Posted by Dinah on March 29, 2009, at 9:18:16
In reply to internal conversations...., posted by obsidian on March 28, 2009, at 12:12:39
Absolutely!
Judd Hirsch would be a great choice by the way. I loved him as a therapist in Ordinary People. He was pretty good as a confidante in Taxi too.
In fact I still imagine conversations with my therapist, and as my therapist says the therapist in my head is sometimes better than the therapist in the room.
I'd say it was completely normal. But I must confess I'm no measure for normal. I also had a rich imaginary life where I was someone loosely based on myself. Very loosely. Definitely better.
As for pastoral counselors, as you may know many people here have them and they aren't necessarily all that overtly religious. I think even if my view of God wasn't a positive one, that I would be comfortable going to many of them. I know that sounds odd, but even among the priests I knew, some were far more likely to reference God than others. And none were overly likely to do it. Maybe that's a New Orleans thing. Although I must confess that the scariest priest I knew never referred to God outside a Mass in my hearing. I always had the vague assumption they weren't on speaking terms.
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