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Originally uploaded by Pip Wilson.
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..... a week on and the virus is still hanging on hitting this big mouth who says "I am never ill....." hmmm
I do things and then I feel like an empty shell and have to lie down and sleep. I have the w/e free of work so I trust it will be the final lap in recovery as I have a full week - full on - before me.
I have had some remarkable groups this week and also some great 1 on 1's. Most of the detail which would excite you and get below the skin - is too personal to click about. I never risk breaking confidentiality. People only trust and open up about the critical issues in their lives only IF they feel there is no risk of betrayal. That takes some establishing. Every week I am asked;
- Am I a therapist?
- am I a psychologist?
- am I a probation officer/social worker? ....... da de da ......
My answer is stumbling because I am just a person aiming to build a helping relationship with view to facilitating growth and development IF he or she wishes that. How do you put that into street English?
Once humans have got to know me there is a big step. They realise that my agenda is theirs not mine. They clock that I ask questions which triggers them to search their own soul and come up with options. The suss me out. They know I will not give any 'shoulds' or 'aughts'.
(I never us the the words 'should' or 'ought'.)
"I don't want feelings anymore" she said.
The biggest issue it seems to me is;
A massive struggle to understand their interior.
When there is a mass of ugliness in our exterior we need, even more, to be able to handle the inner me.
That is why the drugs and the drink are so well used ............ it is a hideaway from all those ugly interior feelings that crush the spirit.
This week I have met humans who are doing the wholistic journey and doing well. Incredible.
There is a long long line of others .........
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