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by oakwren
Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:44 pm
Forum: coping
Topic: Scarily VAST list of coping strategies
Replies: 126
Views: 62143

if anyone reads this list - there is so much hope. everyone of you deserves to live. laura i wish - i wish you'd read your own list woman. wish you'd reached out to someone , anyone but someone. i walk around and hear the birds and see the sky - you could have done that. you had so much to offer and...
by oakwren
Fri May 30, 2008 6:42 pm
Forum: coping
Topic: if you have OD'd i need to talk to you *su*
Replies: 171
Views: 14629

I read in this book about A&E how taking small overdoses are a way of seeking attention. at first I thought that's awful and not me - and then I thought of how that's what I was doing when I did it - not on purpose but underneath it was there. it's hard to admit that and not sure how this helps if y...
by oakwren
Thu May 29, 2008 11:37 am
Forum: coping
Topic: How can we improve the coping forum?
Replies: 2
Views: 216

more resources yes. quotes, different ideas for how to approach different situations to help with reframing, to have a list of the tennets of different therapies like what you mentioned e.g. cbt so that people could do it at home but without using a therapist. so that the coping forum could empower ...
by oakwren
Thu May 29, 2008 11:14 am
Forum: coping
Topic: therapy woes
Replies: 5
Views: 316

hey, not sure if this is useful - but why don't you try rereading your post and reflect on what's going on. i see a lot of myself in your post when i was in therapy a few years ago. you say you want to get better but there's a part that seems to be saying that you're so scared to. (is that right?) d...
by oakwren
Tue May 27, 2008 10:48 am
Forum: coping
Topic: new boundaries
Replies: 1
Views: 141

perhaps she's not right for you. what are you looking for from therapy? deep down, what is it that you are expecting when you go to a session? i ask as recently i realised i want the counsellor to take responsibility and give me attention. i know that sounds bad, but when i realised, it made sense a...