Posted by All Done on March 3, 2004, at 10:16:34
In reply to What do you think?, posted by Dinah on March 2, 2004, at 16:54:28
Dinah,
I would just love to share your brain for a day! You never cease to amaze me or interest me!
You know, my mom used to make up a lot of my bedtime stories. They were pretty intricate as it would take me an awfully long time to fall asleep. Or, maybe it would take me a long time to fall asleep because they were so intricate and I just *had* to hear the endings. Anyway, these stories were *so* much better than any of the books we read together (and there were tons of those). I truly believe this helped me to develop my own imagination and creativity and I had wonderful fantasies when I was younger. I also think that by utilizing this part of my brain, I was more successful with my schoolwork albeit less successful with the social part of school. Life is a series of tradeoffs, I suppose. Unfortunately, it seems the older I get, the less I use my imagination :(.
I think it would be a wonderful thing for you and your therapist to explore your creativity. I'm not quite sure why he's hesitant. And if, as your therapist suggests, therapy is supposed to fulfill whatever need it is that we get from daydreaming, I'm doing therapy all wrong. I better rework my "agenda" for next week :).
All Done
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