I Need Therapy
[c=#666666][b]Session 17:[/b] [u]A victory emergency[/u]...[/c]
"What happened...?"
"I... the thing is... I guess I got invited to a party?"
"Oh really...? Wow! I wasn't expecting that. That's good news, right? How come you seem so apprehensive?"
"I don't know..."
"Let me frame this... YOU got INVITED to a party. YOU!"
"Yeah, I know, but... it's not like it changes anything."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't even think I'm ready to go to... I mean I'm acting like a middle school kid getting invited to his first party and it's making me feel like I'm not ready."
"Social anxiety...?"
"I don't know; I guess. I won't know anyone..."
"Well, who invited you?"
"Someone I know, but..."
"You realize that sounds contradicting right?"
"Yeah, but..."
"If you were upset because you always feel left out, why don't you feel joyful now that you were asked to go to a party?"
"I don't know..."
"Are you going to go?"
"I don't know..."
"Are you sure you don't have so much vested in that feeling of yours about being cast out that you are forcing yourself to treat this like some kind of emergency when you should be appreciating this as a victory?"
"I don't know..."
"What happened...?"
"I... the thing is... I guess I got invited to a party?"
"Oh really...? Wow! I wasn't expecting that. That's good news, right? How come you seem so apprehensive?"
"I don't know..."
"Let me frame this... YOU got INVITED to a party. YOU!"
"Yeah, I know, but... it's not like it changes anything."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't even think I'm ready to go to... I mean I'm acting like a middle school kid getting invited to his first party and it's making me feel like I'm not ready."
"Social anxiety...?"
"I don't know; I guess. I won't know anyone..."
"Well, who invited you?"
"Someone I know, but..."
"You realize that sounds contradicting right?"
"Yeah, but..."
"If you were upset because you always feel left out, why don't you feel joyful now that you were asked to go to a party?"
"I don't know..."
"Are you going to go?"
"I don't know..."
"Are you sure you don't have so much vested in that feeling of yours about being cast out that you are forcing yourself to treat this like some kind of emergency when you should be appreciating this as a victory?"
"I don't know..."
