I find that my posts vary quite a bit. If I have something to say, I use a lot of words to do it. I love to write and to express a thought with words.

Other times, I have nothing I can add to the conversation, but want to just express support. Then I just put one or two lines or even just the word "hugs".

Lastly, my posts get short when I am not feeling well - be it mentally or physically. So I think that you have a lot to say, in an articulate manner, is a great sign.

yadlim

Windiest bag on the forum here. I figure it's like the descriptions I've heard of in-person group therapy. Sometimes one person's the one who has to "let it all hang out" and sometimes it's another. No worries, no troubles.:-)

I like what you have to say.

i don't much know how long winded i get on here but in the process for us we do tend to talk on and on and on to those around us. it all just seems to be part of the process we go through. sometimes its easier to put things into perspective when you are looking at it from the other side of the page. i don't mind it.

Thanks for the feedback. I think it's good for me to try and reflect on my posts here from time to time, how long, what their themes are. I just got done with a month of watching World Cup soccer. It took me back to my days as a boy playing soccer on the street in South America.

So I think part of it is that I've waxed nostalgic. Which isn't bad, but it is a bit off topic. Thanks for being so tolerant of this old man!

I earnestly believe it is counter-productive to keep score on therapy rambles. Save that statistification for your soccer matches and academic ratings. In therapy, it takes what it takes and it goes where it goes. Name-calling is never appropriate, ya gusty ol' windbag. Been blowing yer bag pipes lately? ~ _ 0

Seriously, my own needs to ramble seem to come at the beginning of new awareness and in solidifying resolutions. Nightmares, emotional disturbances, etc., seem to signal the beginning of a new awareness. As the new awareness begins to resolve into something solid enough to heal, I seem to go through another round of hyper-expression.

So it seems to me. I also believe this particular trend is easier to note from the outside. It is hard to see myself clearly when I am in the zone. Yet another factor in the priceless nature of my support network...

Its great that you feel this is a safe enough place to share when the outside world can sometimes be unfair. Wow, I'm a poet and I didn't know it. You're always welcome to enlighten us here.

I think the more something connects with us, the more we tend to personalize our responses with examples, anecdotes, etc.

I always get nostalgic in the fall. Maybe it's a teacher thing...

Sometimes I fear my more terse responses may come of as flippant.

Better to blow, I say. : D Kites fly higher that way. (Another poet!)