apricotinfusion

support groups

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:47:56 GMT

I'm in therapy. My therapist strongly suggested I attend a Trauma Support & Recovery group. Ok, I said, thinking maybe my previous judgements of such groups were unfounded, having never actually attended any type of support group. Maybe, I thought, one could actually learn and grow from such a group. After 5 weeks of attending the once a week group, I can say that my previously conceived ideas about such groups have been nothing but validated.

So far, it has been a group where members speak of their trauma, seem to want others to sympathize or empathize with them, and actively participate in the wallowing of one's misery and trauma. I do understand that everything is relative. Everyone in the group has their own trauma and their own experience and their own feelings.

My question is this: Should a support group help people move on from their trauma, or is it meant to support people while they wallow in their own dysfunctions?

Lost in LJ

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:23:02 GMT

So here I am trying to figure out the whole LJ thing. Of course I do not want to actually read a tutorial or anything so obsurd as that. I stumbled upon some friends' postings. One contained a link I thought would be worth clicking. It was. Then I couldn't get back to where I was. I couldn't go back. All I could do was close the page and start over. Grr. I had stumbled upon the friends in the first place, how was I to find them again? Well, I did find them but am still confused with navigating this site. Hmmm. I feel... old.

Connecting with new characters

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:28:24 GMT

I've met some interesting characters as of late and most of them seem to dwell here or other such sites. Hence, my first post. I thought I'd look up some of the above mentioned characters to learn more about them. Hmm. The one I was most interested in seems to have neglected her account recently and I've learned nothing new. What I do know she is full of colorful energy, she licks people at dinner and is strangely attractive. Oh, and she wears dinnerware on her head.