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  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #390 - November 10, 2011, 04:47 PM

    Thats bloody funny  Smiley

    Imagine your life as a sit-com Berbs, that would make a cracker of an episode.




    Speaking of sitcoms, I was compared to Patsy the other day.  Cheesy  In that that is who I will be one day.  Grin

    The one that stays with you?, How come if you dont mind me asking? Lol


    My ex treated me like shit for years and that brother I let live with me for a year, he robbed me, smashed my house the day I threw him out.  He has robbed my brother, not in a sly sneaky way, but blatantly pinned him to the wall by his throat and cleaned his pockets out.  He has treated everyone in the family like total shit.

    So the fact that randomly both these people who let me down end up in the same prison just makes me LOL.

    The reason I know this is because my brother wrote me a letter from prison asking for my forgiveness. 

    It's funny how someone will think they want forgiveness and that they have changed just because they went to prison.  Those cell epiphany moments very rarely stay true for the prisoners having them.

    But meh, it was a very well written letter that has touched my heart even if I do laugh at the irony of the situation.

    So for him, I will forgive and let it go this time. 


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #391 - November 12, 2011, 12:51 PM

    Meh, whether I am a stick figure anoerxic pussy or a fat one, I still lack whatever it is that a woman is meant to have that makes her lovable.


    I love you! Tongue

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    My war with my weight isn't about other people liking me, it isn't about getting a man, it's about me and me alone and how I punish myself when no one is around to do it for me. 


    Have you tried seeing a psychologist or even trying anti-depressants, they don't work straight away and also make you feel suicidal in the first 2/3 weeks, however after that it starts to kick in and that terrible feeling in your gut goes away and you start to feel abit robotic. But after you come off them after 6/12 months time you will feel good. 

    You could also try hypnotherapy I don't know if they do it on the NHS.

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    If I had stayed with my ex, chances are I would be eating just fine since he made me feel shit enough to compensate. 


    That is just a byproduct of living with another person.

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    Men don't want this, men don't want that, men just want...........well who the fuck knows and right now I just don't care.  As long as I feel worthless it doesn't matter. 

     

    Men want, Re: "looking for a girlfriend" thread by me. I have that shit nailed down.

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    Again I am in a Meh phase about this.  Maybe you were right when you said "I give her a few months" since I am not going in today, probably won't go in tomorrow, and I am unsure about the rest.


    Sorry, I am such an asshole at times. I know how hard it can be sometimes you have the determination and when you actually restart education, it seems like secondary school all over again, and a competition of who has the bigger cock.

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    I am unbelievably unhappy at uni right now.  Just thinking about it brings me down.  When I decided not to go in today I felt a sweeping rush of relief.  What it takes for me to face it everyday is just too much right now.


    Have a few days off, and then go back. I can tell you one thing, if you do this one accomplishment of going and completing your course you will get a huge boost in self-esteem don't let this opportunity slip away from you, think about all of the times you wished you could go back to university. It's the skunk it messes with the chemical in your brain which control motivation it zaps them, this is why you feel unmotivated.   

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    It's like I can't even be bothered to try and argue to change courses, because I am doubting whether I want to be there at all anymore.


    Just stick with it, and get through it.
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    I thought I would love uni.  I hate it. 

     

    It is OK, sometimes we have this imagined image of how things will be, but they don't turn out like this since in fantasies you never put in negatives its built upon positives so in reality when on negative aspect comes in, it throws you off. 

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    I need to give up the weed you are right, its dragging me down, maybe adding to the way I feel about myself. 


    Of course it is, you're psychologically dependent on it. It's a form of addiction you will think you need it when you don't. 

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    I'm just struggling with it.  I have been smoking daily since before I became an apostate.  After my little girl was born, so 7yrs now of daily smoking.  The only time I have ever quit was because I couldn't get it those 3 weeks.  Grin


    Yes, you need to get help. I am serious you're psychologically dependent on it. 

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    But you know I feel like life sometimes isn't worth trying for anymore.


    Been there. I know how you feel.

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    I quit teh weed and what?  magically things get better? 


    Well the chemical in your brain will start to get back to normal levels in your motivation level will increase.

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    they were crap before I started smoking this heavy.  I go to uni and somehow I get happier?  or find someone and feel good for a little while until it falls apart?


    You think about future possibilities, its false expectations appearing real to you. You have to start with were you currently are now.

