Not Feeling Very Communicative

[Dreamscapes Collectives]

(09-03-2012, 08:18 PM)MakersDozn Wrote: Or, as our grammar mavens would put it, we're feeling rather uncommunitive. (Stupid modifiers.)

Anyway, we've got a boatload of difficult feelings that have built up during the past....well, long time, and the only person we feel comfortable talking to is our T. Granted, having a good T is a plus, but we only get 45 minutes a week with her. We don't feel like opening up to other people, not even people here at MM. This is not a reflection on other people here; it's us and our issues keeping us silent and miserable and stuck.

Well-meaning people can say, "Go easy on yourselves" or "You'll move forward when you're ready." The problem is that some in our system are readier than others, and the reticence of the ones who aren't ready causes problems for the system as a whole. To put it another way, the problems of a few are making life worse for the many.

What to do? The hardest thing for us is simply to get the conversation going with outsiders. So we'll start here, and hopefully we'll get somewhere.

A bunch of beleaguered MDs

I so know about the concept of our issues keeping us silent. We, too, have been having a LOT going on, and we only see to be able to post here or even talk about it in 3D in spurts...often about once a month. This isn't good for us, and we know that, but we don't know how to break the wall of silence.

It can be especially hard when some people are ready to do something and others are dragging their feet. We don't want to push people if they truly aren't ready. But some of it is just that they don't really want to have to deal with what comes with moving forward. It's frustrating and maddening and makes for complications for everyone.

I think it's brave to try and start here breaking that wall of silence. We want to, in regards to things we're dealing with, but we just can't seem to find words right now.

In this thread, do you want to try just talking in general, or actually talking about the issues you guys are facing?

understanding,
a LOT of us