Big Bertha back in therapy

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11513597

Oh my.

Okay, everybody's seen that famous photograph of Big Bertha on that scooter, so no point in tracking it down and posting it again. 

Bertha Venation (19,953 posts)    Thu Apr 25, 2013, 10:58 AM

back in therapy

I had a major meltdown on a Friday a couple of weeks ago. Once I had calmed down, my wife said, "Baby. You need therapy."
 
I'd seen a really good therapist, Jane, several years ago, but quit in 2008. Money was tight and she didn't take insurance. Plus, it was very hard to get to her office and just the trip there and back was daunting enough to make me quit.
 
Since then, I've looked intermittently for therapists near my home and who take my insurance, with lousy results (including several where I left messages and got no call-back at all, not even to say "sorry, I'm booked").
 
I called Jane the Monday after the meltdown. She had just had a regular client cancel, so she had a regular spot ready-made just for me, Tuesdays at 7:00. And she did not raise her rate.
 
I will brave the hour-long six mile commute to get to Jane. I need serious help.
 
The first session a couple of nights ago has already yielded positive results.

Thanks for listening.

mopinko (39,601 posts)    Thu Apr 25, 2013, 11:07 AM

1. this is good news.

if you need help and you get it, that is good news.

:hugs: to you and to mrs v.

be kind to yourself.

MuseRider (23,084 posts)    Thu Apr 25, 2013, 11:27 AM

2. Good for you!

We all need help once in a while. I am glad you are doing this. The hardest part for me was getting it started. Once involved I was able to make it and get a positive outcome. The same will be true for you.

libodem (11,594 posts)    Thu Apr 25, 2013, 12:22 PM

3. Kind of humbling

To get to the point where one admits they need a little help. Talking it out, puts your troubles into words, for your therapist to understand, but also for you to understand. It helps paint a picture to get your head around. The answers are within you, this just helps tease them out.

fizzgig (17,371 posts)    Thu Apr 25, 2013, 01:16 PM

4. my best to you and mrs v

One wonders what Big Bertha's problem is; one notices she didn't say.

[thundley4]

I will brave the hour-long six mile commute to get to Jane. I need serious help.

One of the joys of the so much loved public transportation.  Wasting the time to get where you're going.

[franksolich]

One of the joys of the so much loved public transportation.  Wasting the time to get where you're going.

Six miles, one hour.

One suspects Big Bertha could get there faster on that motorized scooter.

[chitownchica]

What kind of sorry ass public transportation is that?

[JohnnyReb]

What kind of sorry ass public transportation is that?

A 6 miles per hour one......you know, a hay wagon pulled by a Farmall Cub tractor would be faster than that....and oh so third worldly.

[delilahmused]

Why the hell would anyone publicize this? Really, nothing wrong with getting help, but why tell the whole fricking world? Don't they have any small, private boards where they can announce that shit!

Cindie

[franksolich]

Why the hell would anyone publicize this? Really, nothing wrong with getting help, but why tell the whole fricking world? Don't they have any small, private boards where they can announce that shit!

Well, I for one will admit I'm intensely curious as to what her problem is, what caused a "meltdown."

In my wildest imaginings, I can't imagine what it'd be, because Big Bertha and franksolich are so totally opposite I really couldn't relate to whatever problem it is she has.

[franksolich]

I need some help on this, because the imagination's not vivid enough.

Here, you got a woman, a femme, a member of the female race, who plays the role of the "husband" in a "marriage" with an older, equally heavy but somewhat meek and gentle, woman.

What sorts of problems might she be having?

[Dori]

I really couldn't relate to whatever problem it is she has.

okay....I'm confused again   

Once I had calmed down, my wife said, "Baby. You need therapy."

Big Bertha has a wife????
 

[franksolich]

okay....I'm confused again   

Big Bertha has a wife????

Yes.

[franksolich]

Big Bertha has a wife????

There's a wedding picture of them, but it wouldn't be decent to post it, because Big Bertha's wife isn't a primitive.

If both were primitives, it'd be okay.

Anyway, from that wedding picture, it appears Big Bertha's wife is about 10-12 years older than her, but equal in weight.  Her face betrays a soft bovine docility, while Big Bertha's lustful leer says, "I'm going to have you any which way I want to have you."

If I ran into Big Bertha, I'd run away really fast.

