We join Dr. Rubber Duckie in the tub as he rummages in a floating file cabinet, his glasses perched on his forehead.
Dr. RD: Liebchen, when was our last session?
Me: Uh, um, what day is it today? This is October right? To tell you the truth Dr. I’m not a reliable source of linear progressive time units right now. My 28 day gyroscope that I have depended on for lo these 40 years, has gone haywire, and I have entered a kind of “waiting and see zone”. Has it been a long time?
Dr. RD: Still shuffling files . . . Oh look! Here it is. My goodness, it was in the Spring. We should not let this happen again. . . flipping through the file . . . How are you doing on that personality integration? You were quite, er, fractured last session.
Me: Um, well. I don’t know. . . chewing fingernail.
Dr. RD: Liebchen, do you realize you are . . . vibrating? . . . watching the water ripple.
Me: Am I? . . . looking down at bouncing knee.
Dr. RD: Yes dear. You are behaving like a cell phone with the ringer turned off. Ever think about answering the call?
Me: I don’t have a cell phone Doctor. . .looking puzzled.
Dr. RD: I was speaking metaphorically. . . [mentally going over a possible list of medications to suggest.]
Me: Oh yeah, metaphor. I remember that stuff. I used to be pretty good at it. Right now, all I can seem to focus on is crocheting or playing Zuma. . . sitting up and speaking sotto voice . . . though just between you and me Doctor, I cannot for the life of me get beyond level 3-3 and I am starting to think THEY are preventing me from doing so. THEY want me to go to Fry’s and pay 29.95 plus tax to buy the real game. It’s a plot. But I’m not going to let them get to ME. . . nodding sagely.
Dr. RD: . . . Prozac, Wellbutrin, Prozac, Wellbutrin…
Me: Doctor?
Dr. RD: Hmmm? Ahem, yes. . . . consulting the file. . . I see you have cancelled your membership to the gym. Was that wise? Didn’t you say once that Yoga was very helpful to you?
Me: . . .balancing a soap bubble on tip of big toe, while doing the Pigeon Pose. . . Oh that. Well I got so tired of driving over there two or three days a week, and I felt guilty when I didn’t go, and I made up excuses not to go. So I do Yoga at home now, all by myself. It’s nice. I can do it in my jammies, it’s free, and I don’t have to drive in the traffic. And you know, I never used to like to do Yoga alone, but for some reason, it’s much better now to just be peaceful and do it my way. . .the bubble pops causing the good Doctor to remove his glasses.
Dr. RD: Do you feel like you are avoiding social situations? . . . Zoloft? . . .Possibly.
Me: Not really. I am just arranging my life in a way that I can handle right now. You see I’m having trouble concentrating and I feel a little panicky once in a while, and being in a calm place helps. Actually, to tell you the truth Doctor, I think I am coping quite well, all things considered. . . . moving into Warrior Pose.
Dr. RD: . . . delusional . . . Haldol? . . .
Me: I’m trying to be open to the fact that everything is changing. And it’s okay for things to change. I’m just hanging on until I see where things are going. It’s kind of scary. I cry easily. I get a little manic sometimes, I curl up in a ball sometimes, but I have noticed that none of these things moves in and sets up housekeeping. And believe me, I have been paying attention. Maybe that’s what Menopause IS. It is something that was created to GET one’s attention. Well, I’m waiting to see what Menopause has to say. . . Just don’t expect me to know what day it is, or what I ate for breakfast yesterday, or what’s for dinner tonight. Not right now anyway.
Dr. RD: Mentally dumping medication list into the dustbin. . .
glancing at the clock. . . Our time is up. My advice is to continue what you are doing, and if any of those unwanted visitors moves in and starts re-arranging the furniture, you let me know.
Me: Gotcha Doc. . . smoothly assuming Victory pose. . .
Comments (11)
i use to have a very healthy self image i used to see myself as a genuine perv but now all of that has disolved like a big bubble of soap in a bathtub
so please tell dr rubber duckie if he has scheduled any post trauma sessions i would like to sign up because of the trauma of reading this post
ah thankyou mon amie i am so indebted to you for this help
ps have fun splashing around
He's really more therapeutic when one is lolling in a warm bubble bath, and I'm strictly shower.
Any suggestions?
Shalom
love it... ;-)
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dear rubber ducky i am always crawling back into this journal with my head hung low lamenting something that i blurted out with it is the nature of this journal it is so psychoanalytical that i just cant help but blurt things out
here is yetzirah a sophisticated very intelligent woman and what have i called her in the past well i have called her cute and ultracool and mon petit gateau and i have even gone as far as calling her mon petit gateau geek
i have tried to control her life through the spirit of phoebe her cat i have tried to tell her what to name her cat
even though i did not say that yetzirah was bloodthirsty i was accused of saying this how do i speak so that i make those kinds of insinuations
i did not allow yetzirah to mourn september 11 properly
now dear dr. rubber duckie i tell her that i will never speak again because of her post when the truth of it is dr. after being involved with your therapy session even remotely i have healed and to be very honest dr. rubber duckie i was lying to yetzirah and to myself because truly i feel like a born again perv
thankyou mon amie a la prochaine
Crocheting, Zuma and yoga in your jammies.....sounds pretty good to me. :)
this was totally fun so cute and witty and intelligent
mon amie you are so cute and ultracool
the tub full a very warm water, I gently placed him in the tub. Well he bobbed around without saying much but when I popped on the Jacuzzi things went very bad in a heartbeat. This Duck does not like bubbles, I think he barfed about four times and I preformed CPR about six. This duck was so sea sick
he had to be removed to empty soap dish
While we looked at one another all he could do a garabled Quack that this session was over and never again did he want a Jacuzzi.
Guess he is a still soaking water Duck and I like the soothing bubbles , so I must look for a DUCK on the wild side.
Or it could be he was leary as Duck season opens in the morning.