Go to I WRITE, THEREFORE I AM
- Add a comment
- Go to Blogit needs a full-time "shrink" to help the fighting bloggers make peace
Thanks to some blogit hatred...
Schree's account has been closed...she just tried to defend herself, she has been attacked first...ans look what happens: they close her account without any warning!
posted by
Marshallengraved
on September 21, 2005 at 4:29 AM
| link to this | reply
You're not the only one Quirky..
Dreamer, that is. The anger around here is unfortunate; I do wonder how much of it is real or just game playing however. I've had a couple of short experiences with therapy; very illuminating and worthwhile.
posted by
Katray2
on September 20, 2005 at 6:19 AM
| link to this | reply
Quirkyalone,
It would be terrific if everyone could get along all the time, but I guess that is the ideal, not the norm.
posted by
jacentaOld
on September 19, 2005 at 6:07 PM
| link to this | reply
quirky
all the bickering that goes on here is more or less what i see everywhere. full grown adults, no less. we should be setting examples instead of furthering the childishness. thanks again for reading.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 19, 2005 at 1:26 PM
| link to this | reply
Quirky
Oh yes indeed! But perhaps a gas would be better, then we could simply blow them away
posted by
ariel70
on September 19, 2005 at 1:08 PM
| link to this | reply
Yep, therapy is great for everybody
Even people that think they are completely sane need therapy from time to time. It would appear that blog rage has over taken road rage, luckily these people can't actually come into contact with each other.
posted by
Sherri_G
on September 19, 2005 at 12:41 PM
| link to this | reply
hi quirky,
I am a big believer in constructive therapy. I have seen so many people (mostly relatives) walk around hurting themselves and others rather than do anything "weak" like "get help". Why would I choose to be broken and suffering, when I could be healthy and happy and making good choices? It is very hard and sometimes scary work to get better, and some of those old wounds never do go away, you just have to learn to work with them - and with people who liked you better when you were hurting and therefore easy to control.
posted by
curator
on September 19, 2005 at 12:37 PM
| link to this | reply
quirky-girl
very good, i couldn't agree more. therapy, when entered into with a desire to understand oneself is a marvelous life long process of discovery of the treausre that we have to offer to our world. It goes on long after the last tiem we sit in the room with a "guide". THe seeds that are planted there will continue to amaze us thru the yeasr with thier new blooms.
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on September 19, 2005 at 10:26 AM
| link to this | reply
Quirks... LOL... I know you're kidding... but how true! LOL ; )
posted by
-blackcat
on September 19, 2005 at 9:54 AM
| link to this | reply
cat--
you as a shrink...wouldn't that mess up a few heads...lol...(kidding).
posted by
Julia.
on September 19, 2005 at 9:52 AM
| link to this | reply
I thought blogit was group therapy? LOL
Good post, but I've never been to an actual shrink. I wanted to be one once... imagine? LOL
posted by
-blackcat
on September 19, 2005 at 9:46 AM
| link to this | reply
strat--
hmmm- not sure where you are finding these screwed up shrinks--that has never been my experience at all!
posted by
Julia.
on September 19, 2005 at 9:41 AM
| link to this | reply
avant--
yes, that explanation makes a lot of sense!!
posted by
Julia.
on September 19, 2005 at 9:39 AM
| link to this | reply
dryten--
an objective viewpoint can never hurt.
posted by
Julia.
on September 19, 2005 at 9:39 AM
| link to this | reply
cosy--
yeah, I can tell that you know what I am talking about. thanks for commenting.
posted by
Julia.
on September 19, 2005 at 9:38 AM
| link to this | reply
reni--
uh...yeah...that is an entirely different kind of therapy! lol.
posted by
Julia.
on September 19, 2005 at 9:37 AM
| link to this | reply
Whatever works for you is a good thing.
I have found that most of the shrinks I know are hopelessly screwed up themselves. Consequently, I am not looking to them to either model normal, grounded behavior, nor speak about it with anything other than wistful longing. It's the same problem I have with talking to a Catholic priest about marital problems and child rearing.
On the other hand my sister does that sort of work, she's damned good at it, and she helps many, many people. And she's a very tough, grounded, well balanced individual. So I know it can work. I just know it won't work for me.
posted by
strat
on September 19, 2005 at 9:34 AM
| link to this | reply
quirky
i think when we have problems that we cannot deal with, they seem larger than they really are. they appear monstrous from our inability to face them adequately. the therapist 'shrinks' the problem by showing the patient how he has created this monstrous thing by applying ineffectual techniques and worry. that is how i see it.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 19, 2005 at 8:34 AM
| link to this | reply
I've always looked at "shrinks"
in this light. The only reason i would go to one is because im so bound up or have things so twisted that my own system of reasoning is not working.So what I would really be doing is using their system to sort my stuff through ,Seeing it this way I've instead stepped back and done a little critical self actualizing and follow then Thoureau's advice: 'when in doubt live deliberately' . It works ,but so many things do.
posted by
dryten
on September 19, 2005 at 8:22 AM
| link to this | reply
Quirk
I've been in and out of therapy for a little over seven years...I entirely know what you are talking about. I not only lived unplugged but literally withdrew myself from society and into this "abyss" you too know about. Yes, therapy helps and indeed "expands" not "shrinks". Thanks to long therapy sessions I find my head placed back together again and boy have I changed for the better!
posted by
cosy
on September 19, 2005 at 7:57 AM
| link to this | reply
Well, if you do it in cold water, it's shrinkage. If you do it while
reading Playboy, then it's expansion. Oh, you didn't do therapy that way? lol
posted by
Renigade
on September 19, 2005 at 7:55 AM
| link to this | reply