We are not our persona (I finally got what you meant to day) — Our purpose is not the same as our role — Our purpose is to be who we are, whatever that is, however it’s expressed — The thing we’re looking for is up because we’re disconnected from ourselves… The tumblers finally were falling into place this morning. One thing struck me toward the end when you said a good psychologist would look at a person’s history, early life, and try to see patterns. When I saw Evan for the headaches, and again when I saw Susan for grief counseling, neither time did either of them talk to me about my past. Is that odd? I think I must have wasted a lot of money on them…
We are the one who is aware of the roles. Many times psycho folks only deal with “fixing” the persona and concern themselves with helping folks positively adjust to a system or culture that in the end is only a game or a play. Playing the game is important but not eternal.
Unfortunately I didn’t find either of them very helpful. Susan’s best advice was, “Don’t wear your heart on your coat sleeve,” which I have been unable to adhere to. Knowing from Evan stuck with me except he wrote a prescription for me on his script pad saying, “Cheryl has my permission to take care of herself.” Those were my two kernels of knowledge…
🙂 I’m sure they did their best. But I’m kinda in agreement. That does not seem very helpful.
We are not our persona (I finally got what you meant to day) — Our purpose is not the same as our role — Our purpose is to be who we are, whatever that is, however it’s expressed — The thing we’re looking for is up because we’re disconnected from ourselves… The tumblers finally were falling into place this morning. One thing struck me toward the end when you said a good psychologist would look at a person’s history, early life, and try to see patterns. When I saw Evan for the headaches, and again when I saw Susan for grief counseling, neither time did either of them talk to me about my past. Is that odd? I think I must have wasted a lot of money on them…
We are the one who is aware of the roles. Many times psycho folks only deal with “fixing” the persona and concern themselves with helping folks positively adjust to a system or culture that in the end is only a game or a play. Playing the game is important but not eternal.
Unfortunately I didn’t find either of them very helpful. Susan’s best advice was, “Don’t wear your heart on your coat sleeve,” which I have been unable to adhere to. Knowing from Evan stuck with me except he wrote a prescription for me on his script pad saying, “Cheryl has my permission to take care of herself.” Those were my two kernels of knowledge…
🙂 I’m sure they did their best. But I’m kinda in agreement. That does not seem very helpful.