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Posted by Dinah on August 10, 2005, at 16:11:16
There is a note in your words that I don't recall hearing before.
Or maybe it's just me. I had a brief fever last night that still has me wiped out.
Posted by Shortelise on August 10, 2005, at 18:00:58
In reply to Are you ok, Shortelise?, posted by Dinah on August 10, 2005, at 16:11:16
Honestly, no, I am not ok. Thank you for asking, Dinah.
I am so anxious. Off and on for the last week, I've had these moments of stomach dropping anxiety, and I'm not sure why. For the last two days, I have had some sort of plague - ok, maybe just a cold, but I always get bronchitis. I have coughed so much my chest aches. On Saturday we have a new student arriving, and as the last is still here, we must make a room for her upstairs here, which entails a great deal of work which I am too ill to undertake. Then on Friday evening I have agreed to cater an event for a friend, hors d'oeuvres for 50-75 people, so it's not huge but it feels overwhelming right at this moment.
I'll ask friends for help, stuff myself full of anti-cold symptom medicine, and soldier through it.
And of course, I see my T tomorrow for the first time in ...I guess it's been more than three weeks. My rational mind and my emotions are so far apart. I try to avoid the emotional place as far as he is concerned - I am afraid of it, afraid of the hurt understanding it could bring. Dinah, do you understand that? Who is it I don't trust, him or me? I just don't want to go there tomorrow and leave feeling hurt and confused again. I am really tired of that.
Thanks Dinah. My husband is working so hard these days, I feel kind of alone.
ShortE
Posted by Tamar on August 10, 2005, at 18:46:38
In reply to Re: Are you ok, Shortelise? » Dinah, posted by Shortelise on August 10, 2005, at 18:00:58
Sorry it's so hard at the moment, ShortE.
I hope you have a really good session tomorrow. You deserve some comfort.
Tamar
Posted by Angela2 on August 10, 2005, at 22:08:12
In reply to Re: Are you ok, Shortelise? » Dinah, posted by Shortelise on August 10, 2005, at 18:00:58
ShortE,
I hope everything goes well with your T tomorrow. And if not, ice cream is on me.
-Angela2
Posted by Dinah on August 10, 2005, at 22:12:11
In reply to Re: Are you ok, Shortelise? » Dinah, posted by Shortelise on August 10, 2005, at 18:00:58
I was just briefly ill and felt wiped out completely today. I can only imagine how you feel. Physical health so closely affects mental health.
I know how difficult your appointments have been lately, and I wish I could give your therapist a swift kick to the derriere. I really don't think they understand very well. Well, it's hard enough for us and we're experiencing it.
Of course, that's part of the problem. We would ideally want them to experience it too.
Posted by daisym on August 11, 2005, at 0:22:11
In reply to Re: Are you ok, Shortelise? » Dinah, posted by Shortelise on August 10, 2005, at 18:00:58
I'm sorry you are feeling lonely these days. It makes that anxiety so much harder to squelch. But it seems understandable that you would be anxious what with all you have going on.
You said, "Who is it I don't trust, him or me? I just don't want to go there tomorrow and leave feeling hurt and confused again. I am really tired of that." This is such a fair request and so heart felt. I felt sad when you said you needed to keep your emotional self out of the room though. It must be very hard to have to be so guarded with your therapist now. It didn't use to be like this, did it?
I hope tomorrow goes well. I'll be thinking of you.
Posted by Tamar on August 11, 2005, at 16:33:00
In reply to Re: Are you ok, Shortelise? » Dinah, posted by Shortelise on August 10, 2005, at 18:00:58
I've been thinking about you, hoping therapy was what you needed it to be.
Hugs,
Tamar
Posted by Tamar on August 11, 2005, at 16:34:45
In reply to Re: Are you ok, Shortelise? » Dinah, posted by Shortelise on August 10, 2005, at 18:00:58
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