When it was my turn to describe my illness I almost wanted to cry. Just talking about it out loud was hard.
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Good that you did group therapy. I don’t have the courage to do that.
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I’ve found that the more I talk about it, the more empowered I feel. Good for you, @cbbrown! I hope you feel empowered too! 
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Awesome! You are so brave!! 
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My case manager said I should reward myself that I need self encouraging not just reassured by others. So I’m going to buy a inexpensive smart watch. It’s cheap.
I just remember shaking so bad when I described the shadow people and the fedora man. But people there seem to get it.
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That’s a huge (I’m sorry, “YUGE”) accomplishment. In the hospital, I didn’t talk much during group, or at all, really, until late into my stay. I’m glad you are rewarding yourself. You’re gonna look so snazzy with your new smart watch! 
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Thanks, next week I have to talk about perfectionism ( my in laws pressuring me)
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Well, do you want to talk about perfectionism next week?
I kinda do what I meant about my in laws pressuring me is they push their perfectionism on me by saying the apartment has to be spotless the dog has to be brushed perfectly
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Good job @cbbrown! When I’ve been in group therapy I never had much to say. It’s good that you were able to open up like that.
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Ah, I see. Well, if your in-laws want something done perfectly, I see no reason why they can’t do it themselves. You’re not a fu cking slave. Anyway, talking about this is probably good. Perhaps the group therapist or your group mates can give you some ideas on how to get out of this negative situation.
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