hell is empty and all the devils are here

• “ what can you do to change that?”
• “ how does that make you feel?”
• “ what emotions are you feeling underneath that anxiety?”
• “ how does it feel coming here today?”
• “ i notice you get more quiet when you talk about it.”
• “ do you notice you’re withdrawing a little just now?”
• “ can you allow yourself to have contact with me right now?”
• “ what makes it difficult having contact right now, talking about this?”
• “ i understand it’s difficult for you. understandably so.”
• “ i notice you’re smiling when you’re talking about it. why is that?”
• “ here, i’ll get you some more tissues.”
• “ it’s okay. just let it out.”
• “ it’s okay to let it out.”
• “ do i understand you correctly that that’s something you want to work on more?”
• “ do you have any thoughts like that now?”
• “ have you made any actual plans to do it?”
• “ did you have to get stitches?”
• “ can you allow yourself to feel [emotion] at that?”
• “ what are your thoughts around that?”
• “ say it was someone else in your place… would you still think the same about them?”
• “ i don’t think talking about that is the best for you right now.”
• “ i think we need to focus on getting you out in social situations.”
• “ i think what you need is to get more positive experiences.”
• “ i think talking about it can end up only damaging you more.”
• “ i don’t believe that.”
• “ i never said that.”
• “ you’re stronger than you think.”
• “ that’s something you need to figure out.”
• “ i’m trying to push you to find that strength to fight.”

• “ every time i see a glimmer of hope, something comes to snuff it out.”
• “ i’m just tired…”
• “ i don’t know how to put it into words.”
• “ i’m smiling because i’m trying to hold it in.”
• “ i’m smiling because i’m uncomfortable.”
• “ i’m just so tired of not being heard.”
• “ i feel like i’m not being taken seriously.”
• “ just because i pretend to be fine doesn’t mean that i’m fine.”
• “ i’m struggling a lot more than i let anyone see.”
• “ it’s like a black hole in my stomach that sucks out anything positive.”
• “ it makes me feel physically sick.”
• “ i’ve had a lot of trouble sleeping lately.”
• “ i’ve barely eaten anything lately.”
• “ i’ll wake up from anxiety and start hyperventilating.”
• “ i feel like i’m not good enough.”
• “ it makes me feel worthless.”
• “ i keep wondering what i did wrong.”
• “ i feel like i deserved it.”
• “ i know rationally that it wasn’t my fault, but it still feels like it was.”
• “ it’s like my thoughts and my feelings are colliding with each other.”
• “ i want to talk about and work on my trauma.”
• “ i don’t feel ready to talk about that right now…”
• “ if i didn’t have [person] in my life, i probably wouldn’t be sitting here right now.”
• “ i considered calling the crisis line.”
• “ i started having these really dark thoughts and it scared me.”
• “ i want to work on my self-esteem.”
• “ these small every-day noises makes me jump.”
• “ i feel anxious just doing every day tasks.”
• “ i feel like i’m pulled back in time to when it happened.”
• “ this time of year is just harder for me.”
• “ when you constantly get negative comments every single day, you start to believe it.”
• “ the one friend i thought i had, turned out not to be much of a friend after all.”
• “ no matter how much i know i should cut him out of my life, and that i’m only hurting myself otherwise, i can’t get myself to do it, because i still love him, despite it all.”
• “ it hurts even more when it comes from someone who knows you.”
• “ i feel like a lot of therapist just use the fact that they have an education to treat their patients however they want instead of actually listening to them.”
• “ what do i do now? i don’t know where else i can go.”
• “ i still need help.”
• “ sorry i used up all the tissue paper…”
• “ can we talk about it inside the office instead of out here, please?”
• “ you told me you didn’t believe me.”
• “ i feel like you don’t listen to me at all.”
• “ i’ve told you i want to talk about it, and you keep not letting me talk about it.”
• “ the reason i’m struggling so much in the first place is because i’ve kept bottling it up for so long.”

Hannibal 1x01: “Apéritif”

Hannibal 0301 Antipasto | Costume appreciation 

Dr Bedelia Du Maurier accompanies Dr Hannibal Lecter to a ball. She wears a Marchesa strapless fishtail gown with ornamental embroidery.