I Need Therapy
Session 23:
[big]Lost... Alone... Angry... and Getting Nowhere
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"So, it's been awhile, what have you been up to?"
"Nothing..."
"Well, what's on your mind?"
"I don't know..."
"I see, I see. What would you like to talk about?"
"Nothing, really, I guess."
"Why are you here?"
"I guess I had an appointment... like a check-in type of thing... I thought... or..."
"Well, yes that's true, but... I know... let's talk about your childhood today."
"NO!"
"No...?"
"I don't want to... it's irrelevant."
"[sigh] It's not irrelevant and we need to discuss it. You can't run away from it."
"I'm not trying to run away... if you took any interest in my pathetic life, you would know I am trying to distance myself from my past, but that's not the same thing as running away."
"Okay... why so much hostility?"
"I don't know..."
"Well, why do you think? You seem aggressive to me."
"Well, maybe I'm sick of being passive and docile. Maybe, it's time to be more aggressive."
"What do you want to accomplish with that?"
"I don't know..."
"Let me ask you... do you want to be here?"
"You mean right now?"
"Yes, do you want to be here right now?"
"Actually... no."
"Then I think you should go."
"Fine."
[big]Lost... Alone... Angry... and Getting Nowhere
[/big]
"So, it's been awhile, what have you been up to?"
"Nothing..."
"Well, what's on your mind?"
"I don't know..."
"I see, I see. What would you like to talk about?"
"Nothing, really, I guess."
"Why are you here?"
"I guess I had an appointment... like a check-in type of thing... I thought... or..."
"Well, yes that's true, but... I know... let's talk about your childhood today."
"NO!"
"No...?"
"I don't want to... it's irrelevant."
"[sigh] It's not irrelevant and we need to discuss it. You can't run away from it."
"I'm not trying to run away... if you took any interest in my pathetic life, you would know I am trying to distance myself from my past, but that's not the same thing as running away."
"Okay... why so much hostility?"
"I don't know..."
"Well, why do you think? You seem aggressive to me."
"Well, maybe I'm sick of being passive and docile. Maybe, it's time to be more aggressive."
"What do you want to accomplish with that?"
"I don't know..."
"Let me ask you... do you want to be here?"
"You mean right now?"
"Yes, do you want to be here right now?"
"Actually... no."
"Then I think you should go."
"Fine."