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Therapy - and dealing with the past

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jun 10, 2023 | Replies (33)

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@aissa2

Totally I agree. Now, I have always since very young marveled at words, their sound, and their etymology. Before I knew of the power of the alphabet even, I used to think of words, still today, I find myself writing words and amazed at not only their meaning, but they fit perfectly into what I am writing and I had not known they would do so beforehand at times. So, I have always loved words, the sound of them, their meaning, and their origins. I took a course once called History of the English Language. It was quite boring, but it was also at the same time overall a course that did not dull my fascination with words, how they are used, and their power. Have you found that even in today's time, you are not swayed by those who are proficient in making speeches because you can sense and know that they are just using words in such as way as to purposely be persuasive? A couple of days ago, I was told the word "chuffed." I have never before that moment heard of the word and yet its synonyms are those we have been using since young and probably often. Believe I would have also been interested in the Progoff Intensive Journaling Workshop, but being that I am lefthanded and only two percent of the population is such, I still revel in my uniqueness too much.

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@aissa2 Carolyn, I am left-handed, also, but right eye dominant. How's that for being mixed up!? There are several things I do right-handed, because when being taught, the teacher was right-handed. Simply telling me, "just do it backwards" never did compute in my mind. Mimic, yes, reverse it when you don't have the concept? Nevermind. Some things I can do both right- or left-handed. A positive is writing while running a calculator.
We southpaws are a special breed, and see the world differently. I need to dig out my Progoff workshop binder and take a look at it again. When I did the non-dominant hand exercise, it was a question/answer page, talking to my father about my struggles at home as a child. It was quite an insight.
Ginger