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Posted by Dinah on August 2, 2008, at 18:59:45
This is what I was like *before* therapy. One big obsessive spiral. I say the positive obsessions do more harm, but maybe that's just because I didn't remember the negative ones as well.
I know how annoying I am when I'm like this. Even to myself.
I also apologize a lot. So I'm sorry for that too.
Posted by Lemonaide on August 2, 2008, at 21:45:32
In reply to I'm sorry everyone., posted by Dinah on August 2, 2008, at 18:59:45
Dinah,
You are not annoying to anyone that i know of. You might be just being too hard on yourself. I know a lot of people adore you, like you just the way you are. I guess we all need to learn to like ourselves as much as others do. :-)
Posted by Dinah on August 2, 2008, at 21:57:37
In reply to Re: I'm sorry everyone. » Dinah, posted by Lemonaide on August 2, 2008, at 21:45:32
Thank you, Lemonaide. :)
I think it's all part of the flareup of OCD. I always forget what it's like. I get pretty frustrated when I find myself behaving the way I behaved years ago. And then of course worrying about it would be part of the whole OCD thing.
If I remember correctly, I used to apologize so much that my fellow posters instituted a cyber pinch for whenever I did it.
I'm sure it's just a short term flareup. Surely I've learned enough by now to keep it from being more.
Posted by Lemonaide on August 2, 2008, at 22:18:35
In reply to Re: I'm sorry everyone., posted by Dinah on August 2, 2008, at 21:57:37
Your welcome, lol
Posted by Phillipa on August 3, 2008, at 11:00:36
In reply to Re: I'm sorry everyone., posted by Dinah on August 2, 2008, at 21:57:37
Dinah better today? Phillipa
Posted by Dinah on August 3, 2008, at 14:04:30
In reply to Re: I'm sorry everyone. » Dinah, posted by Phillipa on August 3, 2008, at 11:00:36
I think it's something that's been building for a while. And it will take a while for me to do all the things I've learned to do in response to the OCD.
The huge flareup that first brought me to therapy coincided with a period in my life where I was taking on new responsibilities. It makes sense that it's flaring up again now.
I'm feeling better this morning than I was last night.
Posted by Daisym on August 3, 2008, at 14:44:01
In reply to I'm sorry everyone., posted by Dinah on August 2, 2008, at 18:59:45
Does it help that your "crisis" came at the exact right time for me? I so needed to feel competent at something...anything...so you saying I helped (when in all actuality I just noticed what you'd normally have noticed for yourself) really helped me. Sorry - I feel selfish saying this. But it is true. Sometimes I question whether I know anything at all - psychologically speaking. No, scratch that - AT ALL is probably just about right.
I'll post more about my own situation soon. But see if you can take this in -- no need to apologize.
(((Dinah))))
Posted by Dinah on August 3, 2008, at 15:22:30
In reply to Re: I'm sorry everyone., posted by Daisym on August 3, 2008, at 14:44:01
(((Daisy)))
I do know what you're talking about. Sometimes it helps me a lot to think that I've helped someone else.
I think the whole point of my rant against my therapist is that it's hard to have others see you in a way you don't see yourself. So I say this with due caution, and respect for that fact. I can't imagine that anyone would think you don't know anything at all, psychologically speaking. Not even you. You always impress me tremendously. In your posts to me and in your posts to others.
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