Vicky Rozo’s Reviews > Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed > Status Update

" 'Oh, hon', Allison says, her voice like a hug. 'I am here, and you'll get through this'. 'I know', I say, except that in a strange way, i don't. There's a popular saying, a paraphrase of a Robert Frost poem: <>. The only way to get to get to the other side of the tunnel is to get through it, not around it. But I can't even picture the entrance right now".

"Telling somebody you're a psychotherapist often leads to a surprised pause, followed by awkward questions like this:"
"...".
"But I understand where these responses come from. It boils down to fear -of being exposed, of being found out. Will you spot the insecurities that I'm so skillful at hiding? Will you see my vulnerabilities, my lies, my shame? Will you see the human in my being?"

"If you go through life picking and choosing, if you don't recognize that "the perfect is the enemy of good" you may deprive yourself of joy".