Not Coping

Post about yesterday??? @Birdofparadise8 Which part? Psych? Your meds? You aunt and uncle?

Psych and how I have a block @tyme

What do you think?

Did you understand what I was meaning? With how I would talk about something painful but then if he asked how I feel about it now I would say I don't fee anything.

@Birdofparadise8 the gym sounds good. I can't wait for the local aquatic centre & gym to reopen, it's not far from where I live.

My bath tub is full of plants at the moment, they were starting to wilt in the heat. Oh and the cat...!

Oh, is that what you mean by 'a block'! No I get it. I think it's a protective response. I can relate to it because I would end up mute in sessions because I really didn't know what to say. That's how MBT helped me.

From what I remember, when people asked me things, I'd shrug, have my head down and not say a single thing. The more they asked, the less I spoke. I still have a piece of paper one of my therapist wrote out because I could not make myself look up. I just took the note, read it and left. Sometimes, I'd be crying too...

Is that what you mean?

Aww @ENKELI

I do talk in the session. I am quite open about things happening. It's just when we talk about emotions and being vulnerable.

I don't cry. I can't cry in session. @tyme

What is MBT @tyme?

What do you think of ACT?

Mentalisation based therapy. I did just over 18 months of it , Over 3 hours per week.

ACT is absolutely marvellous if you know how to apply it.

I don't have time for three hours of therapy each week. I also don't have BPD.

I'll ask my psych what he thinks.

What do you mean by that? How do you know if you can apply it? @tyme

Yeah, I know. Therapy is a commitment. Of course I'm not saying your should do MBT because it wouldn't be available to you anyway. I'm just sharing that I had blocks too, but talking therapy made a difference.

Also, applying ACT is about actively practicing the skills of defusion as opposed to fusion which is what you are experiencing.