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    Why do I still keep trying? why do I carry on getting up everyday for anything other than my duty?  everything seems like a way to kill time until time kills me.


    Your getting me down now. All I can say is, sometimes you have to just face the situation.

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    Nothing makes me happy like it used to.  Even when I say I am doing better I just mean that I am trying.  But in the back of my head I am constantly asking myself WHY? why even bother when it doesn't help.


    The sense of achievement, something you can think back on and smile to yourself and think you know I did that myself even though it was hard. I builds you as a person to face more challenges in the future. I don't know where I read/heard this: "Once I saw an ant it tried climbing up a wall with a grain of wheat, it would almost get to its house, and fall off it kept doing this with relentless persistent, again and again it fell back down a long way, it eventually even I started willing it to reach the top, and finally after what felt like ever it made the last hurdle and reached the top - and that is how I kind of see myself as that ant" - I wish I could remember who said this I might have been Will Self but that is a good lesson to take on board. 

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    It doesn't change anything.  I keep trying to change things and inside I feel the same. 

     

    You have to keep trying harder and harder I know its a cliche but no one reached anywhere without trying.

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    This is why I know that it's pointless having more surgery, because inside I will still feel this way.  It's pointless finishing the decorating I started in this house because inside it is still my life.  Making friends?  ultimately what for?  so that someone will mourn me when I am gone? 

    It all feels empty. 


    Just try with letting go of the weed. I know you feel down but try to keep focus, stop feeling sorry for yourself. I used to feel like you, I remember I was playing poker on skybet.com (still do) and I was playing with someone who had £50,000 on the table and I had been winning and I was on £4,789 just under £5,000 I had a Full-house and he had four of a kind 9999 I was so happy that I had him he went all in, and I thought to myself what a fool he is trying to bluff me, I called, and I lost all my money, I felt so sorry for myself, after that I said I will never feel sorry for myself since its that kind of a world I can't expect someone not to take my money because he will feel bad, no if he has the chance he will try to take EVERYTHING from me. After that I gave up on playing poker with real money on more-then £500.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #392 - November 29, 2011, 07:44 AM

    Ok.  So I have a meeting with the head of the sociology department today because I might be able to switch.  It means working through the xmas holiday to catch up on the assignments people have done already but I looked through the modules covered so far and I have already written essays back in college on the same topics so I should be covered with my notes.

    Bit nervous, have no idea what sort of questions she might ask me. I am so bad at answering on the spot questions because I panic.

    I'm heading in earlier to give myself a chance to have a coffee and reread my old essays to refresh my memory.

    But either way I can't wait.  By the end of that meeting I should know once and for all if I can switch and what my new timetable is.

    Thank fuck for this chance.  Least I will be learning something more interesting than a subject I have lost most of my life to.  Can't believe I didn't realise ahead of the game that I have lost my drive to care about religion.  Even if I did get 90% on my last essay in theology, which clearly shows that subject is a doddle for me, I would rather be doing sociology.

    So yeah.  Working backwards I think I finally got it.  Grin

    Time to start getting ready.  Today will be successful and she will accept me on to her course because I am going to go in there and convince her that I have what it takes to catch up and surpass her expectations.   cool2

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #393 - November 29, 2011, 07:53 AM

    And if that doesn't work out you could always take a baseball bat. Good luck. dance
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #394 - November 29, 2011, 08:19 AM

    Go for it! You'll be wonderfull because you want to make it so. If the professor doesn't reconize that and give a chance she's just can't or wont think outside the box. But you'll still find a way because your a survivor.

    If at first you succeed...try something harder.

    Failing isn't falling down. Failing is not getting back up again.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #395 - November 29, 2011, 03:22 PM

    A friend of mine did sociology and loved it, I hope you're successful.

    Watch this before you go to the interview Smiley...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX39J_YyKbs
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #396 - November 29, 2011, 09:25 PM

    And if that doesn't work out you could always take a baseball bat. Good luck. dance


    Thankfully I didn't need that, so it's a good thing I left that at home.

    Go for it! You'll be wonderfull because you want to make it so. If the professor doesn't reconize that and give a chance she's just can't or wont think outside the box. But you'll still find a way because your a survivor.


