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      CommentAuthorSusan L*
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    My therapist told me the definition of the word FINE. F = F#@%ed Up, I = Insecure, N = Neurotic, E = Emotional.

    This is why I love her, lol.
    • CommentAuthorJanet
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    Great! I'm fine, by the way. How are you?
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    My therapist pretty much tells me the way things are with me ARE my fault, when you add it all up. OH....THAT'S why I'm "F#@%ed up"!!!
    • CommentAuthorJanet
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    My therapist doesn't tell me things are my fault, but she does make suggestions about different ways I could respond to situations that would make things work out better for me. I try to follow her suggestions, but I don't always do a good job.
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      CommentAuthorSusan L*
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    My best friend and I always respond to each other's "How are You?" with I'm Fine, really, I'm fine.... I once found coffee mugs with a cow lying on it's back, all 4 legs straight up towards the sky. The caption: "I'm Fine, Really, I'm fine" I bought TWO, lol!

    SG, sounds like you need a more compassionate therapist. Jan

    Janet, don't sell yourself short, you are an awesome caregiver, and considering that we are ALL FINE, that's good enough.
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    SusanL*... I wouldn't want a therapist that just tells me what i want to hear, either, I guess, in order to make me feel good. My twisted housemate has a therapist that bolsters her ego and agrees with what she's doing (affair with a married man with THREE disabled children, in a "swinger" lifestyle, pot-head...and I'm tired of all her filthy language). The therapist tells her that what she's doing is HEALTHY for her if it keeps her happy!!! Granted, she COULD be doing worse things like killing things or poking her eyes out in front of children at the mall....but, really! This gal carries her bible around, quotes scripture, sings hymns, talks about being a Christian.....carries a concealed weapon...oh, brother. What a world. I'm so discouraged.
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      CommentAuthorSusan L*
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    Believe me, my therapist DOES NOT tell me WHAT I WANT TO HEAR, but she does give me good direction and lots to think about
    and discuss.
    • CommentAuthortherrja*
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    Funny, my mother never believes me when I tell her "I'm fine". I don't think she is using the above defnition of the word though.
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      CommentAuthormoorsb*
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    I went to a therapist to talk about my dealing with my feeling about my wife's condition. The session lasted about 5 minutes. When she asked me what is Alzheimer's I said I did not think she could help me.
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      CommentAuthorSusan L*
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    OMG! Is her office under a rock????
    • CommentAuthorAdmin
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    moorsb,

    Just when you think you've heard it all!


    joang
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    When people ask me how I am, unless I know them well and they know my situation I know they really are not interested.So when someone asks me I just tell them ' don't ask if you really don't want to know." That lets them know things are not all peachy keen. If they do ask if there is something they can do then we will chat otherwise I just don't have time for idle chitchat that is meaningless. I do not suffer fools at all.
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    moorsb...sounds like one of those "Alrighty, then..." moments. Classic. Too bad you had to hear something like that from a health care professional. UNbelievable. Sorry.

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