A Therapy Journal

[BrokenPen]

Recently I had this unusual idea.

Since I"ve been considering going back into therapy, I know that if I start over with a different therapist I'm going to have to answer the first and hardest question, "Why do you think you need therapy?"

In thinking about that question I started to write something that I call my "Therapy Journal". My reason for this is becuase I have a very difficult time expressing myself vocally but when it comes to writing (just like what I'm doing here at this forum) I don't sound like a complete idiot. Especially since my speech patters I have a tendency to stammer and pause in mid-sentence.

Plus I figure that if I write in this journal whenever a bout of depression hits me - I can write it down and bring it up when I go into therapy instead of feeling fine and trying to think of something to discuss during my 50-minute hour there.

[Aurelia5]

Pen~

That's an excellent idea! I have the exact same problem; I can't come up with the right words on the spot, I forget what I was about to say, then I get so flustered I completely lose it. And at 2 dollars a minute, I can't be stuttering.

I did that today with my psychiatrist. But I did it wrong. I didn't put it all on one page, and I didn't write it out concisely enough to get the point across, and I got all messed up and could barely remember why I was there. So write clear notes.

Let me know how you did. This will be very interesting.

a5

[Aurelia5]

Pen~

I can't sit by and watch you do this. You write well. So you've GOT to not say 'journalling'. But the funniest thing about that is, that the description of it is also doing it - verbing a noun. But it's grammatical dog poop.

Your pal in words,

a5

[BrokenPen]

Pen~

I can't sit by and watch you do this. You write well. So you've GOT to not say 'journalling'. But the funniest thing about that is, that the description of it is also doing it - verbing a noun. But it's grammatical dog poop.

Your pal in words,

a5

Ah, I see what you mean. Still I can't help but conjugate this noun since I can't really think of any action verb that can describe what I'm doing.

[Aurelia5]

Pen~
I'm probably old enough to be your great grandmother (53), but it has always been known as 'keeping a journal'.

If this habit keeps up pretty soon we will be fooding when we're hungry, TVing when we're watching television, and sexing when we're fooling around.

Then again, you could start a national thing, like, ohmygod, I like, SO totally am from another planet.

You know?

a5

[BrokenPen]

Pen~
I'm probably old enough to be your great grandmother (53), but it has always been known as 'keeping a journal'.

If this habit keeps up pretty soon we will be fooding when we're hungry, TVing when we're watching television, and sexing when we're fooling around.

Then again, you could start a national thing, like, ohmygod, I like, SO totally am from another planet.

You know?

a5

Actually you're more old enough to be my mother (I'm 27)

Anyway, I apologize.

THen again, around here, they don't say "Oh My God" because they consider it taking the lord's name in vain so instead they say "oh my heck!" It's enough to make me moan, "Oh for christ-sakes"

[Aurelia5]

Pen~
Don't apologize, this is just getting fun. Where do you live? Around here they say 'put off the light', 'I have bipolars'.

I'm in New Mexico.

We should make up some new ones.

My husband said " . . .she was mad right from the get-go". I thought he said . . . she was mad right from the gecko".

a5

[BrokenPen]

Pen~
Don't apologize, this is just getting fun. Where do you live? Around here they say 'put off the light', 'I have bipolars'.

I'm in New Mexico.

We should make up some new ones.

My husband said " . . .she was mad right from the get-go". I thought he said . . . she was mad right from the gecko".

a5

well, I live in East Idaho - so there's one huge factor for my depression. heheehe

[Aurelia5]

Hi Pen.

I lived in Oklahoma for a couple of years. Talk about another planet. They were the NICEST people, but that mindset you were talking about was hard to gag down.

Wasn't fond of the tornados either.

I can't remember what you said in the letter that got edited. Maybe you could send me a private message and tell me. I don't remember anything on there being the least bit questionable.

a5