I am looking for a therapist. I've been open about my anxiety and the difficulty of disentangling perimenopause from the pandemic. It feels like trying to drive a car with the hand brake on.
I've been in therapy twice before, both times for depression, work-related stress, and a marriage that quickly fell apart.
The last time (2001-2002) was Cognitive Behavioural Therapy which saved me.
As I look for a therapist now (in NYC), I'm glad to see many more Black and therapists of colour who openly seek to help clients of various ethnicities, sexualities, genders, etc.
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25yrs ago I had an “illegal” abortion in Egypt. 4yrs later I had a “legal” abortion in the US. I use inverted commas because I reject the State’s attempt to control my uterus. The State can fuck off w/its opinions about what I can/can’t do w/my uterus. That control belongs to me.
I was not raped. I was not sick. The pregnancies did not threaten my life. I did not already have children. I just did not want to be pregnant.
You risk losing us, @ManUtd. My love for you has been tenacious but it is not unconditional. Choose us, take the side of your supporters who love you, by taking a definitive stand against gender-based violence.
An international group of death studies practitioners and scholars from several countries and disciplines--has coined the concept #GriefLiteracy, which means “the capacity to access, process, and use knowledge regarding the experience of loss.”
Loss, as they explain, does not only occur in response to death; any loss can cause us to grieve.