Talking myself out of using behaviors during the holiday season like:

Therapist: WHY did you use behaviors while I was out of town??

Me:

Me, coming out of the closet:

My friends who already knew:

My therapist: *has to cancel*

Me:

My therapist when I use the same BS excuse for the millionth time:

Everyone in my life, when I emerge from my Mental Illness Isolation Phase™:

My therapist when I try to bring in a whole bunch of distorted thinking and shit:

Me:

When my therapist says wise things I’m like:

Confirming appointments like

Me: *tries to compartmentalize my emotions*

My emotions:

When I say something really twisted and my therapist gives me That Look™

I’m like

Therapist: *calls out my negative core beliefs*

Me:

You know my mom so well.

Therapist: *points out that I seem anxious*

Me:

Me to insurance: “I need this treatment in order to survive”

Insurance:

Writing about my mental illness like

Me to my therapist as we start trauma work:

My therapist trying to teach me mindfulness:

Me:

My therapist: *asks me to open up and be vulnerable*

Me:

Safety planning

Me: “I’ll be safe”

Therapist: “Okay so what is your plan for tonight?”

Me:

Me: *wants to live*

Mental illness:

Someone new: *starts attending group*

The group:

Me: *desperatly wants a secure attachment*

A secure attachment: *starts happening*

Me:

Therapist: “So you’re going to solve your abandonment issues by… abandoning people first?”

Me: