Feeling Much Better

[eiblyn]

I went to therapy today. The therapist was nice and funny. She was poly, kink, bi and random-other-labels friendly. That is pretty cool considering that she is the free therapist provided through my insurance and works at the social work office on an army post. I was very relieved. I had expected that things would go much more awkwardly and that I would have to hide various aspects of my life. This is problematic as it is very difficult for a therapist to help you deal with your problems if they don't know all of the facts.

I made a delicious beef and vegetable soup today. I also did a couple of loads of dishes. I took a fabulous bath and relaxed. I played an hour and a half of CoV.

I'm going to go and do some work on my druid studies. I am going to mail in my application in the next month. That makes me happy.

Comments

[breimh.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a really nice day... one I'm almost envious of, in some ways.

How're the druid studies going, btw? Do you have any questions I can answer, or issues i might help you work through, in that area?

[eiblyn.livejournal.com]

The druid studies seem to be going ok. I don't know if I told you what I'm working with. I'm working on the First Degree curriculum from the AODA. The main problem I had in the beginning was narrowing down my focus. It requires three different paths which deal with basic pagany-type things (i.e. recursive meditation, ceremonial ritual and establishing appreciation/connection with nature) and then requires at least one other realm of study called spirals. Well, I had already been studying four or so of the subjects of the spirals on my own. I found I really needed to narrow it down and work largely on improving two of them and just maintain the other two at my current level of knowledge. I was getting overwhelmed because I was trying to study too much at once and I simply didn't have the time. I'm currently working on the divination and musical spirals. I have been slowly improving my knowledge base on poetry, but it's having to fall to the wayside. My medicinal herb knowledge is remaining steady, but I haven't had the time to really delve further into the Chinese and Auryvedic systems that I was studying earlier in the year.

[breimh.livejournal.com]

I'm glad we got to chat about this on IM for a little bit, today. Perhaps by focusing on one thing at a time, with the others being a break/respite from getting bored with the main focus, it can help. But I hope whatever you decide in the end to do will work out for you.

Drop me a line if you find you still need to talk about it, though.

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you found a therapist you are comfortable with!!

[eiblyn.livejournal.com]

So am I! I had been worried a lot about going. Meeting new therapists always puts me on edge. But she was very nice and made me feel comfortable immediately.

Yay!

[simplysarab.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you found a nice therapist! Mine called me today - she's been sick, so I haven't seen her for awhile. I'll see her again next week, finally.

*big huge hugs*

Re: Yay!

[eiblyn.livejournal.com]

So am I. I was very surprised with how calm she was about everything and I specifically asked to make sure she was comfortable with my lifestyle and wasn't going to waste both of our time telling me that my lifestyle was my problem. She also suggested that part of the problem I have with getting a job here and my fear about my work ethic may be due to the fact that I probably have a pretty high IQ and get bored really easily by mundane jobs. That is certainly something to think about.