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RE: On the other Side

in Reflections21 hours ago

This is why I don't really believe in concepts like karma... it suggests that something is keeping track and evaluating every action. It's all perception, people are great at finding patterns, even when none exist, and putting together a bad thing and a good thing can make someone feel better when it's all just a bunch of stuff that happened.

I wonder if the psychotherapist is not trying to frame you as a victim of unfair events, but more trying to figure out which events in your past impact your current decision making.

Sometimes I feel like all of our decisions is just everyone trying to cope with their individual anxieties.

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and putting together a bad thing and a good thing can make someone feel better when it's all just a bunch of stuff that happened.

We try to tie up loose ends, give meaning to meaningless, make order where none exists.

I wonder if the psychotherapist is not trying to frame you as a victim of unfair events, but more trying to figure out which events in your past impact your current decision making.

Yes, it is possible and probably what she is doing. It is the way she talked about it that might be "off" for me. It is only the second session - lots more conversation to come. :)

Sometimes I feel like all of our decisions is just everyone trying to cope with their individual anxieties.

Probable. We are a universe of one from an experiential standpoint. Who else is there to blame?