Posted by gardenergirl on December 15, 2004, at 0:00:17
In reply to And My Therapist Says...., posted by daisym on December 14, 2004, at 14:36:14
Hi Daisy,
Thanks for passing this along. Interesting about police. I admit when I read this I thought, "did I dream about a police officer?" I had already forgotten that part. But it does make sense that I would like my T to help me deal with issues relating to either my bro or my dad. Probably both, actually.
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> And airports are also stand ins for therapy. (baggage, terminals, going back, going somewhere new, even the anxiety that travel usually brings on.)Oh lordy. So does this mean that I think my therapy is old and in need of revitalizing with a new coat of paint? And I am not adequately prepared to do the job? Okay, that last part feels right at times. And funny that I am hanging out in the airport, but I never knew where we were headed. That part definitly rings true!
Does my bro need therapy? And how! He is 40 years old, had never been able to keep a job more than a year or two at best, and that was maybe one job. He always ends up coming home to live with my mom. I think she currently supports him financially so that he can have his own apartment because it was too trying for her to have him living with her this last time.
He likely is an alcoholic. I wonder if he has ADHD, and I wonder about bipolar. He is the most defended person I have ever met, including patients of mine. Denial is his first, middle, and last names! Um, sound like a hot subject for me?
There was a time recently in therapy when I was kind of minimizing my mother's role in my own stuff, and my T said, "Look at your brother. She literally drove him crazy!" And now seems to have this need to keep him dependent on her. Or co-dependent.
Oh my, yes, I wish he would get therapy, but I cannot talk to him about anything psychological, because he thinks what I have been working my tuckus off for so long is hoo hah.
Okay, end of rant for the moment. Thanks for asking?
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> Just thought I'd share. Does your brother need therapy?
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