[USA4ME]

I need some help on this, because the imagination's not vivid enough.

Here, you got a woman, a femme, a member of the female race, who plays the role of the "husband" in a "marriage" with an older, equally heavy but somewhat meek and gentle, woman.

What sorts of problems might she be having?

Getting it up.

.

[AprilRazz]

One wonders what Big Bertha's problem is; one notices she didn't say.

Maybe someone told her that just sitting in a chair and eating directly out of the refrigerator for 3 hours at a time is not a good idea?

[GOBUCKS]

If she truly has a "meltdown", it better be over a huge industrial grease trap.

She's an enormous lesbo.

[dutch508]

I need some help on this, because the imagination's not vivid enough.

Here, you got a woman, a femme, a member of the female race, who plays the role of the "husband" in a "marriage" with an older, equally heavy but somewhat meek and gentle, woman.

What sorts of problems might she be having?

Erectile dysfunction?

[JohnnyReb]

Erectile dysfunction?

What? Did the buckle on the strap-on break?

[vesta111]

If she truly has a "meltdown", it better be over a huge industrial grease trap.

She's an enormous lesbo.

Takes allot of imagination to figure out what poor BB is upset about.  

How old are these woman, is this a sexual problem , a health issue or a family problem ???

Regardless of all the talk of sex, I still believe that 2 people of the same sex can live together be affectionate without all the physical action, same as people of opposite sex can and do so.

Many Heterosexuals marry with no way to consummate the marriage due to some kind of health issues.

I am trying to stay away from the Gay Marriage controversy here, However I have seen Heterosexual marriages of people in their 70's and older in nursing homes between old timers with no chance of sex but a hug or kiss.

A class of people that gay or straight marry for companionship  , not for LUST.

So I cannot understand the melt down BB had, is she a Drama Queen or just overwhelmed by life in general ??

[BadCat]

Well, I for one will admit I'm intensely curious as to what her problem is, what caused a "meltdown."

In my wildest imaginings, I can't imagine what it'd be, because Big Bertha and franksolich are so totally opposite I really couldn't relate to whatever problem it is she has.

Sh/it woke up and discovered that once again, sh/it failed to grow a penis.

[franksolich]

Sh/it woke up and discovered that once again, sh/it failed to grow a penis.

As a public service for the Good of Humanity, this:

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,81827.1980.html

Page 133, comment #1990.

I had to really dig through all those pictures to find it; it was a lot of digging.

Now, someone dare tell me that the leer on Big Bertha's face in that "wedding" photograph isn't pure lust and domination.  She looks like she's ready to devour her wife.

Ew.

[Duke Nukum]

Is Bertha a man? If so, I was listening to a podcast yesterday with a doctor who said men become irritable and even violent when their testosterone is too low and anti-cholesterol drugs like Lipitor create this condition because it takes cholesterol to make testosterone.

I am not a doctor and I have not researched these claims, only having first heard them last night but if Bertha is a man he might want to research this himself. I'm sure, being a DUmmie named Bertha, he is still in need of tons of therapy.

[Duke Nukum]

Six miles, one hour.

One suspects Big Bertha could get there faster on that motorized scooter.

Isn't a regular walking pace about 5 miles/hour? I seem to remember this odd fact from grade school.

[GOBUCKS]

I had to really dig through all those pictures to find it; it was a lot of digging.

Now, someone dare tell me that the leer on Big Bertha's face in that "wedding" photograph isn't pure lust and domination.  She looks like she's ready to devour her wife.

Ew.

Just the term "her wife" is enough for the "ew".

You know, if the big guy shaved off that absurd, comical neckbeard, he and Big Bertha would look like fraternal twins.

[JohnnyReb]

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,81827.1980.html

Page 133, comment #1990.

AYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! MY EYES......MY BRAIN......the dude at the bottom of the page.....now I need therapy.

[DLR Pyro]

As a public service for the Good of Humanity, this:

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,81827.1980.html

Page 133, comment #1990.

I had to really dig through all those pictures to find it; it was a lot of digging.

Now, someone dare tell me that the leer on Big Bertha's face in that "wedding" photograph isn't pure lust and domination.  She looks like she's ready to devour her wife.

Ew.

she could be a body double for big sis from DHS.

[Firekrakka]

The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you.

It's just as well. Not sure I want nightmares tonight.