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Hearing the Littles – A Therapy Break Update
It is far too early on a Sunday morning for me, or indeed anyone, to be awake. But, I am. Anxiety is stretching my nerves to the point of breaking, and I have been unable to sleep for about forty...
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Starting Over After A Break
* “Lily, oh Lily – I don’t feel safe I feel that life has blown a great big hole through me.” And she said, “Child, you must protect yourself, You can protect yourself; I’ll show you how...
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A Little Bit Of Therapy Related Art
A little bit of art until I find the energy to sort my PC out so I can post a real update.. I often use art as a tool for expressing myself. Especially when it comes to things that can’t ever be fully...
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Consequences Of One’s Actions
A lot has been going on in the last few weeks [or is it months?] since my last proper post. There have been some serious ups and downs, and I don’t quite know where to start.. So, I’ll just start with...
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Out Of Control – Me On Steroids
There I was, having been told that there was a good chance that my hearing loss was due to my own actions. Not an easy thing to deal with. Part of me absolutely felt angry with myself, was blaming...
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Twenty-fourteen – A Year Of Changes & Challenges
I thought I’d make one final push to get an update out before the end of the year. I’m not in a great place, hence radio silence on most channels, but sometimes that’s when the best blog posts come...
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Running Up That Hill
* ’And if I only could I’d make a deal with God And I’d get Her to swap our places I’d be running up that road Be running up that hill ~ With no problems..’ * * I’m not sure what Kate Bush had in mind...
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Progress And Pain – Parenting My Inner Child
It’s been a long time. It’s been too long, really. I suppose that I just needed a proper break from things. Or, rather, I needed to use what little energy I could muster to deal with the bare...
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While Waiting To Find Some Words..
..here are some semi-random bits of art I’ve done recently. Challenged myself to try out different styles of art to help me through a recent therapy break. [Hopefully I’ll write more about that break,...
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Found Some Words..
OK, so I’ll admit it; I wrote that heading in the hope that I will find some words now that I start writing.. There are no guarantees at this stage, especially regarding the quality of said words..but,...
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From Swan Lake to Daft Punk – A Post About Psychotherapy Breaks
Every time I upload a new post I do so with the intention of posting another update soon thereafter, but it just never seems to happen that way.. I suppose I will have to own that this happens in part...
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What Happened Next
So.. What happened next..? Well, it turns out I was right. A stay at Drayton Park was indeed on the horizon. A long stay. Four weeks, to be precise. It was a difficult stay, but, then again, by its...
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A Little Bit About Attachment Based Therapy
I had an email recently [notice the common thread from my previous post..?] from a reader who wanted to know more about the kind of therapy that I am currently doing: attachment-based psychoanalytic...
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Every Part Of You Needs Therapy : Baby S.’s Story
Whenever I think about who I am, I always reach the conclusion that there is more than one answer to that question. I have written about the concept of every person having different parts to them...
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When Your Therapist Goes Away
Here we interrupt the regular scheduled programme for a Holiday Special: “When Your Therapist Abandons You” Yes, it’s here once again – that darkest time of the year when your therapist has almost...
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Feeling Bad & Being Bad – Allowing ALL of Your Selfs into Therapy
* “And, what if – after everything that I’ve been through – something’s gone wrong inside me? What if I’m becoming bad..?” “I want you to listen very carefully: You’re not a bad person. You’re a very...
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A Much Delayed Update
It has been such a very long time since I last posted anything on here, it feels all but impossible to try to catch you all up. And maybe it’s not really the most important thing in the world that I...
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Living Without Dying
My last post was in the main concerned with writing about what happened. This time I would like to talk about feelings. Or at least I would like to try to do that. I’m not sure that I will be able to,...
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Slow Progress and Power Ups
It’s been a few weeks now, and I thought it was probably time to post something on here to avoid dust settling on my domain, if nothing else. Things have been reasonably OK-ish lately. Physically I am...
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