Accurate
Must be nice to have someone to tell it to.
Sometimes you can get therapy covered through health insurance. It’s worth checking, because therapy can be really helpful, even just for having someone to share stresses with. I hope you’re able to find someone!
I always forget everything that’s happened in the fortnight since I last saw her
I make notes in my phone and rehearse in my head.
If you forget what happened in Fortnite you should be able to check your replays
"So since you have been gone let me fill you in (pulls out book) chapter one…
Shit’s getting weird. Part infinity.
My new therapist’s office sets a recurring bi-weekly appointment for their patients, which I find fantastic, and it’s been a great start, but it’s still relatively new and we’re getting familiarized enough to work out a specific treatment plan, so every two weeks, she’ll open with a genuine: “How are you?” and it’s a toss-up in my head between: “Are you sure you wanna know? Or should we get shit done…”
I have never know if it’s a ‘therapist’ "how are you? " or a ‘this is how two humans begin conversations’ “how are you?”
It’s both. It’s an invitation to bring up anything recent, but you can also treat it like a normal greeting if you’d rather not go there right now.
It’s also open ended enough that you can say “I’m doing well, I’ve been thinking about my childhood a lot lately” and take the session wherever you want organically. It could also just lead into small talk while you get comfortable
This is actually helpful
I just scheduled an appointment, after about 1.5 years
So yeah, I can relate