tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post4167783518309782392..comments2023-06-17T07:09:25.814-07:00Comments on Hope Forward: Surviving and Thriving through Emotional Pain: Don't Ask, Don't Tell (yourself): On HonestyMelissa Groman, LCSWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341980298878431177noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-47322640376838191202009-07-01T18:01:16.733-07:002009-07-01T18:01:16.733-07:00Shen,
love the award, will pass it along and than...Shen,<br /><br />love the award, will pass it along and thanks!Melissa Groman, LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341980298878431177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-34295707493107182182009-07-01T18:00:03.028-07:002009-07-01T18:00:03.028-07:00And you all for the good words, honestly!!! :)
...And you all for the good words, honestly!!! :) <br /><br />Will stop by to visit you all as well.Melissa Groman, LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341980298878431177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-54861448790835858372009-07-01T17:58:49.543-07:002009-07-01T17:58:49.543-07:00Jennifer! What a nice surprise, and what a great ...Jennifer! What a nice surprise, and what a great blog you have!!! So glad you stopped by!!!!! Will visit you again!!!! I love your writing! Hope you will move the project back to the front burner....My own is coming along, sending it out and getting good feedback but no "yes" yet....still writing!<br /><br />Stay in touch!<br />MelissaMelissa Groman, LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341980298878431177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-41613908633684523262009-07-01T15:37:23.567-07:002009-07-01T15:37:23.567-07:00I am passing on an award that I recieved yesterday...I am passing on an award that I recieved yesterday - the <br />"One Lovely Blog" award - to you!<br /><br />Please come to my blog:<br /><br />http://reunitedselves.blogspot.com/<br /><br />to accept it.Shenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16635993168913490929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-16784072919197559212009-07-01T05:49:42.654-07:002009-07-01T05:49:42.654-07:00Off-topic: This falls in the category of "sma...Off-topic: This falls in the category of "small world." JustBeReal started following my blog, so I clicked back through to her, and found your picture in her list of followers. I recognized you right away. <br /><br />Hope all is well, Melissa. How are things? (I haven't moved very far on my writing project; it fell to the backburner after I took a job as a writing instructor at a nearby college).<br /><br />Now, "on topic" -- your blog is great. You're really giving people a safe place to come clean.Jennifer @ JenniferDukesLee.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15934656581948719407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-84250114803362720392009-06-30T17:38:20.705-07:002009-06-30T17:38:20.705-07:00Melissa, I love your blog. Thank you for this post...Melissa, I love your blog. Thank you for this post. You're right, of course, that honesty is important, particularly in the therapeutic context... but why does it have to be so hard? And what happens when you start being honest and don't like what you find? That big void inside is a dark and scary place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-66633524121929752442009-06-25T19:14:02.666-07:002009-06-25T19:14:02.666-07:00I think people need to get out some shameful truth...I think people need to get out some shameful truths in therapy (or in the telling to a confidante) as a way of hearing a different interpretation, a more acceptable, palatable, or forgiving understanding of the events. To shake loose the negative, shame inducing messages one spins in one's own head, over and over like a broken record. And it's a great thing to be a part of that process, when permitted.blogbehavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965257446041012824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-50975212640614730652009-06-25T03:51:42.808-07:002009-06-25T03:51:42.808-07:00Melissa, appreciate your whole blog and sharing. ...Melissa, appreciate your whole blog and sharing. I can so relate and honesty is the ONLY way to go and be Real!! I am on my way to freedom! Blessings.Just Be Realhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815210059310140144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-43335514306824434392009-06-24T21:27:53.142-07:002009-06-24T21:27:53.142-07:00Wow, I loved the line about therapists being mirro...Wow, I loved the line about therapists being mirrors. It really is like that. I hadn't looked at it that way, but I can see that very often when I talk to my therapist I do see myself.<br /><br />I am painfully honest with her, and it has been so hard sometimes, especially when I started talking about some abuse that I had never spoken of before. I am just, today, coming out of a five month long bout of anger/grief/anxiety about my disclosures in January -- just starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I think it's all been worth it. Two years of hard work, but I really think it's going to be okay.Shenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16635993168913490929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-80318235122620464342009-06-24T18:59:26.926-07:002009-06-24T18:59:26.926-07:00Hi Lisa Marie,
You're welcome. Glad you stop...Hi Lisa Marie,<br /><br />You're welcome. Glad you stopped by.<br /><br />MelissaMelissa Groman, LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341980298878431177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376050346911543738.post-8440886276260545662009-06-23T21:16:10.948-07:002009-06-23T21:16:10.948-07:00Thank you so much for this post. This is specifica...Thank you so much for this post. This is specifically something I am struggling with a lot right now.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952500756645034418noreply@blogger.com