Group Therapy
I'm starting to think that my life is one long Group Therapy session.
Let's catch up. For the last 5 months, I've been in World of Warcraft.
I have a level 70 Night Elf Druid.
In that world, I have met MORE outstanding individuals.
Let's face it, where ever I seem to go, Excellence follows, and I'm not saying that out of malicious pride, I'm saying that from a point of view of that I keep meeting awesome people.
Let's get down to our list of Characters in our group therapy sessions.
Chris - Is dealing with Hypothyroidism, like I am, he also is dealing with most of my issues, obesity, depression, inadequacy issues, abandonment issues, suicidal tendancies but he has one that is unique to him, he gets people to hurt him physically.
Cat - Is dealing with privacy and independance issues, depression and insomnia. She is also dealing with inadequacy issues as well.
Nancy - Inadequacy issues, OCD and depression.
I never knew that fighting monsters in an online world would get me to face my demons like this.
While we are fighting monsters and questing and getting through the game, we are also discussing our issues. We're getting them out in the open. We speak honestly and frankly about what we are all going through.
Depression and inadequacy are our usual top two subjects. We have become a group that is making sure that we are pointing out strengths in each other. On the flip side though, we are also dealing head on with the issues that are plaguing us. We're just talking and getting to grips with our illnesses.
The nice thing is I think that we all realize that we're not alone. For people with depression, that is probably the number one thing that we all need to realize. That when we are in pain, we are there for each other, that crawling into bed isn't the answer, crying or trying to hurt ourselves isn't the answer either. That talking to each other and relying on each other makes us stronger so that we can face our individual real lives better.
Chris and I both suffer from obesity and hypothyroidism. He and I have come up with a plan to workout, eat healthier and report to each other everyday about what our workout was like and make sure we get our blood tests and take our meds. So that we are healthy and perfect when we get to meet in real life. We're also going to try to quit smoking together.
Cat, Chris and I are working together to tackle our "youngest sibling" issues. We've all agreed that over-communication and two-minute courtesy calls to our parents will aleviate some of our privacy issues. Plus, we've all agreed that if anything happens, if we get disconnected from each other online, that it is never for any other reason than technical issues. That we would never abandon each other.
I think really, we're all rebuilding trust. That we are learning how to trust each other, and most importantly trust in ourselves and learning that our security blanket is the belief we have in ourselves.
In total, I can't thank these people enough, we're really making some good strides. I know I'm feeling better. I can only hope that they are too.
Oh well, we go back into session tonight. Hopefully, we can take another step together.
Let's catch up. For the last 5 months, I've been in World of Warcraft.
I have a level 70 Night Elf Druid.
In that world, I have met MORE outstanding individuals.
Let's face it, where ever I seem to go, Excellence follows, and I'm not saying that out of malicious pride, I'm saying that from a point of view of that I keep meeting awesome people.
Let's get down to our list of Characters in our group therapy sessions.
Chris - Is dealing with Hypothyroidism, like I am, he also is dealing with most of my issues, obesity, depression, inadequacy issues, abandonment issues, suicidal tendancies but he has one that is unique to him, he gets people to hurt him physically.
Cat - Is dealing with privacy and independance issues, depression and insomnia. She is also dealing with inadequacy issues as well.
Nancy - Inadequacy issues, OCD and depression.
I never knew that fighting monsters in an online world would get me to face my demons like this.
While we are fighting monsters and questing and getting through the game, we are also discussing our issues. We're getting them out in the open. We speak honestly and frankly about what we are all going through.
Depression and inadequacy are our usual top two subjects. We have become a group that is making sure that we are pointing out strengths in each other. On the flip side though, we are also dealing head on with the issues that are plaguing us. We're just talking and getting to grips with our illnesses.
The nice thing is I think that we all realize that we're not alone. For people with depression, that is probably the number one thing that we all need to realize. That when we are in pain, we are there for each other, that crawling into bed isn't the answer, crying or trying to hurt ourselves isn't the answer either. That talking to each other and relying on each other makes us stronger so that we can face our individual real lives better.
Chris and I both suffer from obesity and hypothyroidism. He and I have come up with a plan to workout, eat healthier and report to each other everyday about what our workout was like and make sure we get our blood tests and take our meds. So that we are healthy and perfect when we get to meet in real life. We're also going to try to quit smoking together.
Cat, Chris and I are working together to tackle our "youngest sibling" issues. We've all agreed that over-communication and two-minute courtesy calls to our parents will aleviate some of our privacy issues. Plus, we've all agreed that if anything happens, if we get disconnected from each other online, that it is never for any other reason than technical issues. That we would never abandon each other.
I think really, we're all rebuilding trust. That we are learning how to trust each other, and most importantly trust in ourselves and learning that our security blanket is the belief we have in ourselves.
In total, I can't thank these people enough, we're really making some good strides. I know I'm feeling better. I can only hope that they are too.
Oh well, we go back into session tonight. Hopefully, we can take another step together.
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