The End of Week 12 Part 1: Where I’m At This entry was really hard to write. Not hard in… Read more real time with jacob
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Debate of Self-Worth One of my many struggles is devaluing my voice and myself. I mean have not all stories… Read more real time with jacob
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What is CBT? CBT, a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. For me, it’s all about action. Well, of course, it’s more than… Read more real time with jacob
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Why don’t I make my therapy sessions tragic? It is what I call a coping mechanism. My lightheartedness. My coping… Read more real time with jacob
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Unedited The purpose of therapy is not to be perfect, grammatical or otherwise, like as a perfect human, but to… Read more real time with jacob
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Checking in and Participating in Group Therapy The first five minutes is about checking in. As simple as it may… Read more real time with jacob
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Week 6: Importance of Homework How many weeks has it been already? Six? Halfway through the program. It feels like… Read more real time with jacob
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Today My Hands Are Blue Today I’ve been obsessed with my hands, specifically my veins. They look strange to me,… Read more real time with jacob
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Why did it take me a year to seek help? Accessing services was a little challenging especially that there was… Read more real time with jacob
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Therapy: Week 3 Three weeks of therapy. There are good days and bad days without consistency. One day is good,… Read more real time with jacob
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Fear and Therapy The last six months have been difficult. The most difficult was lacking the ability to formulate a… Read more real time with jacob
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Hate of Writing I like writing as much as I hate writing. Then what’s the point of writing. Maybe I… Read more real time with jacob
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Do I think that I’m weird? Aren’t we all a bit weird? The challenge is in finding another weird who… Read more real time with jacob
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What’s more important, the like or the comment? The comment. Let’s start a conversation, even if it’s not about the… Read more real time with jacob
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What’s the origin of my every story? At times is as simple as a single word, or a sentence, or… Read more real time with jacob
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Do I consider myself a writer? For the longest time I hated that word and wasn’t willing to associate it… Read more real time with jacob
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Do I fear what my writing will expose about me? Yes. All the time. That and the criticism of it.
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What’s ‘Real Time with Jacob’ about? It’s my form of journaling. Usually it’s the same approach as therapy homework. Answer… Read more real time with jacob
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What’s my writing process? Chaos. Mostly and simply because there is so much chaos in my head. There are scraps… Read more real time with jacob
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What’s my favourite thing? My wife’s smile. She always smiles when she looks at me, even when I’m feeling sad,… Read more real time with jacob
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Any words about LOVE? Don’t apologize for the love you give someone who needs it and returns it, even when… Read more real time with jacob
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Do I relate to any of my characters? Yes. Some of them. The ones who are broken or the ones… Read more real time with jacob
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What do I fear? Becoming too numb, content, still, stagnant, then withering and dying. I don’t want to run out… Read more real time with jacob
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Would I change anything about my past? That’s a painful question to process. I don’t know if I would want… Read more real time with jacob
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Am I spiritual? I am in a constant pursuit of inner peace and wish I took more time to appreciate… Read more real time with jacob
Jacob Greb 