Couch 200: The Bicentennial Couch.

unaluna · Jul 07, 2019 at 03:28 PM

Thats gorgeous!

LonesomeTonight · Jul 07, 2019 at 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Thats gorgeous!

Aw, thanks, Una!

LonesomeTonight · Jul 07, 2019 at 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

To me it shows upright. I thought it was a volcano, but I might have affected by reading that it was done to destress.

Hm, are you on Tapatalk or your phone? Maybe it shows up differently there. (I'm on laptop.) And I can see the volcano, too. It did help get some of my emotions out. I tried to paint what I felt, while following the instructor's general guidelines.

Louella · Jul 07, 2019 at 03:37 PM

I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask... should a t have an opinion on what you say? For example I told my t some stuff and I described it as normal but they said that it didn’t sound normal and was abuse. I was a bit taken aback and wasn’t sure if it’s normal for a t to share an opinion like that?

atisketatasket · Jul 07, 2019 at 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Hm, are you on Tapatalk or your phone? Maybe it shows up differently there. (I'm on laptop.) And I can see the volcano, too. It did help get some of my emotions out. I tried to paint what I felt, while following the instructor's general guidelines.

Safari on iPad.

LonesomeTonight · Jul 07, 2019 at 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Safari on iPad.

Ah OK, I'm on Firefox on a Macbook.

susannahsays · Jul 07, 2019 at 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Louella

I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask... should a t have an opinion on what you say? For example I told my t some stuff and I described it as normal but they said that it didn’t sound normal and was abuse. I was a bit taken aback and wasn’t sure if it’s normal for a t to share an opinion like that?

The one I see would do that. She has no qualms about calling people in my past abusive, calling people I am involved with now abusive, and even calling me abusive. Sometimes I like to say that she's obsessed with abuse, but if I'm honest, she has had grounds for all of the times she has said something or somebody was abusive.

Personally, I have no problem with a therapist sharing such an opinion. Whatever they might say about withholding judgement and blah blah, they are all human and have opinions. I'd rather know what those opinions are most of the time. I mean, I don't want her opinion on every little thing, but generally, I wouldn't like it if she withheld her opinions.

susannahsays · Jul 07, 2019 at 03:59 PM

I want some banana pudding.

Jul 07, 2019 at 04:03 PM

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I want some banana pudding.

That sounds good. I haven't made it in a really long time.

Jul 07, 2019 at 04:04 PM

I am really liking this color scheme the more I get done:
Couch 200: The Bicentennial Couch.

LonesomeTonight · Jul 07, 2019 at 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Louella

I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask... should a t have an opinion on what you say? For example I told my t some stuff and I described it as normal but they said that it didn’t sound normal and was abuse. I was a bit taken aback and wasn’t sure if it’s normal for a t to share an opinion like that?

Hm...I don't know.

Possible trigger:

I had an experience with my T where I told him about something that happened in the distant past that I wasn't sure classified as sexual assault. I kind of wanted him to say that it was, but he didn't. When I told him that, he said he didn't want to affect how I classified it. How it was more up to me to determine how I saw it. Which seems kind of the opposite of your T.

But maybe your T thinks you're downplaying something and wants to validate you? I don't know. I think it's a good thing to discuss with her, if it bothered you at all.

Jersey 4 · Jul 07, 2019 at 04:07 PM

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chihirochild · Jul 07, 2019 at 04:26 PM

Hiking while on vacation in the Pacific Northwest!

susannahsays · Jul 07, 2019 at 04:27 PM

Louella, is what you told the therapist something going on currently, or something in the past? I don't think there's necessarily a should on this subject, although I have read where many people have been hoping their therapists would name their experiences because they would have found that validating - and when their therapists don't, it makes them doubt whether what they experienced was "that bad." So I tend to lean towards the side of therapists voicing an opinion for that reason.

Jul 07, 2019 at 04:34 PM

Yay 200 couches who'd a thunk it?

Jul 07, 2019 at 04:35 PM

To get to the end you got to through it right? There's no shortcuts.

LostOnTheTrail · Jul 07, 2019 at 04:41 PM

Absolutely, BCM. I'm in that space at the moment too.

88Butterfly88 · Jul 07, 2019 at 05:11 PM

Thank you for the new couch Lemon!
Couch 200: The Bicentennial Couch.

Jul 07, 2019 at 05:23 PM

I have woken up with a cold and it's raining I am miserable I didn't go shopping yesterday just because and now i don't feel up to it and I can here my mother saying whatever she said about putting things off til tomorrow.

Jul 07, 2019 at 05:23 PM

My cat is just disgusting.

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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,829 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.3k hugs given	Jul 07, 2019 at 03:28 PM #21 Thats gorgeous!

Louella Member Member Since Apr 2019 Location: UK Posts: 39 5 45 hugs given	Jul 07, 2019 at 03:37 PM #24 I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask... should a t have an opinion on what you say? For example I told my t some stuff and I described it as normal but they said that it didn’t sound normal and was abuse. I was a bit taken aback and wasn’t sure if it’s normal for a t to share an opinion like that?

susannahsays Grand Magnate Member Since Jun 2018 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,355 5 1 hugs given	Jul 07, 2019 at 03:59 PM #28 I want some banana pudding. __________________ Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. -David Gerrold

Anonymous43207 Guest Posts: n/a	Jul 07, 2019 at 04:04 PM #30 I am really liking this color scheme the more I get done:

Jersey 4 Poohbah Member Since Feb 2019 Location: NJ Posts: 1,162 5 1,170 hugs given	Jul 07, 2019 at 04:07 PM #32 .......

chihirochild Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: North America Posts: 2,360 7 4,865 hugs given	Jul 07, 2019 at 04:26 PM #33 Hiking while on vacation in the Pacific Northwest!

Anonymous42961 Guest Posts: n/a	Jul 07, 2019 at 04:34 PM #35 Yay 200 couches who'd a thunk it?

Anonymous42961 Guest Posts: n/a	Jul 07, 2019 at 04:35 PM #36 To get to the end you got to through it right? There's no shortcuts.

88Butterfly88 Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Dec 2015 Location: New Jersey Posts: 54,186 (SuperPoster!) 8 10.5k hugs given	Jul 07, 2019 at 05:11 PM #38 Thank you for the new couch Lemon!

Anonymous42961 Guest Posts: n/a	Jul 07, 2019 at 05:23 PM #39 I have woken up with a cold and it's raining I am miserable I didn't go shopping yesterday just because and now i don't feel up to it and I can here my mother saying whatever she said about putting things off til tomorrow.

Anonymous42961 Guest Posts: n/a	Jul 07, 2019 at 05:23 PM #40 My cat is just disgusting.