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5 months ago
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So this weekend is my final weekend at my course.
Cant believe 3 years came and went so quick. I am very much a different person to the person i started with. I mean we all change over time but it feels like therapy training is kinda like being forced to flip alot of your dark stuff to the outside and show it to folk.
My classmates are all very different to me and ita rare to have to be stuck with a group of folk who have different views and have to see them each week and navigate how you feel when they challenge you. Its been really valuable in that sense as i have a tendency to flock to folk with similar interests rather than opposing one. Its helped build my tolerance to my own feelings of discomfort and allowed me space to challenge myswlf in certain aspects, like when do i stay quiet qhen do i speak out, when do i get angry, etc.
Its forced me outright at times to see clearly how i organise my own sense of reality, what my brain holda onto and what it ditches in order to maintain my sense of core beliefs. Some of those core beliefs have been smushed and ive felt untethered and frightened by that deconstruction at times, and im still here.
I feel more relaxed with my anxiety and more accepting of my anger, i am more in touch with greif and more flexible with my disorganisation. I feel like i know myself more and thats what contributed to me being able to give up alcohol and really start working hard on my health (ive lost 2 stone since march with nothing other than exercise and healthy eating and not drinking alcohol)
Having to counsel other people means youre sat every day listening to some hareowing life stories and often conflicting views to my own im working with people from all over the world because london is super diverse in that sense, hearing so many different life stories, cultures, religions etc puts a lot of my own into perspective, gives me a renewed sense of being grateful for where ive come from and where i am now. Grateful for friends and the family i do have and just really grateful for this place.
Im glad youre here and im glad im here too. Thank you
Cant believe 3 years came and went so quick. I am very much a different person to the person i started with. I mean we all change over time but it feels like therapy training is kinda like being forced to flip alot of your dark stuff to the outside and show it to folk.
My classmates are all very different to me and ita rare to have to be stuck with a group of folk who have different views and have to see them each week and navigate how you feel when they challenge you. Its been really valuable in that sense as i have a tendency to flock to folk with similar interests rather than opposing one. Its helped build my tolerance to my own feelings of discomfort and allowed me space to challenge myswlf in certain aspects, like when do i stay quiet qhen do i speak out, when do i get angry, etc.
Its forced me outright at times to see clearly how i organise my own sense of reality, what my brain holda onto and what it ditches in order to maintain my sense of core beliefs. Some of those core beliefs have been smushed and ive felt untethered and frightened by that deconstruction at times, and im still here.
I feel more relaxed with my anxiety and more accepting of my anger, i am more in touch with greif and more flexible with my disorganisation. I feel like i know myself more and thats what contributed to me being able to give up alcohol and really start working hard on my health (ive lost 2 stone since march with nothing other than exercise and healthy eating and not drinking alcohol)
Having to counsel other people means youre sat every day listening to some hareowing life stories and often conflicting views to my own im working with people from all over the world because london is super diverse in that sense, hearing so many different life stories, cultures, religions etc puts a lot of my own into perspective, gives me a renewed sense of being grateful for where ive come from and where i am now. Grateful for friends and the family i do have and just really grateful for this place.
Im glad youre here and im glad im here too. Thank you
I'm glad you embarked on this journey, and when you graduate, I hope you get the opportunity to help many more live than you already have.
Most of my training was here but parts took place in central Manchester in groups before going live which is more mixed culturally although this district we have do have a significant portion of Non White residents where the mix that tends to be more multiple monocultures and people generally don't mix even if you work alongside each other. Sad but true which was a eye opener.
Learning to navigate alternate belief systems and takes on historic events that contradict that you were raised with that might just emerge was interesting too. Sometimes it makes more sense to just let it be other times you might feel you actually learned something.
Anyway duck, Congratulations.
Learning (And Mastering, or NOT), our inner world/self, is a whole 'nuther challenge entirely!
It's been great seeing you tread this path, and share your Journey with us!
Well done!
Always focus on what you can do and don't worry about the small stuff. Take your time with the comics. IRL can be a bitch but you got this! <3
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