    Thanks Lynna.  hugs

    Well she gave me a chance so all is good in my world again.   dance

    I have been accepted and I'm off that stupid theology course I picked and finally doing something interesting.  The naysayers who kept telling me it wasn't possible at this late a date, like the registry office et al looked sort of gobsmacked that I managed it when I asked for the change of course form that I needed to get stamped.

    The interview was fine, actually a lot more informal than I thought it would be.  They asked me a bit about why I wanted to change and I told them that I was tired of religion and it took me til now to realise that i didn't want to lose more of my life thinking about the same thing. Also told them about this place, which they were very interested in.

    So I start on Friday.   dance

    Even more awesome is instead of being in uni 4 days a week like I was, I am now only in 2 days a week since both lectures and seminars fall on the same day, weds and fri.   dance

    I felt really guilty when I had to go to the theology teacher and get them to sign my transfer paper since he had referred to me as one of his favourite students last week. and he thinks I am making a massive mistake, and should I change my mind he would be happy to take me back on irregardless of the drama it would cause but that for now I should go find my feet if that is what I need.

    I thought he was very sweet and supportive which added to how bad I felt.

    But it can;t subtract from how good I feel right now.

    @ strangest dude, didn't see that before I went it.  Good thing, going in laughing would have had the potential to be a disaster.   Cheesy


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #397 - November 29, 2011, 09:38 PM

    Congrats Berbs dance.

    Must be a man thing. I go into rocky mode when I listen to it. Smiley
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #398 - November 30, 2011, 08:34 AM

     dance dance dance  That's right baby.

    I'm still uber happy by the way.  Grin

    Well aside from the fact that I am stuck in the house today because the teachers are striking, so even though my lecturer isn't striking because she doesn't have to, I can't attend because my little ones are home.

    I was half ready before I remembered this fact Grin  woke up like I was a late and got ready super fast for nothing.

    Oh well.  Couple more posts on here and it's bed time, movies and cuddles since we are all here together.   bunny

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #399 - November 30, 2011, 08:41 AM

    Woohoo! Congrats Berbs!! Welcome to the social sciences, the dark side  signmuahaha

    j/k, at least we are not theologians wacko Grin

    Really glad you got in, although I for one, never doubted you can do anything you put your mind to  yes

     far away hug

    "Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused."
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #400 - November 30, 2011, 09:17 AM

     dance

    Thanks allat. 


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #401 - December 06, 2011, 01:01 PM

    So my joy was shortlived as most joy is in life.

    I'm quite annoyed by all of this, especially the procedure and failure of the Uni to advise me properly but basically this is how it went down:

    1 - I approached the registry about changing the theology and creative writing joint honours, to sociology and creative writing....they were unsure it was possible and doubted the sociology department would be cool with it.  This was their own issue with it, they said nothing else, just that if I could get the sociology teachers to accept me, it would be surprising.  They had no other issue with the combination I specifically told them I wanted to now do.

    2 - I got the sociology department to accept me.

    3 - I took the form for changing courses and signed myself OFF of the theology portion of my joint honour, and got the sociology deparment to sign it too and then headed back to the registry to hand it in, which is when it all fell apart Cry

    4 - The registry finally took a look at it all and said NO, sociology and creative writing are not on their combined subjects list so its a no.  a big fat NO.

    Only because no one told me this before, even though I had liased with all 3 departments, I am now signed off the theology, and only have creative writing going which means I won't have the credits I need to complete the first year unless I can get theology to take me back on again.

    So.  I'm now sitting here fucked off, depressed, can't believe I made such a mess of things, or that they didn't make me aware that it can't be combined until after I signed off the course.

    If there is one thing I know very strongly, that is that I DO NOT want to rejoin theology.  I don't want to approach them and beg for my place back.

    I would feel like a trouble maker, first I'm here and then I;m not.

    Not just that but because I signed off the course because I had been accepted on to sociology, I have not done the work for theology that would keep me up to date anyway.  I had been assigned work from the socilogy department that I was working on instead.

    I had been told to write an essay about a subject I wanted to out of a list they gave me and I chose Tattoos and their changing social meanings, saints and sinners.  Man I was so excited.

    When I had to write the essay about King Josiah I wasn't excited or fired up.  It was boring.  I don't actually give two figs about deuteronomistic history (which is funny considering I chose this course, but I don't know, I didn't think about it as well as I could have), but tattoos and their meanings?  damn, I am gutted I am not able to do sociology.

