#therapycomic

[khalemchurstcomics]

THE APOLOGIES YOU'LL NEVER GET

I've been really trying to engage with my younger parts recently in therapy. I am processing a lot of grief from my younger years, and that is complicating my familial relationships.

I've said it before, but my relationship with my mum is especially complicated. I know she did the absolute best she could with what she had - which was a pretty unfair hand. There were limits to the kind of parent she was able to be, especially given that we were so deep in the cult. But she always led with love. I never doubted for a minute that she loved me.

I have been thinking about ways to try to move forward with the grief I feel about how I was let down as a child and adolescent. These are conversations I don't feel my mum is able to have. I know these are apologies I will never actually get. So I manufactured them for myself. These are the words I wish my mum could say. Writing these words in my mum's voice stirred so much compassion in me. And drawing her comforting me at every age felt incredibly healing.

I know a lot of us have complicated relationships, especially with our parents. We can't hang on waiting for apologies that are never going to come to us. But sometimes I think it's ok to make space for healing by allowing ourselves to hear the words we need.

I know these are not real conversations. But they really helped me. I believe my mum would want to be this person if she understood how.

#comic #arttherapy #apology #mum #queercomic #therapycomic

[cartoonconnie]

Therapy Update

It has been a year since I started therapy. It was the hardest, best thing I've ever done for myself.

If you think you might benefit from talking to somebody, I used Betterhelp and, after a couple tries, I found a therapist who I work well with and I recommend it. Talking to someone once a week has helped me more than I imagined it would.

Stay well and thanks for following the journey.

[Two-panel comic showing a cartoon girl with a braid, holding a ball-sized heart in her arms, talking about starting therapy a year ago. Heart tells her to "put me down." In the second panel, Elephant pats girl on the head and says, "I'm proud of you." Girl and Heart stand side by side and Heart responds, "Thx."]

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[jimmortensen]

lessons from therapy.

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[birdbrainbird]

Prologue 1:

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[cartoonconnie]

Me and my weird heart are currently working out our problems in therapy :)⁣ ⁣ New comic about working through difficult emotions in therapy, blaming behaviors, and learning the social skills to be "dateable."⁣ ⁣ Thanks for following the journey, lol.⁣ ⁣

#comics #therapy #humor #emotions #social skills #single life #blaming #dating advice #comedy #mentalhealthawareness #couples therapy #therapycomics #sketchbook #drawing #webcomic #dateable #conniesun #cartoonconnie #cartoonconniedaily #dearconnie #conniewonnie #emotionalintelligence #cartoon