Monthly Archives: March 2016

SESSION 5: Choice

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“Pick your poison,” you said last time. 

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Yes.

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What’s that mean?

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It means you face a choice of symptoms. 

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What choice?

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You can choose between the anxiety that comes with relationships…

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…or the loneliness that comes with avoiding them.

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That’s my choice?

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That’s everyone’s choice.

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There’s no other option?

 Well, some people think so. 

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Who? 

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Addicts.

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They try to avoid both the anxiety and the loneliness.

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And?

And they end up with both.

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Is there a fourth  choice?

I think so.

[][] Bert's therapy [FRAMED, 50%]

  Really?  What is it?

[][] Bert's therapy [FRAMED, 50%]

This. 

 

 

SESSION 4: Poison

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[][] Bert's therapy [FRAMED, 50%]

We never talked at home.

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When you were a kid?

 

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Yeah.

What was that like?

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Quiet.

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As in peaceful? 

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Or lonely?

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Lonely.

And now?

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Same.  Still not much talking.

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Still lonely?

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Yeah.

Hmm.

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What’s “hmm” mean?

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Well…

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You’re basically screwed.

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Why?

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Talking makes you uncomfortable. 

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And not talking makes you lonely.

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So for you it’s lose-lose. 

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Screwed.

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 Oh.  Yeah.

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Any suggestions?

Sure.

[][] Bert's therapy [FRAMED, 50%]

Pick your poison.

 

SESSION 3: Communication

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My wife says I’m a lousy communicator.

How so?

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“You don’t talk,” she says.

I see.

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“You don’t listen either,” she says.

Uh huh. 

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How do you see it?

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I think she talks too damned much.

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I think everyone talks too damned much. 

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Why do we have to talk about everything?

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Blah, blah, blah, blah.

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The world needs less talk, I say.

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More peace and quiet, I say.  

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You know?

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I said, you know?

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Hello?

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(silence)

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(more silence)

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 (even more silence)

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You’re making a point here, aren’t you?

SESSION 2: Feel

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[][] Bert's therapy [FRAMED, 50%]       So your wife sent you to therapy.

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                         Yes.                          

 How come? 

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                       She says I have communication issues.          

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And intimacy issues.

[][] Bert's therapy [FRAMED, 50%]And control issues.

[][] Bert's therapy [FRAMED, 50%]           And why does she say all that?

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   I have no idea.

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           But she’s a little crazy, my wife.

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     I see.  What’s her name?

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   Felicia. I call her Feel.

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           Well, maybe we should ask Feel to come in and explain how she sees things.

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Okay with you? 

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(silence)

[][] Bert's therapy [FRAMED, 50%]

I’ll tell you everything.

 

SESSION 1: Bert starts therapy

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 [][] Bert's therapy [FRAMED, 50%]

 I shouldn’t be here.    

Why not?

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Therapy’s for weaklings.    

Oh.

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 And you’re no weakling.

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Right.  I’m a grownup.

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And that means what, exactly?

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I don’t need anyone’s help. 

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I stand on my own two feet. 

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I’m the master of my fate. 

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And the captain of my soul. 

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  I see.

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  So why did you come?

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My wife made me.