define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Three lies they sold you in therapy http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/01/27/three-lies-they-sold-you-in-therapy/ One part facial hair. Two parts moxy. Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Mishka http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/01/27/three-lies-they-sold-you-in-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:10:21 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2004/01/27/three-lies-they-sold-you-in-therapy/#comment-620 I wouldn’t get rid of that Secret Happy Special Place yet, Chutney. Being happy is a rare thing, and what is a lie to one person is truth to anouther.

It seems to me that “being your true self” is code for “dropping some baggage”.

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By: Mishka http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/01/27/three-lies-they-sold-you-in-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:10:12 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2004/01/27/three-lies-they-sold-you-in-therapy/#comment-619 I wouldn’t get rid of that Secret Happy Special Place yet, Chutney. Being happy is a rare thing, and what is a lie to one person is truth to anouther.

It seems to me that “being your true self” is code for “dropping some baggage”.

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By: chutney http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/01/27/three-lies-they-sold-you-in-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 01:46:22 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2004/01/27/three-lies-they-sold-you-in-therapy/#comment-618 If a person is unhappy and seeks to be happy, then that person must be open to changes that cannot be known beforehand.

Changes that are, by definition, impossible. If you’re not already yourself, then who are you? Maybe the problem is that you are already yourself. But that wouldn’t square with America’s obsession with the gnostic myth of the orphic child. Sigh. We’re back to my Secret Happy Special Place again, aren’t we, Curtiss?

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By: Curtiss Leung http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/01/27/three-lies-they-sold-you-in-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:10:47 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2004/01/27/three-lies-they-sold-you-in-therapy/#comment-617 #3 is especially pernicious. How can one be other than oneself? If a person is unhappy and seeks to be happy that, then that person must be open to changes that cannot be known beforehand.

And don’t get me started on how #3 ties into authenticity….

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