{"quotes":[{"text":"Once I had found the courage to tell Rebecca about the children in my head, it wasn't so hard in the coming months to tell Roberta. On the train from Huddersfield one day in May I made a roll call of the usual suspects: Baby Alice; Alice 2, who was two years old and liked to suck sticky lollipops; Billy; Samuel; Shirley; Kato; and the enigmatic Eliza. There was boy I would grow particularly fond of named limbo, who was ten, but like Eliza he was still forming. There were others without names or specific behaviour traits. I didn't want to confuse the issue with this crowd of 'others' and just counted off the major players with their names, ages and personalities, which Roberta scribbled down on a pad. Then she looked slightly embarrassed. 'You know, I've met Billy on a few occasions, and Samuel once too,' she said. 'You're joking.' I felt betrayed. 'Why didn't you tell me?' 'I wanted it to come from you, Alice, when you were ready.' For some reason I pulled up my sleeves and showed he my arms. 'That's Kato,' I said, 'or Shirley.' She looked a bit pale as she studied the scars. I had feeling she didn't know what to say. The problem with counsellors is that they are trained to listen, not to give advice or diagnosis. We sat there with my arms extended over the void between us like evidence in court, then I pushed down my sleeves again. 'I'm so sorry, Alice,' she said finally and I shrugged. 'It's not your fault, is it?' Now she shrugged, and we were quiet once more.","author":"Alice Jamieson","tags":["dissociation","dissociative","dissociative-identity-disorder","mental-health","mental-illness","multiple-personality-disorder","psych","split-personality","therapy"],"id":1015,"author_id":"Alice+Jamieson"},{"text":"When the expected occurred, never panic, by keep calming, you gain control over the situation.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["accident","adversity","calm","challenges","courage","death","depression","despair","determination","disappointment","dont-worry","dying","emotional-pain","fears","fighting-spirit","healing","healthy-habits","healthy-lifestyle","hope","inner-strength","inspirational","keep-calm","life-and-living","negative-thought","never-give-up","obstacles","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","persistent-actions","positive-outlook","positive-thinking","psychological","quotes","self-help","self-motivation","situation","strength-and-courage","strength-of-will","stress","therapy","uplifting","wise-words"],"id":2636,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"The Tanzanian told her that all fiction was therapy, some sort of therapy, no matter what anybody said.","author":"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie","tags":["fiction","jumping-monkey-hill","therapy"],"id":12771,"author_id":"Chimamanda+Ngozi+Adichie"},{"text":"A combination of fine tea, enchanting objects and soothing surroundings exerts a therapeutic effect by washing away the corrosive strains and stress of modern life. [... It] induces a modd that is spiritually refreshing [and produces] a genial state of mind.","author":"John Blofeld","tags":["refreshment","soothing","stress","tea","therapy"],"id":18373,"author_id":"John+Blofeld"},{"text":"I write because it's the only thing I love that always loves me back.","author":"Crystal Woods","tags":["best","feelings","life","love","reciprocation","self-love","therapy","writing"],"id":21216,"author_id":"Crystal+Woods"},{"text":"I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here.'Is there something wrong with that?'Absolutely.","author":"Ned Vizzini","tags":["depression","sadness","suicide","therapy"],"id":21255,"author_id":"Ned+Vizzini"},{"text":"How do you think your body and mind would respond if you were surrounded by psychologists, psychiatrists, or drug and alcohol counselors who subscribed to the belief that 'once an alcoholic or addict, always an alcoholic or addict' and who believed that your current stay in rehab would be one of many?","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["addiction","chris-prentiss","holistic","holistic-health","non-12-step","passages-malibu","passages-rehab","passages-treatment-center","passages-ventura","pax-prentiss","therapy","treatment","wellbeing","wellness","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":25838,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"It is fear that makes you believe that you are living and that you will be dead.What we do not want is the fear to come to an end. That is why we have invented all these new minds, new sciences,new talks, therapies, choiceless awareness and various other gimmicks.","author":"U.G. Krishnamurti","tags":["fear","psychology","religion","science","therapy"],"id":26326,"author_id":"U.G.+Krishnamurti"},{"text":"I am willing for the participant to commit or not commit himself to the group. If a person wishes to remain psychologically on the sidelines, he has my implicit permission to do so. The group itself may or may not be willing for him to remain in this stance but personally I am willing. One skeptical college administrator said that the main things he had learned was that he could withdraw from personal participation, be comfortable about it, and realize that he would not be coerced. To me, this seemed a valuable learning and one that would make it much more possible for him actually to participate at the next opportunity. Recent reports on his behavior, a full year later, suggest that he gained and changed from his seeming nonparticipation.","author":"Carl R. Rogers","tags":["change","group","group-work","participation","psychotherapy","therapy"],"id":28416,"author_id":"Carl+R.+Rogers"},{"text":"It is not unreasonable to want repentance from a wrongdoer before forgiving that wrongdoer, since, in the absence of repentance, hasty forgiveness may harm both the forgiver and the wrongdoer. The forgiver may be harmed by a failure to show self-respect. The wrongdoer may be harmed by being deprived of an important incentive - the desire to be forgiven - that could move him toward repentance and moral rebirth.","author":"Jeffrie G. Murphy","tags":["forgiveness","forgiveness-therapy","getting-even","repentance","revenge","self-respect","therapy","wrongdoer"],"id":30626,"author_id":"Jeffrie+G.+Murphy"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":165,"pages":17,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}