Posted by baseball55 on April 23, 2013, at 20:15:51
In reply to Re: Therapy Was Nice » Phil, posted by gadchik on April 23, 2013, at 15:42:59
> i think there is no drug or therapist that can wipe out what happens to us as children. it's imprinted on our brains until we die. that's just the way it is. i will sometimes see a very caring mother or father and think, what if i were raised by that one? i imagine my life unfolding w/o the fears and sadness, and i see myself as bold and successful.
For me, therapy helped a lot. I didn't start therapy until I was 49 and by then, things had started to fall apart. But also what helped me was raising a child. I was a good mother. I knew exactly what not to do. Whatever my parents did, I did not do. One time a colleague of mine said (I'm not sure why) - you must be such a great mother. I wish I could bottle you up and sell you as like great mother in a bottle.
I don't know why she thought this, but I was a great mother.
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