    So I am down to these choices here.

    Drop out and come back in September as a sociology and psychology (since creative writing can't be combined, and I'm no longer as sure I want it anyway) student.

    Beg theology to take me back, stick out the academic year, but then switch course and start from scratch anyway.

    Beg theology to take me back and stick at the course anyway.

    I am also toying with the idea of moving Unis altogether.  Family life has been hampered severely by the distance I travel.  Some nights I would come back and the kids were in bed because of traffic, and late lectures.

    However I'm not sure how to go about that or if its possible.

    1 - Staying at my current uni means that next year I won't face the tuition price hike, and my tuition will stay at the low rate.  

    2 - Switching unis might not give me that same luxury.


    Meh.  It's all become one giant mess.

    Plus I had a meeting with my son's school today and they think deferring is necessary because of the difficulties my son is having at the moment.  Some days I have had to return early from uni because he is misbehaving and its getting to be quite the nightmare to maintain this pace.

    When you weigh up how unhappy I am on this current course, it seems like I would be battling to finish a course I plan to completely change anyway.

    I wish I hadn't been so depressed last year when I was making my UCAS decisions.  This current course I am on was a "meh let me throw this combo in just in case I don't get into the other ones", and I only accepted it because of all the ones I chose, this was closest and I could no longer move because of my son's schooling so I took it just because it was something, that might or might not have been interesting.

    Sociology is interesting.  The meeting I had with the head and then again with 2 lecturers was great.  I loved it, I loved the topics we covered.

    The head of sociology has emailed me since and told me that she looks forward to taking me next year instead and is upset it couldn't happen for me this year, so it seems this is what I should do.

    Defer and start in september, fresh, and on sociology and psychology.  

    I am just waiting for these unbelievably slow staff members to reply to my email so I know what I am doing.

    The longer they take the more stressed I am.  I have been stressing like crazy since last week.  each day that passes means I miss more and more work and what if they can't guarantee me a place on the courses I want to switch to?  will I have to go through the UCAS procedure for an internal transfer?  I need to know.  banghead  they must reply.

    If they don't reply by the end of the day I am heading in tomorrow to hash this out.

    I just need confirmation everything will be alright.  I feel so stupid right now for living life backward.  

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #402 - December 06, 2011, 01:40 PM

    Suck.

    That's what I have to say about that.

    Oh, and bureaucratic assholes.

    fuck you
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #403 - December 06, 2011, 05:58 PM

    Just stick to creative writing, and re-apply in September. If you don't want to do theology (honestly don't know why you choose such a shit subject to start with) then don't do it, there is no point just trying to do it, for the sake of doing it, or because you made a mistake (learn from the mistake) since you have to ask yourself will you be motivated enough to stick through theology? From a realistic point of view I don't think you will form what I've read from you in the past about the subject. You would enjoy PSY but its not easy, why don't you try something practical? like electronics you might enjoy something like that?
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #404 - December 07, 2011, 12:46 PM

    So very sorry to hear how things went for you at the university. Even though it did not in the end happen as you desired you were still successful. You made a plan. You carried it. You successfully presented your case to the sociology professor. She was impressed with your person and abilities. Perhaps you may want to complete the classes you are still enroled in. Just to maintain a little of the university life pace or as an example to your children not to quit when the going gets tough. Also I don't know how it is when you totally drop classes in the UK but in the USofA some times it can be problematic to have a total drop on your record. For example when there are alot of people trying to get into the same programs or universities. Also there is a thing here called "auditing". I've never done it because I've only taken nursing classes of late however I've known people who have. Perhaps there is someting like it there. Anyhow it's when you enrole just to attend the class(es) for a period of time to see what they're about. My understanding is there are different levels at which this can be done. It could be you only attend a couple classes and it is not on your record it happened or the other extreme you actually attend the  whole semister and in stead of a grade the record just shows "audit". It might be a way to see what is actually covered in different classes.

    I'm sorry to hear your son is having a difficult time. It would be so wonderful if the rest of our world would just stop when our children need us. Ah yes the blessing and bane of the liberated woman. I'm sure you'll make a good choice for him and you because it is obvious you love and care for your children very much. You can only do the best you can do at the time and keep learning.

    I pick up my son at the prison on Monday. Just the stress of that is making me fall a part. I lost 3 pounds in 2 weeks knowing I had doctors appointments. I couldn't even make myself eat.

