Happiness?

"How are you doing?" HT asked. "Pretty good, I guess. I have a headache today, though," I replied. "That's too bad. Can you get comfortable? "Yeah, I'll manage." "So, what's been happening in the past few weeks?" She asked. "Well, we had our camping trip," I said. "And how did that go?" "It was okay. …

How to Defeat the Anger

I saw HT last week. We talked for the most part then spent a few moments at the end of the session trying some exercises to help me let go of the anger. There is a pattern developing here. I enter the session feeling pretty empty and emotionless, then the anger comes to the front, …

Trauma Reversal

I gave HT a summary of my vacation with Carol, not unlike the one I provided in my most recent post. She asked me about the day after I over drank. "I told her I was just worried that she would think less of me from seeing me not at my best, but really, I …

The Anger Monster

A while ago, in hypnotherapy, I did an exercise where I had Joe locked up and put away. Joe is ego. He doesn't want me to put up with any kind of disrespect, let alone cheating. His aim is to destroy those who cross me, to give back all hurt I have received and then …

The Roadblocks to Healing

Last night, I saw HT for the first time in a month. We had some ground to cover. I told HT how Carol and I 'graduated' from marriage counselling. That felt good but sometimes I'm not so sure about how far we've come. "She knows you two have the tools you need to continue healing …

Jacks and Carols: Time Travel Through Hypnotherapy

I land gently in my meadow. The long, green grass rustles with the cool, spring breeze. The sound brings me back to that perfect little moment in my childhood when all thought drifts away as the wind gently caresses all that it touches, cooling my body and making waves through the wheat fields around me. …