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yeah, and just wondering what it was
about and kind of relating it to the group
and then thinking about the third hour and
how grumpy I get at times and how hard it
is to hold this adult bit and that bit. You
know? That’s what I was saying, does that
make sense?
Frances
Hmm. Hmm.
Tom
I’m just catching up with it.
(murmurs of agreement)
Paula
And thinking about what it must be like
for you, it must be … you know … I was
thinking if I was doing what you’re, I’d be
really … feel quite disappointed about it
this term? There’s been so many comings
and goings, and it must be quite difficult,
and I felt sort … wondered how that was.
Hmm.
(murmurs of agreement)
Ron
It’s felt in a way to me that we haven’t
been very cohesive this term, so yeah.
(murmurs of agreement)
And that may have almost been triggered
in a way by the people that were in this
group and then didn’t come back this year
…
Chapter Five - A Beginning – Page 156
Grumpy. Hard not to let fly. Throws up
deliberately. (Here, with ‘throws up’, I am
playing with the idea of bringing
something up, and associating to a baby
vomiting. Combining this image with my
sense that the unexpressed frustration that I
feel is not merely my own but belongs to
other group members, I am wondering if
there is an angry impulse in the group,
captured by the idea of semi-deliberate
regurgitation).
Defensive.
Defensive.
Displacement. Also names disappointment.
Where are Judi and Bill?
Death. (Here I am associating to the
expressed theme of people leaving and not
returning. From clinical work with such
themes, it is a short step to the symbol of
death, and its manifestation for individuals