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Crossroads- Ch. 14
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Lara nodded slowly. "Okay. I’m with you so far. I can see how you might say this would apply to me. So, what is the treatment?"
Dr. Wheeler sighed. "In most cases, the exercise is minimized and the diet is readjusted. The athlete must begin to regain the weight. The physical symptoms, the dizziness, the headaches and the nausea will dissipate over time, and the exercise/training regimen can resume with an eye on the nutritional needs. However, in your case it may be more difficult."
Lara frowned. "Because the reason for my….disorder….is not based on exercise?"
"Exactly. You are exercising intensely in an effort to deal with grief, so the weight loss is a result of a symptom. For your treatment, we have to get to the bottom of these dreams, and find a way to deal with the emotions they are invoking. Of course, in the short term there are ways to combat the physical symptoms you are experiencing."
Lara bit her lip. "Stop running?"
"Not altogether. Perhaps you can make half of your workouts a fast walk instead? And, you can pepper high caloric snacks into your diet throughout the day. Fruit smoothies for example? Relatively high in calories, but also healthy."
"I can try that. I feel a little stupid that I never thought about running as the reason for being dizzy and feeling generally lousy. It’s just that it seemed to be the only way for me to forget about things for awhile."
Dr. Wheeler tilted her head slightly, which caused Lara to look her in the eyes. "I’m not surprised that you would resort to something physical to deal with your grief. Running gives you a feeling of power, and power generally means control. Lara, our time is up for today. I’m hopeful you’ll find the recommendations regarding your exercise and diet will help your physical health, but I do feel strongly you need to do some more work regarding your grief management. If you’d like, I think I can be of some help."
Lara took a deep breath. "I’d like that."
Elisabeth smiled. "Good. I’d like to talk a little more about your dreams next session. I’d like for you to think about them over the next week and tell me how they started and if they’ve changed in content over the last several months." She got up and held her hand out to Lara, who grasped it in a firmer handshake than prior to the start of the session. "You did good work today."
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Yeah…Bette & Tina dinner and a adult movie…can’t get any better than that. Glad Shane is home…keep posting…more B&T please…
Wow, you’ve certainly got a grip on what’s drivinf LAra these days. Will she be smart enough to share it with Alice? I hope so because I’m loving the way you’re crafting their relationship…and I’m with Captain, my Captain on B&T!
love the update as always! please post more soon! and thanks for asking, my wrist actually is much better. it hurts every now and then, but for the most part im back no normal! great job on the story! keep it up
Love it love it love it, excellent update and insight into Miss Lara’s issues–I hope she goes home after her exhausting day and gets some lovin’ from Alice. I like how you had Alice not pry Lara for info but instead expressed A’s willingness to be there for L when she comes to terms with things on her own time. Especially since it seems that L is not yet used to sharing really deep emotions, post-Dana. Will she share more soon? Lastly, I agree with SammysGirl that you are crafting this relationship so nicely. They have each others’ backs. And they really dig each other. What a combo. Great Shane and Alice interaction too. Please post again soon, keep it up!
i really like this story. keep it goin.
I’m glad Lara decided to visit a psych. I knew there was more to it. I hope she will be able to recover from it. Some habits don’t die easily (as we could see at the ending of this story…will she get through those 6 hours without fainting?). Will she tell Alice about it? And you gotta love Alice for her straightforwardness when she asked Tina about her and Bette. Btw, I could go on and on about odd music ‘couples’, but I’m afraid I’m going to embarass myself further and further. ;)
Great update, as usual! I thought the therapy scene was really interesting – it’s a great way to find out more about Lara’s character (I only wish that would happen on the show!). I’m looking forward to hearing about the issues underlying Lara’s nightmare about Dana in her next session. I love how you’re interweaving all the other characters’ storylines (Shane’s return, B&T’s reunion) into the background of the main Lace plot. Great job! As for Reunions – I think things are on track to post an update in the next couple of days.
You are doing a great job of characterizing Lara!
Those dreams sound ominous… I like that Alice is giving Lara room to breathe. Thanks for another well-written chapter.
I hope that lara can get though this as her and alice will mke a great pair and they will both need to start speaking about their feelings a bit more and alice talking with lara and not pushing that shows that she cares a lot for lara please post soon great update I love it
In a fine act of betrayal to Tibette, I cared more about the Alice/Lara side of it all than Bette and Tina. This story (and your writing) is really good. Please post again soon.