Starting Therapy

At first things get worse 

you see dirty dusty grungy corners that you haven’t seen for a long time and it is 
scary. 

Discomfort rushes through you and gushes everywhere. 
Pain overtakes you at times and it is all so 
confusing and 
unsettling. 

These feelings come through and you keep trying to 
push them down, 
they pop back up, you push them down, they emerge again and again. 

You didn’t know you felt this much.   

Don’t know what to talk about, can’t believe anyone wants to listen to you. You tell yourself 
you don’t really need to be here – seems so stupid – seems so frivolous – 
why are you here? 

You can’t remember the reasons. 

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