Therapy Notes 07/15/2020

- not looking forward to this

- [redacted]

- never been okay

- damage is thorough

- acceptance sucks

- feeling my feelings

- will get better at managing, not necessarily controlling

- optimism based in avoidance?

- questioning values

- obligated to be hopeful

- learning to be okay with misery

- Ignored misery because thought it made me powerful

- not ready for normalization

- want anger, not commiseration

- want people to show me they know how I feel instead of tell me

- how to express feelings safely/freely; write for therapist audience

- right track, not fun track

- baby steps