesn't experience anxiety, it is that he copes with it and it doesn't keep him from living his life."

I hope you write all this down so it doesn't get lost by Thursday. Until then, cool the anger with ice cream.

Hugs from me,
Daisy

 

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