     

    If at first you succeed...try something harder.

    Failing isn't falling down. Failing is not getting back up again.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #405 - December 07, 2011, 09:08 PM

    My 2p, don't waste this year, either go back to theology or try take another subject that is on the approved combined subject list, if you managed to convince the sociology head to take you, you can convince another lecturer.  If the worst comes , take theology exam, its not interesting, but what the heck, that's the way things go.

    You'd have a much better chance to switching to a better uni if you pass and get good grades this year, trust me on this Smiley

    Teach us to care and not to care / Teach us to sit still.
    What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other
    You are the music while the music lasts.
    T.S.Eliot
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #406 - February 14, 2012, 08:29 PM

    Ok, so I just came back from my first therapy appointment with this new place.  It's addiction related too since I'm looking to get a handle on the smoking side of my life.  Feel like nothing else will really change unless that changes.

    The eating disorder side of things will be tackled elsewhere so I haven't started that side yet as they felt I needed more specialist intervention than they could offer. ( although to be fair I have put on some weight, some days I like it, some days it fucks with my head, but I think I'm doing better in general.  Sure I threw up pizza the other day and there was some blood but I haven't done that in so long and that was because it was pizza, so yea, think I'm making some real headway there)

    So anyway today was the first meeting with the male therapist they have allocated to me.  After my initial assessment the woman said this guy would be the best therapist for the job.  They normally work privately these therapists but as ex users themselves they donate time to this charity, which is why I can make use of them.  I have to pay but it's very very discounted based on your circumstances, so right now for me that means only £10 a session.

    I'm not sure how I feel about it being a male therapist, said I would see how it went.

    Well today I did see how it went, and tbh it wasn't the fact that he was a male that disheartened me, it was his over emotional reaction to the things I would answer with. 

    Today we talked about my childhood.  Or as much as can be talked about it in one hour session.  The thing I hate most in a professional setting when talking about my past is the PITY factor.  The "oh wow, omg I feel so tearful just hearing about that trauma".  The hand on your chest whilst you tell me how much you pity me and how its ok for me to still feel sad to this day because it's just "so heartrending to listen to"  banghead

    It makes me feel so ahsamed to carry on talking.  I actually start to clam up because I don't want an emotional reaction.  Let's just keep it simple, I was abused, let's move on to how I can fix it or something, or react professionally and keep a respectful emotional distance when I talk about this pity party.

    I have stopped therapy before with these over 'close' types. 

    I won't yet, will give it a couple more sessions to see if this reaction can fade somewhat, but I don't need to be constantly reminded of the pain in my childhood by the pain it causes you to hear about it.


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #407 - February 14, 2012, 09:34 PM

    Is that what therapy is like? I always pictured some unemotional person. It's put me off ever wanting to try it anyway. I really don't need to be told that it's OK to cry. I don't fucking want to.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #408 - February 14, 2012, 09:40 PM

    Is that what therapy is like? I always pictured some unemotional person. It's put me off ever wanting to try it anyway. I really don't need to be told that it's OK to cry. I don't fucking want to.


    Oh I have had those too, the Freudian type of distant psychotherapist.  I loathe those even more than these emo types tbh.  I have actually walked out of the first session when it's the overly distant type because they make me feel too judged.  Grin

    The best therapy I ever had was called 'pro-active therapy' many years ago, and we talked about the past with a healthy balance of 'damn, that must have been hard' and 'so this is what your challenges for this week will be'.  She was very friendly and connected without crossing a line or seeming judgemental.  Just very practical.  Probably more like a life coach when I think about it now.

    I don't want to cry, I agree.  I feel like I have cried enough already.  What I want is movement forward.  It's clear my past created my future, now that we know that, let's work in the moment or in the future because I am tired of revisiting the past. 

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #409 - February 14, 2012, 09:45 PM

    Is that what therapy is like? I always pictured some unemotional person. It's put me off ever wanting to try it anyway. I really don't need to be told that it's OK to cry. I don't fucking want to.


    Listen to her Berbs, the turnip is strong in this one^^^

    "In battle, the well-honed spork is more dangerous than the mightiest sword" -- Sun Tzu
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #410 - February 14, 2012, 09:49 PM

    turnipovich is back.  He almost failed me during the session when the pity nearly made me cry.  But I fought it.

