had a chat with my friend (the therapist, not my therapist) today. it was a nice chat...I actually helped her with a problem (gasp) for a change. mostly we chatted about her life, but a bit about what was going on with me and how my session went today.
I just have to say how bizarre things feel to me. my therapist and my friend are two of my biggest cheerleaders, and they are both so happy with some of the progress I have made. novel notions that I finally accept:
its okay to be sad sometimes its okay to be angry sometimes its okay to say I am sad and angry...its healthy, even its okay to distance myself from h its okay to go into self-preservation mode its okay to be okay
I have been taught my whole life to stifle my emotions, to keep them in (well, except joy, gratefullness, that kind of thing). I am finally, after 40 years, beginning to accept that emotions are NORMAL.
M-41 H-38 M-10 years, T-14 years Bomb-PA 3/19/07 Separated-6/7/07 Piecing/h back home 5/08 S-6 S-4 D-4
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says, 'I'll try again tomorrow.'"
