# Therapy Session 1: Awareness [Spoken Word] Hello, welcome to my therapy session. Songs... I have a collection of them. Hope they bring you a smile. This session is about... awareness. [Verse 1] **THERAPIST:** Welcome. I understand you want to talk To me about awareness. Is that right? **PATIENT:** Yes, that's right. Can you give me an example? Everything I do feels like a real fight! **THERAPIST:** Okay, an example. We can start there. You touched the stove... and got burned? **PATIENT:** Yes. **THERAPIST:** The stove was on? **PATIENT:** Yes. **THERAPIST:** And you touched it anyway? **PATIENT:** Yes. **THERAPIST:** What did you learn? [Verse 2] **PATIENT:** I learned that it hurts. I see that. My hands are bandaged up. **THERAPIST:** What else? **PATIENT:** I drove my car in reverse... **THERAPIST:** Okay... I think this guy's out there. How's your health? **PATIENT:** I walked out into traffic. **THERAPIST:** Why did you do that? **PATIENT:** I don't know. **THERAPIST:** You seem okay. **PATIENT:** I'm not. I was walking with a limp. I looked down... Then I looked up... Wow. I have nothing to say. [Verse 3] **THERAPIST:** So, can I make a suggestion? **PATIENT:** Yes, please do. **THERAPIST:** Maybe you should take a friend. **PATIENT:** A friend? Why? They'd get hurt too. **THERAPIST:** Umm... I don't think so. Let's put this to an end. **PATIENT:** Maybe. But what if I just walk away? Leave them? **THERAPIST:** You know what handcuffs are? **PATIENT:** Yes. Why? **THERAPIST:** I think in your situation... They might help. **PATIENT:** Definitely wouldn't go far. [Verse 4] **PATIENT:** So I need to be handcuffed to this person all day? **THERAPIST:** Well... no. **PATIENT:** Well, maybe? **THERAPIST:** So when you go to the bathroom, What are you doing? Number one or two? **PATIENT:** Oh, I see. **THERAPIST:** Well then, sure, you could remove them. **PATIENT:** Problem solved! **THERAPIST:** Problem is... your awareness. You know... If you're finished, And it suddenly kicks in... **PATIENT:** Yeah? **THERAPIST:** You might come out... Wearing nothing below the waist. [Pause] **PATIENT:** ...Oh. [Verse 5] **PATIENT:** How can I fix this? **THERAPIST:** This is something I haven't come across before. Let me think about it. [Spoken] He stands up. Walks around the room a few times. He turns... Opens a door... And walks inside. **PATIENT:** Is that a closet? [Spoken — Therapist, from inside the closet] I'll stay right here Until you tell me otherwise. [Spoken] I think to myself... He can't stay in there. ... Maybe he can. For now. Because these sessions might be compromised.
