(Pictures by Dave McKean from The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman)

Thursday, November 09, 2006

what should I do?

This week has sucked. I still haven't done the thing from Monday that I "really needed to do" and I've read maybe one paper (do abstracts count? I've read about a million of them; well, titles as least).
I went to the procrastination group today. I was already feeling sucky before it started, but then I was further demoralised by all the people who'd been making progress. I have actually talked in the group during the previous sessions, but today I felt too useless to say anything. We were all supposed to say something about how we were going, but I didn't want to have to go into detail about how pathetic I've been, so I tried to say I had nothing to add. That wasn't good enough, so I said I thought I was getting worse, but then I panicked and realised I was going to cry if anyone asked me to elaborate so I added quickly that sometimes I thought I was getting better, too, and I just didn't know. And then I stared at the floor until they got the message and moved on to the next person.
Today was the last session and I was thinking about going to talk to the person leading the group individually. I thought that maybe if she's already seen me talk, it would be harder to avoid talking altogether the way I do with the therapist. Plus, I thought it might be easier if I were just talking about procrastination, although now I don't actually think I could even do that without revealing the rest of my freakishness, which means I wouldn't be able to talk at all.
I should have done some work afterwards, but I couldn't face it, so I went to the library for comfort books and then when I got home, there was an email from the group leader saying she noticed I seemed to be having a rough day and did I want to make an appointment to talk to her? and then I burst into tears.

6 Comments:

At 8:04 PM, Blogger Phantom Scribbler said...

{{{{Lucy}}}}

 
At 8:15 PM, Blogger Margi said...

Oh, Lucy. I'm so sorry your week's been so sucky.

 
At 8:55 PM, Blogger Queen of West Procrastination said...

Oh, Lucy. How about we kick this week in the shins? It has thoroughly sucked.

BTW, which comfort books? I'm liking the sound of comfort books.

 
At 11:50 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Aww, Lucy. It's been a sucky week all round.

I think you definitely should make an appt. to talk to her, but, you know, only if you want to. ;-)

And I loved your library climbing wall pic!

 
At 8:20 AM, Blogger post-doc said...

I'm so sorry, dear Lucy. If you feel comfortable trying to talk to her, I think it's worth a shot. But, yes, only if it feels right.

As far as being freakish, I identify with everything you've written about this week. So you're not the only one. Though I'd rather we were called "quirky" than "freakish" if that's OK. :)

Hugs - you deserve them.

 
At 9:07 PM, Blogger Lucy said...

Thanks, all. I think I'll make an appointment with her, at least. If I can't talk, I don't have to go back, I guess.

QoWP, I ended up with Maeve Binchy and Melissa Bank... Quality is not a criterion for comfort reading :)

 

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