    Next time I shal consume the turnip before I leave. 

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #411 - February 14, 2012, 11:16 PM

    Listen to her Berbs, the turnip is strong in this one^^^

     Cheesy
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #412 - February 15, 2012, 11:00 AM

    He doesn't sound a very good therapist!  Years ago I saw John Rowan of the Association of British Humanist Psychotherapists.  They know their stuff.

    And what is happening about uni - as I did sociology I strongly recommend it.   parrot

    When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.


    A.A. Milne,

    "We cannot slaughter each other out of the human impasse"
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #413 - February 15, 2012, 02:07 PM

    I think if it was an INTJ you would have been fine. Emotions, wtf are those? So on a serious note, it's good you've taken the first step all you gave to do now is stay motivated to see it through, but if you really feel unconformable with this guy, then its best to ask for another therapist right now, since you're paying for this. Normally you can find out if you will click with someone of not on the first meeting.

    I had a therapist for a while for my over indulgence in cocaine and alcohol she was a Desi but a coconut a little like myself so that worked, eventually after about a year she was moved to another department and I was issued another therapist who was a Christian woman and on the first day that did not work she was too unprofessional and it seemed like she was displaying disingenuous sympathy, and I didn't like that. So I really think you should try to switch see how the next sessions goes, and if that does not work switch rather then leaving it too late. Also, if you find it hard to talk about stuff you can always write them down, they'll probably make you keep a daily diary about urges and cravings and situations which increase those cravings. Make sure you read who they can share the information with too, because sometimes crazy things can happen. You don't want social services knocking on your door.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #414 - February 15, 2012, 02:33 PM

    He doesn't sound a very good therapist!  Years ago I saw John Rowan of the Association of British Humanist Psychotherapists.  They know their stuff.

    And what is happening about uni - as I did sociology I strongly recommend it.   parrot


    Well the lady who assigned him to me said he was the best for dealing with trauma and addiction, which based on my past is what I need.

    The therapist said to me that the most damage is done between the ages of 8 -12.  Any intense trauma inflicted in this past of the growth of a child causes the way their brain processes and connects to change, something to do with these years being when brain stuff is connecting together, and to escape the pain associated with trauma, especially the repetitive trauma I faced, meant that my brain wired itself up differently.  Which where my search for drugs and drink would have started from, as ways to satisfy the pleasure > trauma effect.....or something like that anyway.

    And as to uni, I go back in september for sociology and psychology and I am really looking forward to it.

    I think if it was an INTJ you would have been fine. Emotions, wtf are those? So on a serious note, it's good you've taken the first step all you gave to do now is stay motivated to see it through, but if you really feel unconformable with this guy, then its best to ask for another therapist right now, since you're paying for this. Normally you can find out if you will click with someone of not on the first meeting.

    I had a therapist for a while for my over indulgence in cocaine and alcohol she was a Desi but a coconut a little like myself so that worked, eventually after about a year she was moved to another department and I was issued another therapist who was a Christian woman and on the first day that did not work she was too unprofessional and it seemed like she was displaying disingenuous sympathy, and I didn't like that. So I really think you should try to switch see how the next sessions goes, and if that does not work switch rather then leaving it too late. Also, if you find it hard to talk about stuff you can always write them down, they'll probably make you keep a daily diary about urges and cravings and situations which increase those cravings. Make sure you read who they can share the information with too, because sometimes crazy things can happen. You don't want social services knocking on your door.


    They don't keep extensive notes for the exact same reason.....just incase some off chance the data was revealed, no detailed notes are kept.  maybe I would have to keep a diary, we haven't got that far.

    As to social services knocking on my door, what for? lol they already know I am a heavy cannabis smoker, they don't care.  They didn't even care in court when I was facing my ex over the children.  I think this is because I am so not secretive about it.  I'm very blatant and honest.  So I have always said it myself.

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #415 - February 15, 2012, 02:37 PM

    I was wondering how your therapy was going.

    I think it's a good idea to give it a couple more sessions before you deside if it's going to work with this therapist. Just because he is a therapist doesn't make him a mind reader. Some people need and want that pity for a while let him know you're not into it.

    I think I get your point. It was your life. You knew no other, it is part of who you are. Okay. So? Now where do you go? What do you do next to become more?

