>Ugh, Yoshie, how is "psychoanalysis" or "introspection" a form of
>"blaming yourself"? Doug's reply bothered me only to the extent that
>he minimizes the incredible difficulty, the pain and labor of
>introspection -- of facing what seems at first an endless and
>endlessly painful emptyness. I would hesitate to call anyone a wimp
>for avoiding it. I spent three years on the couch but it was not the
>result of valor or superior character; it was the result of the fact
>that my life had become an unrelenting panic attack and that I was
>in agonizing physical pain 24/7....with a newborn to care for. It
>was suicide or introspection. That's how hard it is.
I never said it was easy - I've had personal experience of how hard it is. I just didn't think this was the place to go into details. But not doing it can be pretty hard too.
Doug