Chapter 16: Family ties
Reese's POV
Therapy session #2
"Hello Reese. How are you"
"Just peachy. Hey can I have one?"
"Sure."
"Mhmm this is good. What flavor?"
"Peaches and cream."
"Nice."
"So did you so your homework assignment?"
"Nope."
"Reese..."
"Just kidding! Here it is."
"I see....I see...."
"You see what?"
"Reese from my examination of this one and the last one you wrote me, not much has changed."
"And that means?"
"It means that the problem is still the same. You still won't let go of that guilt. You still think it's your fault."
"......."
"It's eating you alive Reese. A guilt this strong, you have to let it go."
"I CAN'T."
"Yes you can. It'll take some time but you can."
"Sure."
"You know what else?"
"What?"
"I think you have low self esteem."
"Me? Low self esteem? Your kidding right?"
"Not physically." Agnes rolls her eyes. "Emotionally, your self esteem is non-existent. That's why you can't form any long term relationships."
"That is not true! I've been friends with one of my best buddies since we were kids!"
"Do you want to know why I think you've been friends with this person so long?"
"Let's her it."
"Birds of a feather flock together."
"English please?"
"It means you both are experiencing the same problem on a different level. Think of high school cliques. All the nerds band together, the geeks, the jocks, the popular girls. Why are they all together? Because deep inside they're one and the same. And those are the only people you'll let yourself form long term relationships with."
"Wow. How long did it take you to come up with that crap?"
"It's not crap. You won't let anyone different from you care for you because your scared they won't like what they see. And it all stems from your guilt."
"That's- thats a lie!"
"Is it?"
"You don't know anything about me!"
"Calm down Reese it's ok. The first step in healing is realizing the problem."
"No! Fuck this shit I'm out!"
"Reese come back!"
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Agnes words kept swirling in my head.
You won't let anyone different from you care for you because your scared they won't like what they see. And it all stems from your guilt
It wasn't true. It wasn't.
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