Most people feel anxious in group without really understanding why.
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Personally I think it’s because, on some deep level, the group reminds us of our family of origin.
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And we expect it to treat us just as our family did.
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So tell me. If this group were your family, what would you be expecting now?
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therapist 5
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To get hit.
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To get humiliated.
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therapist 7
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To be told to shut up.
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To be ignored.
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Pink? What would you expect?
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therapist 10
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All of the above.
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Jeez.
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So you all have good reason to feel anxious in this room.
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But I have to ask Pink:
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How’d you work up the courage to even come here?
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Two beers, half a pizza, and a Vicodin.
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* * *
Group therapy.
In Hebrew.
“Hello, this is Fear Management.
“My name is Moni, and I too have a phobia.
“I have a fear of shouting.
“You know, a, h, h, h, exclamantion mark, ‘ahhh’!
“At this point I suggest we all tell about ourselves…”
Excerpt from the Israeli TV show “Ktzarim”: Five troubled people (that description includes the group leader) meet for group therapy. In Hebrew with English subtitles (2:22).
