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To: Aliska
Some of us have commented to you repeatedly on many threads but it seems not to solve your problems. I have suggested to you in the past that undressing your psychology in a public forum is no solution, that you should find a wise spiritual advisor and trust his advice.

Apparently such advice is not what you want to seek.

What good does it do for us to go over the same ground over and over again. Like many Catholics, I have absolutely no use for "therapists" whose daily bread comes from telling people what they want to hear. in is sin and no amount of pretty verbiage or comforting verbiage or "There, there, poor baby verbiage will change the reality. One key is the recognition that there is such a thing as objective reality.

You are shopping to find others to console you. When they do, that is, as expected, NOT the solution. You cannot expect total strangers to help with your deep problems which require, not a shrink, but a spiritual advisor.

You recognize that the Holy Eucharist of the RCC is the Body and Blood of Christ. That puts you well ahead of many who think themselves Catholic. Build on that.

Most of us really don't care about your therapist's pain in being told that women are capable of restraining male sexual drives. Further, this is not fodder for the internet.

The alcoholic who feels that a few drinks in the morning will steady his/her "nerves" and make it easier to face the day is not realistic. Nor are you when you feel that nursing feminist grievances against God's own Church will somehow deliver you from pain.

I don't really care that your therapist is a kind person. That again is self-indulgence in that you value a professional by her "kindness" which usually amounts to the "There, there, poor baby" thing.

This is about God, God, God, and NOT about you, you, you. In our society, it does not take audacity to complain.

You appear to be a very roubled person. You need a spiritual advisor. It is your soul that needs healing.

482 posted on 09/23/2003 12:39:59 PM PDT by BlackElk (Schwarzenegger is as Republican as his wife's Uncle Teddy or as the late Cardinal Bernardin)
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To: BlackElk
I'm going to defend Aliska. There are differences between a therapist and a priest in the confessional. A therapist can often surmise a physical defect that is causing the mental problem. And if the therapist is not a psychiatrist, he/she can send them to a doctor who will evaluate them and prescribe proper medication. No therapist worth their hourly fee will simply say "You're right, you are a total victim. You're off the hook." The whole point of therapy is to accept that individuals are responsible for their own problems - not mommy or daddy.
Confession is a sacrament in which our sins are confessed truthfully and humbly and then forgiven after our penance. What a beautiful religion!
511 posted on 09/23/2003 12:59:58 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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