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I love my counselor...
| Fri, 10-21-2005 - 3:51am |
Some of you might know that I go to therapy. I actually got out of the house for 2 whole days. I went to counseling, group, my mom's house and then out to dinner to cellabrate Sheila's knew job.
I also went to visit my Dad and sister last weekend.
My counselor took me to the park outside for my last session to get me out and work through this thing I have about being afraid outside and in open places etc.
The time before this she came to our house for my session since I have had a real problem getting out lately.
Well that sort of made me feel like I really needed to try harder to go to her.
She really does a great job!! Sheila and I just love her to bits. She really knows her stuff.
I am assigned to go out two more days before my next session on Wednesday.
I have inproved some of my obsessive compulsive behaviors also.
Just these little things have a way of making me feel more free.
It actually felt good to be out and about, even though I did catch myself looking over my shoulders alot. Lol.
You never know when the boogy man is lurking about, lol.
I just want this all to get better. I wish I could use a remote control to fast forward everything. But for now I will take what I can get in the way of healing and making improvements!
Well I feel like I have made progress and have had a positive week.
I even drove myself to couseling and group. Sometimes I just seem to have the need to hide in my house and not take phone calls, visits etc. It is just to exhausting to be on alert all the time. I am learning more about it all the time.
I guess the details would be better left for my blog.
Ok, I will stop rambling here.
Thank you counselor!!!
I also went to visit my Dad and sister last weekend.
My counselor took me to the park outside for my last session to get me out and work through this thing I have about being afraid outside and in open places etc.
The time before this she came to our house for my session since I have had a real problem getting out lately.
Well that sort of made me feel like I really needed to try harder to go to her.
She really does a great job!! Sheila and I just love her to bits. She really knows her stuff.
I am assigned to go out two more days before my next session on Wednesday.
I have inproved some of my obsessive compulsive behaviors also.
Just these little things have a way of making me feel more free.
It actually felt good to be out and about, even though I did catch myself looking over my shoulders alot. Lol.
You never know when the boogy man is lurking about, lol.
I just want this all to get better. I wish I could use a remote control to fast forward everything. But for now I will take what I can get in the way of healing and making improvements!
Well I feel like I have made progress and have had a positive week.
I even drove myself to couseling and group. Sometimes I just seem to have the need to hide in my house and not take phone calls, visits etc. It is just to exhausting to be on alert all the time. I am learning more about it all the time.
I guess the details would be better left for my blog.
Ok, I will stop rambling here.
Thank you counselor!!!
Hugs,
Laurie
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(((((((Laurie)))))))
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Hi (((((((Laurie)))))))),
Your counselor sounds awesome! I'm glad that she's working with you so well. A good counselor is a blessing. Hugs!
(((((( Laurie ))))))
I am so proud of you for getting out and about !!! Three cheers for you !!!
Having a counselor that you conect too is very important, and it's fantastic that you have one.
Many hugs,
Robin
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Thanks and yes, she is a real blessing. It is so nice to have someone to talk to about all the things I would just otherwise keep bottled up inside for fear of what other's would think. And she has a way of asking me questions so that I find my own answers. Sometimes she has both Sheila and I go since we cannot afford couples counseling and Outside of the VA she is a couples counselor also. This has helped Sheila and I understand things I go through and it makes it easier for us to recognize things and say, this is because of "that" and then we take it from there.
I should have done this 20 years ago, but then I would not have this counselor.
Laurie
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She was going to come each week and take me out to lunch or something to get me out of the house. That was sort of embarrassing, so Sheila and I went out enough to get me in the frame of mind to get to counseling.
Laurie
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But, it just can be so emotionally exhausting to go out due to the panick and looking over my shoulders and memorizing liscense plate numbers. Now I don't memorize the plates anymore since we figured out I have been doing it since my assault when I caught a glimps of my attackers plates and just kept memorizing them the whole time as he drove me to wear he dumped me off. Then I kept memorizing until someone helped me and got the police and a translator since I had to speak Spanish for them to understand me and they spoke french but knew Spanish.
That is how they were able to catch him. I kept repeating the plate numbers in my head for days so I would not think of the other things so much.
Now, since this summer I do not feel like I have to memorize plate numbers anymore the whole time I am out. I just don't do it. Only if I have a creepy feeling.
We connected right from the start and she said that it was very important too. Plus there is another counselor who does group with her and the other half of the group and she is really good too. Then there is my physc who does the meds. They are my team and meet every week.
I have also been wearing a blue bracelett that ginny gave me that say's SmallSteps.
I think all the rest should go in my blog and not here. But it has been a good couple of weeks for me.
Laurie
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I'm proud of you!
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((((((((Laurie))))))))))))
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How are you doing?
Laurie
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