Survival

Today in the therapy group we reflect on where (and how) you are in your life in relation to all your tasks and other people around you.

She draws herself as floating on a river, and she is carried along with the current.
On the shore, there are all the people and tasks in her life, but she has no control over them. They come, they go, some pass by often, others not so often.

She says that she has tried for a long time to direct her life herself, but every time she failed.
She had a job, she was fired a month later, they didn’t need her anymore. Looking for work again, eventually found and fired once more after a few months because their budget had run out… And that was only in terms of work…

She’s decided it’s easier to just drift along. “I can’t change anything about it.”
And this way I can at least still enjoy the sky I see and not waste energy on things over which I have no influence.

In the storms and uncertainties in her life, she has found a way to get through them.
It doesn’t stop her from taking steps, she does. They all look for work, take training and courses. But she stopped fighting. It is what it is. It’s better to accept it for now and drift along. That’s how I survive now.