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"It was a ruby A ruby in the sand But here’s the weird part--when I tried to pick it up, it kept slipping frohtened ht, Waldo?"
My therapist’s nahauy a few years shy of retireha for short But I like Waldo--it’s pretty much the most awesome name someone could be named If your kid’s naonna have to say, Where’s Waldo? And that’s hilarious
He gazes at me patiently He removes his dark, thick-rilasses and cleans they he’s used often in the years I’ve been co me time to answer enuinely determined to hear his professional opinion What the fuck does it all ht this e had decided to discuss how you use sexual intercourse to avoid intimacy"
I roll my eyes "Sex, sex, sex--that’s all you Freudians want to talk about Is that all I as? Well"--I chuckle, tappingout on you again?"
He writes a note on the pad in his lap "We can also add how you use inappropriate humor to deflect conversations that make you uncomfortable to our list of topics for future discussions"
Bounce, catch, turn
"No, I’h me down Besides, I think you’re way off base on the inti is by its very nature intihis nae you, Brent?"
"Do you think I should want you to judge o around and around like this all day
"I think you’re using this drea how you use sex to avoid inti with my head I want to knohat it iving in "Dreams are a reflection of our own subconscious The expression of feelings and desires our conscious e It doesn’t matter what the dream means--only what it ht isme I need a vacation Somewhere warm and tropical, with umbrella drinks and hot women in small bikinis
Or even better--no bikinis
But that’s too simple The dream was different It see for solasses back on "And?"
"And when I find it, I’m afraid I won’t be able to keep it"
He nods Like a proud papa "I think you’re right"
Bounce, catch, turn
This is why therapy rocks With those four approving words, I feel a sense of empowerment--solid self-awareness and co around the bend--but I sure as shit will be able to handle it when it gets here
"Nowback to your inti sound in the back oflike a kid who’s been made to sit at the table to do his ho one arm across the back "Fine Hit me, sempai"