I Enjoy Being a Girl Vol 2!- Page 161

[clever name]

Posted: 11/24/09 at 2:15pm

I am very, very, very ,pro therapy. I think you will find it really helpful, newgirl. I know I have!

[Select a Member Name]

Posted: 11/24/09 at 3:00pm

Hey y'all! I fell like it's been forever since I last posted on here. I've been sick since Wednesday and I lost internet connection for the longest time. I have auditions for one acts on Monday and Tuesday. Ah!

newgirl, you do what you feel is right. You deserve the help you need. Do what's best for you. :)

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 11/24/09 at 9:01pm

Hey folks. Sorry I haven't been on.... work and family have been driving me nuts

God, if I had insurance I would most defiantly be in therapy! maybe then I would be able to figure out why I can't get out of my own way! Like, right now.... I told my parents I would go back to community college even though I really don;t want to... I just don't really have another choice. My hours are going to be cut after xmas and no one is hiring... there is still one more audition date for AMDA but going there would mean leaving my trailer (which I own and owe a bit of back lot rent on). Everything is way to complicated, but here's what I know.... I don't want to go back to school and be alone and FAIL again.
So, yeah, I need therapy big time.

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 11/24/09 at 9:31pm

I'm a Psychology major, which I hoped would help me help myself out a little bit.

So far, little avail
But I've always got an ear & a shoulder, haha.

[killertofu333]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 12:11am

I'm not too late for the topic of the day am I? Well first and foremost I'm always down to support anyone who simply wants to get out from under. Out from under those feelings that always seem to surface when they are least welcome. Anyone who doesn't want to resign themselves to feeling unhappy always has my backing...period. As for therapy, I say take the steps that will help you sort through whatever your issues may be. If that step is talking to a therapist, take it and be proud of yourself for even getting that far. Looking back I know therapy helped me (2 different stints). I had to go when I was WAY younger, it's a long story and I won't delve into that. I also had to go a few months after my mom passed away when I was 15. My grandparents thought I should talk to someone because I wasn't really speaking to anyone at all for a while. At the time I was in "teenage" mode and didn't want to go through with it but I'll admit that it certainly helped to just get it all out there and finally say things out loud. Good luck Newgirl.

Ok, what the hell people? Where are JAG, Weez and Maisie? Do you think that if I type this hard enough they'll get the IEBAG vibes through the interwebz and get it together?! I dunno....

Anyway, if I don't get a chance to say it later........Happy Thanksgiving BITCHES!!!!!! I'm sorry I couldn't resist .

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 12:28am

It's always welcome

[justagirl2]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 12:39am

Updated On: 3/9/17 at 12:39 AM

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 1:02am

That was the first innuendo I've heard all day...it's been a slow one.

I think sometimes you just need a non-bias third party who can shed some different light on things.
I've unintentionally counselled people in the bank and on the train, and that's where therapy can come in handy.

[Weez]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 7:13am

I have been almost literally consumed by my reading list and rehearsals. At the moment, I'm out three or four nights a week for the pantomime and My Fair Lady (auditions are tomorrow; I said I'd have a go at Eliza, but I'm getting less confident as time goes by, even though I've never thought the part was reasonably within my grasp and was only planning on auditioning for the hell of it), plus I've been to the theatre 8-10 times a month since May, which also keeps me away from my keyboard. I'm still reading the boards, and randomly Facebooking (GEE TOFU, IF YOU HAD FACEBOOK, YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE MY RANDOM UPDATES 8D), but if I have a reasonable amount of spare minutes, I'm nose-deep in a book again. I'm on my ninth Henning Mankell and almost looking forward to running out completely. Mind you, once I have, I've got the new Stephen King and Harry Thompson's This Thing of Darkness to carry on with, so I don't suppose I'll be easing up on my reading ANY time soon. XD

And yet somehow I manage to make room for Glee and The Thick of It every week. :3

So I haven't really been anywhere, but quietness is due to busyness and not lack of caring or owt. :3

[danmag]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 1:14pm

Hello everyone! Just wanted to wish everyone a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving. I've already made the cranberry sauce and stuffing...on to the sweet potatoes! And then it will be on to the wine. Lots of it. :)

And just wanted to add that I have been very thankful and grateful for all of the good thoughts and wishes from you in recent weeks! Thanks all!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 1:57pm

Crashing the girl's party to add my heartfelt nudge toward therapy for anyone. Noone is perfect, especially emotionally, so noone should be exempt. It only works if you work at it, but can provide you with tools you can take with you for the rest of your life...so I add my voice to the others.

It's not easy. It is work. It takes commitment. The first commitment is finding a therapist you can truly work with. That doesnt mean the easiest to get along with, btw. Your therapist should challenge you, not coddle you.

To those who dont understand, who cares? They dont have to understand, especially parents. It's often the case that parents simply dont want to believe they didnt do a great job in raising a kid, so emotional problems are their fault. While it is actually often true, it's true of everyone. Blame is not the point...it's healing and revealing and dealing with it all!

newgirl...good for you for putting yourself first. Sounds like that's a tough thing for you to do...be brave and best of luck!!

