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hope everyone is ok,i havnt been on here as much lately as i feel its time to move on and get on with my life,but i do pop in now and again...
i had my first group therepy session the other day and i feel im not braking any confidentiality rules as im not giving any names or places..
firstly they were a nice group of people there was around 8 of us with two therepists,now the first thing that struck me after the introductions was the fact that no-one actually said a single word for the first few minutes and the therepists just sat there silent but this i feel was the way things go they wait for the group to start talking,and eventually we did and the conversation just flowed,but what i was surprised by was the fact that i thought it was the therepists job to offer advice but they just questioned all the time why each person had made a certain remak and how they felt.i hope i can keep my mouth shut in future because i felt like saying 'why arnt you offering constructive advice why are you just questioning why a certain person did something or said a certain thing,but i suppose there is a reason and its not for me to judge on only one visit...
to be honest i did most of the talking as i wanted to get out into the open my problems so everyone knew rather than just sitting there guessing,i mentioned i felt unreal etc....and one girl said she used to suffer from the same thing (feeling like she was out of her body) and she said anti depressents made her feel well again...
but all in all it was a strange experience and they were all very supportive nice people with problems that use this weekly session as a way to outlet there weekly feelings..
one situation did occur which id never thought about before when a girl asked innocently what my star sign was
and i held my hands up in defence and said 'please dont ask me that question i dont believe in it'
this turned into a conversation piece and i just said that as a child i was approached by a born again christian man who tried to convert me and it had obviously left me with a long lasting fear of the unknown,i just mentioned that i only believe in facts in scientifically proven methods and i cant and will not believe in religion,signs of the zodiac etc.... but i also mentioned that if thats something that brings someone comfort then im all for it but it doesnt give anyone the right to preach to strangers..
but all in all it was a good start and i just kept saying to myself that there is no magic pill to stop making me feel withdrawn and unreal but getting these things out of my system can only be a good thing
i had my first group therepy session the other day and i feel im not braking any confidentiality rules as im not giving any names or places..
firstly they were a nice group of people there was around 8 of us with two therepists,now the first thing that struck me after the introductions was the fact that no-one actually said a single word for the first few minutes and the therepists just sat there silent but this i feel was the way things go they wait for the group to start talking,and eventually we did and the conversation just flowed,but what i was surprised by was the fact that i thought it was the therepists job to offer advice but they just questioned all the time why each person had made a certain remak and how they felt.i hope i can keep my mouth shut in future because i felt like saying 'why arnt you offering constructive advice why are you just questioning why a certain person did something or said a certain thing,but i suppose there is a reason and its not for me to judge on only one visit...
to be honest i did most of the talking as i wanted to get out into the open my problems so everyone knew rather than just sitting there guessing,i mentioned i felt unreal etc....and one girl said she used to suffer from the same thing (feeling like she was out of her body) and she said anti depressents made her feel well again...
but all in all it was a strange experience and they were all very supportive nice people with problems that use this weekly session as a way to outlet there weekly feelings..
one situation did occur which id never thought about before when a girl asked innocently what my star sign was
and i held my hands up in defence and said 'please dont ask me that question i dont believe in it'
this turned into a conversation piece and i just said that as a child i was approached by a born again christian man who tried to convert me and it had obviously left me with a long lasting fear of the unknown,i just mentioned that i only believe in facts in scientifically proven methods and i cant and will not believe in religion,signs of the zodiac etc.... but i also mentioned that if thats something that brings someone comfort then im all for it but it doesnt give anyone the right to preach to strangers..
but all in all it was a good start and i just kept saying to myself that there is no magic pill to stop making me feel withdrawn and unreal but getting these things out of my system can only be a good thing