    I had a therapist one time that I didn't like but the price was right. Every time I saw him he made me mad. Never really talked to him about anything after each session I'd go talk over all the stuff he brought up with my friend Becky. We worked out alot of stuff that way. The therapist was able to bring up topics objectively that I might not of taken from a friend.

    Perhaps that is something you can think about with your therapist. That is: Since the price is right is there some way he can be useful even though he is not all you would like him to be.

     far away hug

    If at first you succeed...try something harder.

    Failing isn't falling down. Failing is not getting back up again.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #416 - February 21, 2012, 07:59 PM

    I was wondering how your therapy was going.

    I think it's a good idea to give it a couple more sessions before you deside if it's going to work with this therapist. Just because he is a therapist doesn't make him a mind reader. Some people need and want that pity for a while let him know you're not into it.

    I think I get your point. It was your life. You knew no other, it is part of who you are. Okay. So? Now where do you go? What do you do next to become more?

    I had a therapist one time that I didn't like but the price was right. Every time I saw him he made me mad. Never really talked to him about anything after each session I'd go talk over all the stuff he brought up with my friend Becky. We worked out alot of stuff that way. The therapist was able to bring up topics objectively that I might not of taken from a friend.

    Perhaps that is something you can think about with your therapist. That is: Since the price is right is there some way he can be useful even though he is not all you would like him to be.

     far away hug


    for some reason I missed this post, just saw it as I came looking for my thread to update it.

    I do intend to tell him outright when I see him next that the style he used wasn't right for me and made me awkward, but it will have to be next week.

    I skipped therapy today.

    In part I didn't feel like going, just felt so blah about the whole thing, wasn't in the mood to talk about the things we would talk about.  Since we tackled childhood partly, I'm guessing teens get rehashed next and my teens....well I'm not in the mood for that today.

    But I didn't actually bail out until my childcare fell through.  In truth I could have probably begged my friend to cover for me when my bro bailed out on me, but I felt it was a perfect reason and excuse to skip today.

    Yay for therapy interfering behaviours.

    I will go next week though.  It was just such a down weekend for me, didn't feel ready to reface the past today.

    I just hope we get to a point where I look forward to going. 

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #417 - March 03, 2012, 08:59 AM

    Yesterday I finally caved in and started taking anti depressants again.  It's been so long since I have been on them.  For ages and ages I have refused to take them when the mental health team or my social worker have tried to insist I take them.

    Kept thinking I would eventually win out over the feelings but recently my mood has just levelled out into this blah zone, bordering on suicidal (don't worry, I have a phobia of dying so I'm not following through anytime soon Grin  plus I have kids) and defeated.  Zero energy, physical or mental.  Just hit a plateau of blah that I haven't been able to shake.

    Even when I am supposed to be having a good time there is something not quite right about the way I feel, I sense of unhappiness just lingering at the edges.  Its like I can't even enjoy what I have because I'm too depressed to appreciate it.

    Yesterday, the day before, before that, ad nauseum, I robot walked through my day sort of stuck in sad and defeated mode.

    I try to motivate myself but I wake up everyday dead inside.

    I'm not sure if I did the right thing, but I am so tired of feeling this way. 

    The medication doesn't work for long, but hey, at least for the next 3 months I will feel elated, hyper, motivated, numb to everything.  Will stop working that much for me at the point and instead of upping the dose I will just stop.  I know myself.

    But for now, at least I will feel better.

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #418 - March 03, 2012, 11:10 AM

    I suppose it's hard to know when it's time to start taking meds. I've stopped myself from going down the route because I keep thinking I can make things work on my own. And I worry that I will become too dependent on it.
    Since you've got kids, it probably makes more sense to give the meds another try, just to get yourself out of the blah zone and have more energy and drive. Maybe the coming 3 months will be your most productive Smiley

  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #419 - March 03, 2012, 12:37 PM

    I've taken them on and off for years.  This may have ben my longest time period off of them.  I worry about dependency though, not that I can't physically stop taking them as once the meds stop working I withdraw off them and have done it many times, but mentally I'm disappointed that I have returned to them.

    I think deferring uni and being stuck back at home doing nothing, feeling lonely a lot of the time and on top of that dealing with the issues with my kids/food, it's just stripped me of that little motivation I have left.

    I hope these 3 months are productive, I have a lot to do and catch up on that I have let build up in this blah phase I'm going through.


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