Therapy Bits

Dr. Barry and I had our appointment this morning. It was awesome as it always is.

But Dr. Barry was very sick. She was so sick that after she got done seeing me she was going home.

She said she’d see me because she knew I wouldn’t be comfortable seeing a junior doctor. I was so grateful to her for doing that for me.

I felt so bad for her. She said she thought she had a viral infection.

We basically discussed our increased anxiety, and increased dissociation.

I told her I’d been using the Valium a lot.

So she prescribed me some more so I wouldn’t run out.

We talked about therapy and how we’ve only had one session since Christmas, due to bad weather, sickness etc.

It feels like we aren’t back in the rhythm of regular therapy yet.

We talked a little about our parents health.

And we talked about how bad our insomnia is.

It was a really good appointment. Despite how sick she was, Dr. Barry was present, listening, and validating me.

I love her for it.