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Melissa

I canā€™t talk, because I need so much more support than you can give me. I canā€™t talk, because 50 minutes is hardly enough to ...

Surrender

Melissa

When I raise the white flag of surrenderUpon a mound of shards of myselfThat could no longer keep it togetherWill anyone even know it? When ...

Trust… what?

Melissa

ā€œTrust the process,” is what they say. But submitting to this process feels like a freefall without a parachute, like Iā€™m giving up the modicum ...

What I knew all along

Melissa

ā€œI canā€™t need anyone,ā€ I said solemnly, meaning it with every fiber of my being. ā€œNo one cares enough. No one understands. No one has ...

The fence I built

Melissa

Iā€™m dying of thirst Just a few feet away from water Behind a fence Of my own making Why did I erect this fence And ...

Pie in the sky?

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By: Malky Grunwald I’ve been hurt. In a deep way. Biting, ugly words were rubbed into tender, bleeding skin. By someone who should have been ...

What is therapy?

Melissa

ā€œIā€™m still not sure why Iā€™m hereā€¦ what this whole therapy is all about…ā€ I said to my therapist back then. ā€œWhat, indeed, is therapy?ā€ ...

The Imbalance

Melissa

I am feeling these stirrings in my heart, the pain that ripples through ā€” stronger, stronger ā€” when I think of our encounter. The soothing ...

Don’t touch me

Melissa

Donā€™t touch meMy skin is brittlePaper thinThe slightest touchWill make me bleed Donā€™t reach meThe invitationNot to be aloneWill uncork in meA well of need ...

When the wrong mark is hit

Melissa

I came into the session feeling pathetic. Feeling awkward. It happens often, especially after the holidays invade the calendar and snatch up several therapy days. ...

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