A friend told me this, with great pride. I'm not a professional, just an observer of human nature. I had my doubts.
I, myself, may possibly have a type of mental illness. I don't think I'm a loony tune. If dangerous, I'm only a threat to my own well being. I don't believe I have over-the-top unregulated emotions. I shouldn't be tough to treat. If I ever see that a therapist is offering a 2 for 1 coupon special, I may stop in for a visit. Would the first visit be the free visit? I wonder.
My friend doesn't even want to go out in public or wear normal clothes. He walks around with a blanket over his head. I suppose this is an attempt to hide himself, as it is not that cold in the shelter.
I think that he is a real nut job, but his therapist says he's too incredibly hard on himself. He tells me she wishes he would take it easy on himself. Take it easy, he sleeps 15 hours a day. If he took it any easier, he'd be dead.
He used to constantly say: "anyone worth anything will love me the way that I am". Now, although he doesn't say that he's in love with her, he does say that he has warm, actually he says very warm, feelings for his therapist. He says he gets excited thinking about her, talking to her, and that he feels energized even when he has even the briefest contact by phone.
My friend is the type of person who probably should have been in therapy before he could walk. I don't know if they do therapy with pre-toddlers, but this guy should have at least been on the waiting list.
If I ever get the chance to go for therapy, should I dress up? Jacket and tie? One of my best outfits? If I called ahead and asked, would I waste my free session in a discussion of why I felt it was important to put on my best clothes to see a psychotherapist?
Will the therapist secretly be evaluating and judging me? Is there a chance that he will criticize me or laugh at me? Will he ask me to do something stupid like writing a poem?
I don't know if I should, but a friend gave me some advice. He told me a joke that I should use when I go to my first session:
What happens when a psychiatrist and a hooker spend the night together? In the morning each of them says: "120 dollars, please."
May I offer for you reading pleasure: A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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I am by no means ready to die! So, with that fact established, let's begin at the beginning: See links for all the Genesis posts to date: Genesis Through My Eyes
In my not too distant past, if I were to see a street person, a bum, sleeping in a door front or on a park bench, I would have kept my distance and perhaps shrugged my shoulders.: He had the "smarts" to ask someone where to go, I didn't
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