Danmag, good for you for starting the journey and working at it! So good to hear!

I also would suggest group therapy...I did both for about 7 years and they complimented each other so well. It's VERY helpful to your ego and self image to work with a group that may have similar issues.

Anyway...yall are awesome and hope you each have a wonderful Thanks-for-giving.

Now, where's my wine?!

[danmag]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 1:59pm

I'm drinking mine thru a straw out of a box, Doodle. There is plenty to share!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 2:03pm

**searching for my crazy straw*

[clever name]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 2:20pm

Well, when I'm in charge of the pies this year so when I get home I will pour my wine and begin baking ....and by baking I mean I will be opening boxes and turning on the oven.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 2:48pm

LOL!!! I didn't even do that....I just bought the pies already done. But Wegman's has a great bakery so I'm sure they're good.

I'll definitely join you guys for a box of wine later too!

Love you all and hope you have a wonderful day with family and friends tomorrow! I'll be spending mine with my insane sister in law....woo hoo!

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 2:49pm

We hit up a bunch of wineries in Kentucky and Tennessee on my vacation. Apple wine, Raspberry Wine, Blackberry Wine...oh my!

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 3:21pm

My stepdads insane, b*tchy sister is in town.... luckily we're not going over there tomorrow. here's hoping she stays away from me, because I have NOTHING nice to say to the women.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY IEBAGS!!!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 11/25/09 at 3:38pm

Well I have to have dinner tomorrow with my insane sister in law. Yay.

[Select a Member Name]

Posted: 11/26/09 at 2:09am

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! Here's to dining with the people I find most annoying. Cheers.

[clever name]

Posted: 11/26/09 at 10:20am

Happy Thanksgiving IEBAGs!!!!

[HellsBells2]

Posted: 11/26/09 at 10:57am

Happy Thanksgiving All!!!!

My two cents on therapy.....I think it is fantastic, I wish I would have had the means to persue it years ago when I went through a very traumatic experience that followed me through most of my life. I did finally happen across a wonderful support group that finally helped me to find some closure with all those memories. Get help when you need it!! And Danmag, mid-life crisis is VERY real and can be very damaging to peoples lives!

I hope everyone finds many, many things to be thankful for today and for many tomorrows!

[HellsBells2]

Posted: 11/26/09 at 10:57am

Happy Thanksgiving All!!!!

My two cents on therapy.....I think it is fantastic, I wish I would have had the means to persue it years ago when I went through a very traumatic experience that followed me through most of my life. I did finally happen across a wonderful support group that finally helped me to find some closure with all those memories. Get help when you need it!! And Danmag, mid-life crisis is VERY real and can be very damaging to peoples lives!

I hope everyone finds many, many things to be thankful for today and for many tomorrows!

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 11/26/09 at 11:58pm

Ahh Thanksgiving. Watched the parade, listened to Alice's Restaurant echo throughout my house while I got ready, and later on there was an skating show after enjoying a lovely American/Italian/Georgian meal.

Best moments:

-When I sat down at the table after dinner/pre-dessert and my mother passed me a large glass of white zin with ice cubes in it because "I should have fun."

-My uncle telling the story of the time my grandpa left my cousins in chairs at the airport while he talked to some lady. My uncles adlibbed that my grandfather's favoirte pick up lines were: "You know I used to fix these airplanes. Wanna see my pen**?"

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 11/27/09 at 8:11pm

Hahaha, the best part of my Thanksgiving was seeing a Comcast commercial on TV with Norm Lewis in it.

Actually, Thanksgiving was kinda a downer for me this year... we've always gone to my great-aunt's house for Thanksgiving, partially because she's a wonderful cook. My grandma and dad are also great cooks, but my great-aunt's the best. Her house is quite a commute, but the whole family would always go to her house (about twelve guests on the average).

But this year, we helped her move into her new retirement home, moving all of her furniture and knick-knacks and stuff, and we ate Thanksgiving dinner at the dining hall of her senior home (the food was abysmal, by the way). We spent the whole time working and doing chores. I understand why it had to be done, so that her house has to be sold, but I felt really selfish because this is my last "real" Thanksgiving before I go off to college. All twelve of us were in her tiny apartment (kitchen, bedroom, miniscule den) which only had four chairs for two days, and of the three great cooks there, we ate overpriced, poorly-cooked cafeteria food. They didn't even have turkey or pumpkin pie.

I have to vent this somewhere because there's no way I could express this annoyance in real life, or I'd get in a lot of trouble. I love my great-aunt, and I realize she needed a lot of help, but still. Thanksgiving's always been one of my favorite holidays, and I thought this was kinda a gyp.

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 11/27/09 at 8:48pm

Lol Norm Lewis.

No, I can totally understand being frustrated by that.
I learned that when you try to make too much of "my last ___ before college" things get ridiculous, haha.

Hopefully your Christmas/Hanakah/Winter Solstice is more enjoyable :0)