Being a frenzied neurotic New Yorker who goes to therapy every day, who's always sick,and just can't handle anything is a persona for me. I'm not Tweak. I only go to therapy once a week.
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madeleinemary said, (250 days ago)
And I've totally made some great breakthroughs lately which have made me way less anxious and shit.
Machined said, (250 days ago)
not to make you more anxious and paranoid, but what's this about a crane falling over and killing a bunch of folks in NYC today?
Xopchipili said, (250 days ago)
i've never been to therapy. How much longer do you think they'll let me live here?
madeleinemary said, (250 days ago)
machined: yes. that was down the street from my apt.
xopchipili: GET THE FUCK OUT! you're not in therapy? WHY?
Xopchipili said, (250 days ago)
Mad: You know, I've actually had a kind of existential crisis over this a couple of times. Like, going to therapy seems to be one of the grand unifying themes of our generation. Everyone's done it. I feel like I'm missing out on that shared experience. Like the equivalent of never having seen an episode of the Simpsons or something.
madeleinemary said, (250 days ago)
xop: you are only missing out on the healing. most therapists aren't as entertaining as the simpsons or star wars or anything, but i do love that healing.
madeleinemary said, (250 days ago)
it kind of is, but why shut up and count my blessings when i could pay someone to watch me cry instead?
Oom Mao Mao said, (250 days ago)
My problem with therapy is that at about 40 minutes is when I just start getting warmed up.
I want like intense encounter therapy. In caves. With mud.
And face painting.
But I can't afford that kind of therapy.
Xopchipili said, (250 days ago)
you know, 15000 years ago caves and mud and face painting weren't therapy, they were a lifestyle
Oom Mao Mao said, (250 days ago)
I'm cool with that. I just need a cave and some mud.
And some animals to roast.
In fact, if I market as a weight-loss program, I could probably lead the group.
Huh. With a Ph.D. in what I do, I can con people into this. That'd be RAD.
And potentially lucrative, 'cept for all that whining.
Pass.
moneda said, (250 days ago)
I would totally do therapy but I couldn't afford to pay for it and... eat.
Make Art said, (250 days ago)
I only want therapy if it's the mythic psychoanalytical genius kind you see in movies. Where grand precise revelations are intuited from observing the way I sit and/or the clothes I'm wearing and any discussion is a game of intellectual and philosophical cat and mouse. Even then I'm sure I really like the idea.
madeleinemary said, (250 days ago)
@art: my therapy is like that, except-
@artaud: i agree. 40 minutes is just about when i'm ready to start for real, and then it's over and, here's the kicker, you have to go act normal for another week.
Make Art said, (250 days ago)
Sorry that should have said "Even then I'm not sure I really like the idea"
Or should it? Freudian slip? Latent desire? Where's a therapist when you need one.
@ Madeleine : Really? Cool. What's the exception?
Oom Mao Mao said, (250 days ago)
I think the 50 minute limit is designed just for this reason.
Two hours should be the minimum. Or, more likely, 1.5 hours since really, you are just opening up at 40 mins. or so. It's like exercising. The interesting things start happening at about 40.
madeleinemary said, (249 days ago)
sorry art, i was being arty. the exception was my answer to artaud - the 50 minute limit. yeah, i've been thinking of bookin three slots in a row or something one day. my therapy is at a sensitive point and it sucks to just have to stop and go with some heavy emotional shit.
Just FYI