I haven't said a whole lot in response to this story, partly because I remember feeling very like Bruce at an earlier point in my life. I did not have an other sharing space with me who I treated as an emotional garbage can and blamed everything on, but I did treat myself that way. I was absolutely terrible at intrapersonal skills and highly dissociative. A large focus of my therapy and treatment over the years has been on building those skills, and remembering to take out the emotional trash. It is interesting because after a decade of hard work I come across like Phil does in this story-functional, aware and healthy. I was very pleased with Phil's gentle reminder to Bruce that we all have our scars, and not all of those scars are visible.
As always I adore this series and enjoy the time and care you take in dealing with the various issues involved. Thank you for also taking the time to include helpful links and resources at the end of each chapter. That is very much appreciated.
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Date: 2013-04-16 02:13 pm (UTC)As always I adore this series and enjoy the time and care you take in dealing with the various issues involved. Thank you for also taking the time to include helpful links and resources at the end of each chapter. That is very much appreciated.