home had burned down - arson. One disclosure encouraged another. There was openness
and silent listening. Each of us with unique memories.
Blob Classroom
Question: "Which Blob describes you when you were in school?" I start again and point out
the joker and the disruptive. Saying that I now believed that I messed about because I always
felt 'thick' and a failure. My behaviour was just a cover to hide my vulnerability. I moved
around the circle in a new direction. I asked the above question to each person. As you may
imagine, time in school was mainly difficult. A number spoke about being good at one subject, but then how other teachers gave them a rough time. By now the group was more
relaxed. They were becoming more at ease at self-revelation. I thanked them repeatedly for
having the guts to be honest. I explained how we wrap our issues and problems up into
parcels. Each one sellotaped and pushed down into our gut. Another wound, another parcel,
another broken relationship, another parcel deposited. Not buried dead. But buried alive. I
shared how we then spend valuable emotional energy keeping them all hidden, and how I
believe in counselling which can facilitate us taking out each one and dealing with it. How I
believe that by doing what we were doing is good for our well-being and development.
Blob
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