Posted by trouble on February 24, 2002, at 19:00:13
In reply to Trouble, You are a Delight!, posted by Dinah on February 24, 2002, at 16:13:40
Wow, thanks.
If only I could get a smidgeon of this response from the world, b/c I try hard, but that's always been the problem with my face. Horrible affect. Gertrude Stein is about as radiant as it gets. Even I get scared when I catch my reflection unexpectedly, and I try to work w/it and the result is this hideous jack-o-lantern grin. I'm sure my severe countenance served me as a child, but it's so habitual and entrenched I wouldn't know where to start fixing it. It appears to be stuck at a time in my youth when I was being traumatized around the clock, and there were probably some psychotic features to my coping patterns, and no photos from that era, so I can only guess how insane I looked and ugh, you get the picture. I'd rather just forget that I have facial expressions at all and that they communicate, since they look so harsh and unpleasant when inside I'm a veritable playground.It just seems one more childhood ruin to carry, too late to remedy it now.
Anyway, you've given me something to talk to my psychologist about tomorrow, and I do appreciate your compliment, I know others would see your point if they'd give me a chance but first I need to learn something about congruence, hey, anybody out there ever been congruent?
thanks, trouble
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