Hmmm …
I’m off to the clinic later this afternoon for a “Family Therapy” session. I’m NOT looking forward to it in the least. Those counselors are n-a-s-t-y!!
Let me tell you, these guys mean *business*. There’s no screwing around with them.
I watched helplessly last week as they had Son#1 in their sights, relentlessly battering him with probing, no-kidding-around questions. It was so crap not being able to say anything, not being able to help him out at all. I felt like a naughty school girl when I uttered just one syllable and they shut me up!
Hoo boy … I’m dreading being in their “you’ve-got-no-option-but-to-give-us-the-gory-painful-details” presence.
But there is ONE good thing about this afternoon. The fact that the X can’t be there. Wouldn’t you know it – he’s “away on business!”
Hrmph.
I think it’s good because it’ll give Son#1 and I a chance to talk more freely to these guys. The X has an inexplicable, bizarre way of twisting the views of anyone who opposes his reality into something seemingly petty and completely irrational. (It’s an evil gift, I swear!) So it’s good that he won’t be there to shoot us down for this first time.
The X not being there is not going to sit too well with Son#1 though, and I feel for the boy. He so desperately wants his dad to be available for him, both physically and emotionally. But I’m not going to cover for the X this time; I’m not going to make up some semi-truth in the hopes of protecting Son#1. The unfortunate bottom line is that his dad is NOT there for him, and that very fact is a big part of what needs to get worked on and out while he’s at the clinic.
So I kinda feel like I’m going to face a firing squad just now, but it’s gotta be done!
Feel the fear and do it anyway, hey?
Later xx
Thanks MsB xx
I;m glad everything went ok. I know that “ok” is relative but you and Son#1 are taking the right steps. Hang in there!
Aaah! I seeeeeeee 😀
Yes – almost home!! Fingers crossed that the Tag Team (counselors) don’t see reason to prevent that …
what I meant was that your boy is almost home 😀
Pleased to note what you say to “almost over”.
There is no quick fix here and this is a long term project.
So long as you have long term support from loving friends and relations we will get there.
Me too – not sure about “almost over” but it’s definitely moving in the right direction 🙂
I’m glad it went well 🙂
Its almost over!
Hello MsB!
Yes, it all went ok – it WAS tough, but we did well … Son#1 got quite a bit out, and I could see him taking some big risks in exposing his vulnerable side, which was amazing 🙂
I didn’t get drilled, as I expected to. I mostly listened … listened to him talking about his experiences in the clinic so far, about what he is and isn’t get out of it, what he wants to get out of it, how he wants to do that …
But wow, those counselors are hardcore! I guess they have to be – they have a really important job to do in helping to save and restore young lives.
I hope everything went well for you!
@cath – precisely! And thank you xx
(I seem to say that an awful lot to you, don’t I?)
@SheBee – hell yes, these dudes are hectic! Fanx 🙂
Oooh, the do sound scary!
Good luck babe!
feel the fear
do it anyway
bugger the X
thinking of you XXX