tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post1250670983148426946..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: HBO In Treatment: The End Of Week 8: Why Can't We Be Friends?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-47248667782106032872008-03-27T21:02:00.000-04:002008-03-27T21:02:00.000-04:00Last night I watched the Sophie episode where she ...Last night I watched the Sophie episode where she reads her diary. She is talking about Harry Potter and how she writes to Hermione. That is so funny. Harry Potter is my ultimate escape. I watch the movies like daily. I almost always have one on as I go to bed or if I'm lying down resting in the afternoon! haha I think those books are so creatively written that they provide a wonderful mental escape. Honestly I credit those books for keeping me sane sometimes. They provide me with a whole other world to escape into. I pick up one of them and read parts of them periodically in order to take my mind off everything else.<BR/><BR/>Just thought that was funny that Sophie kinda used it as a bit of a coping mechanism too. Those books really have been a lifeline for me. I mentioned once to my psychiatrist that I was reading those books, but we never discussed it more than that. I'm sure he saw that I had one with me at almost every appointment when I was reading the series for the first time last summer/fall.<BR/><BR/>On a personal note, I still haven't had an appointment with my psychiatrist. Seems as if it's almost been a month - but probably hasn't been quite that long. His paperwork still hasn't gone through at the new location. While it's not his fault, this has not been easy!<BR/><BR/>Anyway...take care!<BR/>Carrie :)NeoNurseChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120931307124798416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-39299361965866624372008-03-27T17:11:00.000-04:002008-03-27T17:11:00.000-04:00Oh that's right, it's drama. I suppose I should p...Oh that's right, it's <I>drama</I>. I suppose I should point out that my comment was <I>humor</I>...although it is a bit odd humor at times.Medicoglia, RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894674563874832457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-42257703639665732522008-03-27T15:56:00.000-04:002008-03-27T15:56:00.000-04:00It's not a documentary, it's a drama on TV!Interna...It's not a documentary, it's a drama on TV!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/" REL="nofollow">International Psychoanalysis</A> had a symposium on In Treatment, specifically the erotic transference issues, that explains the reasoning/creation of the show. Very enlightening.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545902890959118689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-90791149950801203732008-03-25T19:56:00.000-04:002008-03-25T19:56:00.000-04:00I have finally had the opportunity to watch the sh...I have finally had the opportunity to watch the show...I am now on week four. I have a question...<BR/>What the hell is wrong with these people!?! Geez...I'm a mental patient watching the show with a mental patient friend and we are both shocked!!! Are we doing therapy wrong? Are we supposed to be hostile, mean, and insulting to the therapist? The only "normal" ones on the show seem to be Kate, Sophie, and Gina...and I'm seriously having some doubts about Gina too!! Paul is the worst one of the bunch! ***phew*** end rant heheMedicoglia, RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894674563874832457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-55933133789597387002008-03-25T12:04:00.000-04:002008-03-25T12:04:00.000-04:00Ok, hateful was the wrong word. Apologies.Ok, hateful was the wrong word. Apologies.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545902890959118689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-60092031565557358412008-03-25T10:55:00.000-04:002008-03-25T10:55:00.000-04:00kbab,You're right, Jung at Heart has a more compre...kbab,<BR/>You're right, Jung at Heart has a more comprehensive and colorful look at what's going on. I've been trying to keep the posts short because of all the venom that has spewed about them. <BR/><BR/>Hateful? I don't feel hateful, the show sagged for a while but I'm back into it. It brings up interesting things that are fun to think about. I like the switches from who is good and who is bad and how they switch. Paul is not a good therapist, or at least he's not the therapist I would either be or want him to be. Don't get me wrong, I'm far from the perfect therapist, I don't even know how one would get it all right.<BR/><BR/>3 more episodes, 1 more post, and then it's all over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-82522583596770886582008-03-24T22:18:00.000-04:002008-03-24T22:18:00.000-04:00I actually agree with anonymous this time. I like...I actually agree with anonymous this time. I liked the In Treatment segments on here when they actually initiated discussion of why characters might be acting like they do. But now all you're doing is providing a hateful, boring, hacked up synopsis, which is actually doing the show a disservice (see the <A HREF="http://www.jung-at-heart.com/jung_at_heart/" REL="nofollow">Jung at Heart blog</A> for interesting takes on the series). Please, either put some effort into making these useful, discussion-provoking posts, or don't post about it at all. I can feel the animosity in your posts and I don't need that kind of peripheral stress. I used to like reading your posts.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545902890959118689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-5199026824416627562008-03-24T21:17:00.000-04:002008-03-24T21:17:00.000-04:00Or there's my own rash which I self-diagnosed as s...Or there's my own rash which I self-diagnosed as stress induced which ended up being erythema nodosm to go with the ibd.<BR/><BR/>I thought that the diagnosis of stress-related was supposed to be a diagnosis of exclusion. Like a panic attack... if someone complains of chest pain and being unable to breathe, it isn't a panic attack until you're sure it's not a heart attack (or an asthma attack... etc.)Midwife with a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309579302399381913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-61562991346113477122008-03-24T09:34:00.000-04:002008-03-24T09:34:00.000-04:00This blog was more enjoyable when it spent time on...This blog was more enjoyable when it spent time on real discussions rather than a synopsis of a TV show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-35338514330320317432008-03-24T00:39:00.000-04:002008-03-24T00:39:00.000-04:00Don't these people ever talk about meds, side effe...Don't these people ever talk about meds, side effects, etc. Yeah, I know Paul is not a psychiatrist, but pts talk about meds with their therapists. Doesn't he ever tell a pt to go to their psychiatrist, or even PCP, to be evaluated for medication? What if Sophie is on Lamictal or some other med that may be causing this rash? It is scary that he so deftly diagnoses it as a stress-induced condition. Yeah, it's just TV and all, but still.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08735111026336537653noreply@blogger.com