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The_jackalope

(1,660 posts) Mon Dec 4, 2017, 09:41 PM Dec 2017

The Therapist's Roadmap

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Ego, radiant, glides in a golden coach through prosperous Potemkin facades of Personality. Behind the set Fear hammers desperately to keep the illusion from falling apart, as Despair grubs a starvation living out of the congealing mud of Shame.

Just down the road, Richard Cory and his factory hand raise sardonic eyebrows at each other as they mouth their pistols.

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The Therapist's Roadmap (Original Post) The_jackalope Dec 2017 OP

That's an interesting bit of writing, dear jackalope! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2017 #1

At the moment, it's standalone. The_jackalope Dec 2017 #2

OK, sounds good. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2017 #3

Thanks. It started out just as grief counseling after my wife died. The_jackalope Dec 2017 #4

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CaliforniaPeggy

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1. That's an interesting bit of writing, dear jackalope!

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Mon Dec 4, 2017, 10:00 PM

Dec 2017

Are you going to continue it, or is this a stand-alone piece?

I like it.

The_jackalope

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2. At the moment, it's standalone.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 4, 2017, 10:03 PM

Dec 2017

Whether I continue it or not depends on what my therapist tells me next week.

CaliforniaPeggy

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3. OK, sounds good.

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Mon Dec 4, 2017, 10:08 PM

Dec 2017

I'm all in favor of being in therapy--it can really make a difference in our lives.

The_jackalope

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4. Thanks. It started out just as grief counseling after my wife died.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 4, 2017, 10:18 PM

Dec 2017

It's gone down a level or two since then.

I'm lucky to have access to it, and to have found a good therapist. Those are quite rare, as I've discovered. Between this and my photography I have a fighting chance of not morphing into Richard Cory himself...

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