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Things I have learned in therapy

CatsKidsChaos — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:12:13 +0000

My problems are not something other people can fix. Other people’s problems are not mine to fix. Boundaries are good. Boundaries will be resisted though and it is MY job to put them in place and then stick to them even when it’s harder than anything else I’ve ever done. I can feel sorry for […]

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You are only human

CatsKidsChaos — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:12:48 +0000

“You are only human” My therapist said that to me last week. “You have set yourself such a high standard that now it’s hard for you to admit that you have parts of you that make you vulnerable, and need to be looked after” “You push yourself so hard, you give yourself no grace, and […]

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Back I go. Therapy. What anxiety makes me do…

CatsKidsChaos — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:33:38 +0000

This week is my last week of therapy before Christmas. I am not excited about my session but I am ok with going and last week was helpful, if not a fair bit painful. This is a brief post this week, but people have asked me what anxiety makes me do, how it manifests in […]

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Back I go.Therapy Homework: cleaning out my head and my social media feed…

CatsKidsChaos — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:12:07 +0000

Weekly therapy is looming. This afternoon, I get 50 minutes to disgorge the messy contents of my head and see if the jumble that is my anxiety and what’s going on in my life can be made sense of, in any shape or form. I am tired and I don’t really want to go, but […]

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Therapy – it gets worse before it gets better….

CatsKidsChaos — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:00:23 +0000

So I am three weeks into therapy. I should be feeling better right? All my problems should be obvious by now and we should have answers tumbling out to fix them. I should be feeling like I can see an improvement? Er, no, nope, not at all. In fact, it get worse before it gets […]

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Back I go. Week 2 of therapy.

CatsKidsChaos — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:04:28 +0000

Today is therapy day. Session 2. Last week’s session was rushed and because I was nervous about what would happen and be said, and because I had rather stupidly overloaded my morning both before and after the session, taking on too many tasks and other people’s problems my mind was all over the place. I […]

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And back I go…

CatsKidsChaos — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:00:15 +0000

Back I go. Sat in a waiting room. Paperwork filled in. Assessment complete. Waiting to see a complete stranger who will soon know more about me than most people who think they know me. Who will probably ask me questions that will make me cry. Who will listen whilst I pour out the jumbled, angry, […]

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Anxiety is not logical

CatsKidsChaos — Sat, 31 May 2014 11:15:44 +0000

(image source) Anxiety, be it long term, or short term, a temporary thing that strikes, or a mental condition that someone is struggling with, is not logical. I have always known this. Usually I can talk myself down, or be talked down, when something is pressing on my mind, sending it’s nasty little thoughts into […]

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