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Just thought I'd drop by and offer my support if you need it as you're going through counseling too. I know that so far it has helped me.

Well, this is kick-up-the-butt counselling, but it is still forcing me to do things I didn't like, and to face issues that I wish would just go away. I am always late for the sessions! Strange, that.

Thanks for dropping by. And yourself.

Ben

We're starting role-playing during my next session. She will try to be various people who start a confrontation with me and my job is to express my emotions and anger in a positive way that gets my feelings up and out the results I want or can at least live with. That's my big issue. I can't confront my loved ones. I stuff down all my negative emotions and give them the silent treatment or gloss over my hurt feelings until I become a crying soggy mess years down the line.

Now complete strangers on the other hand--I have years of experience yelling at them.

It's getting the balance right, isn't it? There are people who are vile to their families and charming with strangers, which is just as bad.

I have to say that sounds rather like fun to me. Maybe I am just myself!

Good luck with it though. The things that we find difficult we find *really* difficult, so big before and another for afterwards.

B

Amen to that!