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Monthly Archives: August 2022

I am ready

After only a few sessions with my newest therapist, I can definitively say, I REALLY LIKE HER! I feel connected to her already, and really appreciate her approach to working with me. I feel that this will be a very good relationship. I can’t believe that I’ve won the therapist lottery, again. In the shortContinue reading “I am ready”

Posted byloribarettAugust 25, 2022August 25, 2022Posted inpersonalLeave a comment on I am ready

Therapy and Railroading

If you have ever played a game like Dungeons & Dragons or some other RPG, you have probably heard the term “railroading.” Railroading is when a game master forces the players in an RPG down a predetermined story path that they’ve already decided the outcome or main beats of – and, as such, it cannotContinue reading “Therapy and Railroading”

Posted byloribarettAugust 24, 2022Posted inpersonalLeave a comment on Therapy and Railroading

Fight Club

“You do not talk about Fight Club.” That’s how I grew up. My family was Fight Club. I can’t process so much of what’s happening with my mental health without talking about my relationship with my parents and what it was like growing up in my family. It’s the basis for so many of theContinue reading “Fight Club”

Posted byloribarettAugust 20, 2022August 20, 2022Posted inpersonalLeave a comment on Fight Club

Kid-friendly roller-coaster

I had a great time driving back from Maine last week. There was one section of the drive home, I think ME-131 S or ME-235 S or thereabouts north of Boothbay Harbor, where the road felt (to me) a bit like a kid-friendly roller-coaster. Up and down, twist and turn. Not at full speed (becauseContinue reading “Kid-friendly roller-coaster”

Posted byloribarettAugust 1, 2022Posted inpersonalLeave a comment on Kid-friendly roller-coaster
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