Things I've Talked About With my Therapist

Based on the following prompt: Prompt # 16

NaPoWriMo 2019 Day 16

Dreams. Both awake and asleep, and their meanings, and why they recur.

My mother, of course. No self-respecting therapist could ignore her.

My cat, especially the way he sits on my chest when I’m sick.

My mother’s mother, and her siblings, and their patterns.

Breastfeeding and related activities.

My recurring nightmares from childhood.

My cat, and the healing properties of his purr.

Money and health insurance and various changes therein.

Politics and elections and how I’ve been harmed

And who else has been harmed and how I can’t save them.

My cat’s ongoing battles with asthma and the solution my vet found.

The way my head floats upward and how

I bring it down by pressing my feet into the ground below.

The pictures of my cat that I look at when my feet can’t hold down my head.

The various unfolding traumas over the course of my life

The adaptive mannerisms I’ve found for coping

And always the cat, stable in his furry simplicity.