Well, school started, so I've been too busy reading and writing my homework to think about journalling. Ricky and I have had lots of discussions of porn and sex and my body and his body and women and men and...the gamut. Somehow in all of this, and maybe the Prozac, I just don't feel like having sex. I know Ricky is a good guy--I really do. I wish I did feel like having sex, but I just don't. Actually, it seems kind of revolting to me right now. I got up the courage to talk to Plern about it, even though I half thought she'd tell me to stop wasting my time with a boy and find a good woman. She didn't. She actually listened and seemed sympathetic. She told me after her mastectomy, she didn't feel like having sex for a long time. She thinks it was part of her and her partner at the time breaking up. I'm scared. I don't want to lose Ricky--I don't know what I'd do without him. But I can't imagine having sex with him ever again. Wow--I didn't realize I felt that way until I just wrote it--that's intense! It's so weird I don't know why.
I realized today that I've been too distracted in therapy to really focus on growing. I just keep thinking about who my therapist is. I want to find out more about her, but I don't want to be a wacko, or make her mad or scared and want to fire me. I think I've decided to at least Google her and check around a bit on the internet to see what I can find out. She never has to know. Maybe if I find out more, I'll be able to focus on myself in therapy instead of her. I know she's noticed, because she keeps telling me I seem far away and thinking about something I'm not talking about. I hate that she can read my mind. I love that she can read my mind. If only she would read it and I wouldn't have to say anything because she'd already know. I've decided. I'm going to Google her!
Cynthia W. Lubow, MFT
Depression and PTSD Specialist
For 25 years, compassionately helping women heal from depression, and it's
destructive criticism, losses and traumas, while building self-acceptance and confidence.