{"id":478,"date":"2008-11-23T21:47:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T21:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/switchingtime.wordpress.com\/?p=478"},"modified":"2008-11-23T21:47:37","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T21:47:37","slug":"karen-answers-mike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=478","title":{"rendered":"Karen answers Mike"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/switchingtime.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/23\/karen-answers-mikekaren-answers-mike\/\">Comment by Mike on November 20, 2008 <span style=\"color:windowtext;\">4:34 am<\/span> <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">Karen,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">This book tapped into my own past. I knew I was abused but never dealt with it. I am fifty six years old and don\u2019t believe I could correct anything now. The problem is I have been ill from a physical back disability. The pain caused depression. The depression caused my past to come out. I need to take care of the depression but don\u2019t want to address my past. What would help me, therapy or no therapy? Why dig it up? Is there a point? I am too old for this shit!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">I trust your advice because I read your answers to other people and know you won\u2019t tell me off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">Mike<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Dear Mike,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Don&#8217;t be so hard on yourself; you are never too old to start therapy. <span>\u00a0<\/span>What&#8217;s most important is to bring peace and harmony back into your life. <span>\u00a0<\/span>Seeking counseling with a qualified therapist will not only help you but help those close to you. <span>\u00a0<\/span>I can understand how your physical pain has brought on depression, and also how your depression increases your sense of physical pain. This happened to me, too. It&#8217;s hard trying to concentrate on healing when you are physically ill. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Therapy helped lessen my pain. I&#8217;m not sure how, but in sharing my\u00a0past with Dr. Baer,\u00a0a weight lifted from me and left me with a sense of calm.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>I believe the reason for digging up one&#8217;s past is to release the emotional secrets that keep us in pain and\u00a0prevent us from living life to the fullest. <span>\u00a0<\/span>Please don&#8217;t give up!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">May your journey be safe as you begin to heal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Karen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment by Mike on November 20, 2008 4:34 am Karen, This book tapped into my own past. I knew I was abused but never dealt with it. I am fifty six years old and don\u2019t believe I could correct anything now. The problem is I have been ill from a physical back disability. 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