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- X-Unparseable-Date: 24-JAN-1993 15: 19:18.07
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:39:19 GMT
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- Quoth Feather:
-
- > "OK, folks, it seems like my posting on Rainbow Crow's lack of motivation
- > had some of the healing effect she was after. Today R-Crow DID get moving
- > a bit, went to her local community college and got herself an appointment
- > with a counselor she knows and trusts. R-Crow is planning on using this
- > counselor as a way to keep herself diciplined... if she has to report
- > to a counselor every week on whether or not she has made any progress,
- > it's going to keep her on the straight and narrow better. It should help.
- >
- Glad to hear it. I've been lurking again for a while, and was about to
- respond. The counselor sounds like a good first step. Have you thought about
- trying to do volunteer work in your community? I realize that it is hard to
- reach out and help others when you yourself are hurting, but as long as you are
- not working, it could give you something to do with your time until you find a
- job. It might also lead you to people who can help you in your job search.
- Also, you might think that you're not in a position to help others right now,
- but you may surprise yourself, and in the process of helping others, help
- yourself.
-
- Shaking off apathy is a difficult proposition, but if you approach
- it creativly, it can be done. My sophomore year, I failed a course because I
- couldn't bring myself to write the final paper. I spent much of that spring in
- a daze, interacting with people, but wondering always if they knew how I was
- really feeling. I finally started to pull myself out of it that summer, when I
- went on a backpacking trip for a month where I had no choice but to deal with
- my own feelings and with other people or risk potentially dangerous situations.
- Since then, I've been in much better shape, but I still have a ways to go in
- terms of taking responsibility for myself.
-
- I wish you luck, and my Email box, like others, is open to you as long as I'm
- around.
-
- > Feather thinks about all this a bit...
- > "Damn, I think this is going to work...!"
-
- We're behind you 100%, and you've taken some important first steps. Asking for
- help is one, and seeing the counselor is another.
-
- All the best,
-
- Rounder
-