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I remember the first time I sat in the therapy room. My legs were crossed, my fingers fidgeting with my chipped nails, and I stared at the plain wall in front of me. I didn’t really want to be there.
Then the therapist walked in. She had a warm smile and a mug of hot chocolate in her hands. It reminded me of things I didn’t want to think about—things that made me feel sad inside.
She asked me if I wanted some. I can’t remember if I said yes or no. But I do remember her sitting across from me with perfect posture and asking, “What’s your favorite color?”
“Burgundy,” I mumbled.
Now, three years later, she still sits the same way. This time, she hands me a crumpled piece of paper and gently says, “Draw yourself. What you see when you look in a mirror.”
I froze. I didn’t know how to do that. It felt like stepping into a place in my mind that I’d been avoiding for so long. Like trying to swim in a pool that looks shallow but feels endless.
Still, I slowly smoothed out the paper and tried. After almost an hour, I finally drew something. It was messy, scattered—like how I sometimes feel inside. I gave it to her, expecting her to tell me something deep and confusing. But instead, she asked:
“Why did you straighten the paper?”
I blinked. “What?”
She smiled. “You flattened the paper. Why?”
“Oh… it just looked like it needed straightening,” I answered, unsure.
She looked thoughtful, then said something I still think about.
“Why do we always think things need to be fixed just because they don’t look how we expect them to? Sometimes we try to change things that aren’t broken—just because they’re different. But being different doesn’t mean being wrong.”
She talked about how people often follow others without thinking, copying what everyone else is doing—even if it doesn’t feel right for them. And how sometimes, we try so hard to be what others expect, that we forget to be ourselves.
I like the way my therapist thinks. She mixes the real world with gentle wisdom. I believe every kid, every person, should learn to think like that—because it helps us understand not just who we are, but who we can become.
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