Comments | kimberly_a: On Feeling Broken

kimberly_a

On Feeling Broken

Aug 17, 2016 11:25

My therapist (Melissa) has been on vacation for the past two weeks, and normally I would just take a brief break from therapy while she's gone, but things have been so unstable for me lately that I decided to take her up on her offer to arrange for a colleague to see me once a week while she's gone ( Read more... )

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19_crows August 17 2016, 19:05:49 UTC

This is hard to read, and I'm so sorry. But facing reality is definitely the path to progress.

anonymous August 17 2016, 19:45:10 UTC

This is eloquent. I knew some of the middle bits but not this big picture.
I like your broken egg metaphor, actually, because maybe it could mean you have hatched out into a nestling. Awkward and helpless and fluff sticking out. What kind of wonderful bird will you grow into?

Jae

anonymous August 17 2016, 20:11:11 UTC

Thank you for sharing your painful story. We support you with love ! It is not your fault you can't work. We love you just as you are !

wild_irises August 17 2016, 22:45:47 UTC

I was thinking about how to answer this, and then in my daily web reading, I came across this essay, which is a speech given to a group of teachers. It's a better answer than I could ever come up with.