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"How I long at such junctures for the certainty that orthodoxy offers. Psychoanalysis, to take the most catholic of the psychotherapy ideological schools, always posits such strong convictions about the necessary technical procedures--indeed, analysts seem more certain of everything than I am of anything. How comforting it would feel, just once, ( Read more... ) -
A whole new me/a whole new house/Christmas tea
It's a grey, blue sort of day here in Portland. We walked Pancake just now--it's getting pretty dark and all of the houses look so cozy with light emanating from them through the drab, damp evening.
So, a bit of an update. I made a deal with myself that if I work out five times a week until February, I will earn myself a trip to Santa Fe to go to ( Read more... ) -
Could it be true that the #1 thing wrong with me is laziness?
I don't know where my parents screwed up with me but it's clear the somewhere along the line, they dropped the ball. I've been working diligently on my own ineptitude with my psychoanalyst for the last year or so and it's become evident that my biggest problem in life is that I just don't like to do shit. In other words, I'm lazy. Like...terminally ( Read more... ) -
Dumb
I feel really dumb about this entry. But at the same time I am kind of walking on air (and half of you have already heard me gush about this) so I have to post it.
I am really proud of myself. I have extreme anxiety about medical stuff of all sorts. ALL SUMMER I've been avoiding two vaccinations that Kaiser is making me do (tetanus, gulp, and Hep B ( Read more... ) -
On happenings
Guys, I feel so blessed. I interviewed for and got an internship at Kaiser Permanente, doing mental health outpatient (in other words, being a therapist, just like what I'm doing now, only with a different population and a totally different setting).
This is a great, great placement for my future. The second-year internship is very important to one ( Read more... )
