Gerrbeck,

How are you coping with your "hard blow?"

Are you okay?

Emily in Maryland

Emyjay,

You sound sooooo much better...I've loved seeing you in all the different threads and getting to know you better. Keep it up! Hope your foot heals quickly.

Gerrbeck,

We're here for you as well! Let us know if there is anything we can do for you.

Jane,

Yep, I am feeling better! And so is my foot. But it won't be completely healed until October, says my current Dr.

I'm going to get a second opinion. This Dr. says he "should" have put me in a cast, unstead of a boot type brace that I'm currently wearing.

He also says I need another x-ray, but hasn't done it.

Anyway, I'm feeling so much better, thinking is clear,
laughing again.

Gerrbeck,
As Jane said, we're here for you.

Make it a good day,

Emily

Emily, that's so great that you're feeling better and laughing again. Sorry to hear that your foot still hasn't healed properly. I hope the doctors get it all figured out.

Emjay
I detect you feel you cannot tell us everything.I for one think a trouble shared is a trouble halved and hope you will share if you want to.
You HAVE come through a lot and do be proud of yourself.
Love Mountain ash

I proud of how well you are doing in spite of the new soft cast. When you get this behind you, I want to meet at Phillip's. Are you up for that?

Oh, yes, Dotsie, I would like to meet you at Phillips. I think this soft cast ( I look like big foot ) will be on for the next five weeks. But we'll meet. Christmas time would be fun. I bet the lights around the Harbor are magical! I'm saying Christmas because the fall is so busy at work. New children coming in and trying to adjust - bus drivers trying to learn which children go where. Moving the staff around until we have all sites covered according to state law.

Mountain Ash, you are correct. I'm still bothered about something, but am working on it and have help. Actually, I woke up today in the middle of a bad panic attack.

But, when I get on these boards, my attention is diverted. It rests my mind. I'm doing better, honestly. Just experiencing what my therapists calls "setbacks." It's okay. Thank you for your concern. You are very perceptive!

Going to read today away!

Love,
Emily

Emjay
Let me reassure you that many people have "panic" thoughts.
I myself have dreams where the situations I see are in tandem with day time worries.
recently while in hospital (aided no doubt by the morphine i even was saying NO to someone in the dream.
I view these dreams as gifts and like a good book direct me to another way of thinking.
In TA counselling the subject keeps a dream diary and in calm moments work is done by processing.
I do not tell all to everyone but have listening ears who do just that.
I really feel you are doing so well and enjoy hearing from you on the forum.
Take care
Mountain ash

Mountain Ash,

Thank you for responding so quickly. I had to take some meds to calm down. I no longer feel weak when I have to do this; I'm just so thankful that they calm me so that I can participate in life and help others.

Eagle, in her book, talks about the ripples in a pond reaching out to others. That's what I mean. As Eagle says, and I'm not quoting directly, these ripples touch others.

When I am awake, most of the time, I can "talk back" to escalating anxiety and stop panic attacks by countering my thoughts with positive affirmations. But I can't do this when I'm sleeping.

What's TA counselling?

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

Emily

Emjay
TA is one modality of counselling.
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Transactional Analysis (TA) is rooted in psychoanalysis using the personality elements of Parent, Child, Adult, and Script to define personality.

In part these elements are interchangeable with the psychoanalysis identifications of id, ego, and superego.

This form of identification has made Transactional Analysis much more accessible and understandable. Eric Burne was at the forefront in the creation and definition of this form of psychotherapy.

Transactional Analysis works on the understanding that much of our troubles lie within our scripts. Scripting starts in childhood as a survival strategy and continues throughout our development into adults.
Mountain ash