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Klara Guildsen (lostababyfang) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-09-18 00:22:00

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[Day 237] FAMILY ISSUES GROUP THERAPY MINGLE
[Anyone brought to this group will find that there are tables set up around the perimeter of the room, one with snacks and drinks, some even with art supplies on them, while the chairs are all pushed into a circle in the middle. There is a projector set up to one side and it flashes images every so often onto the wall. Images of children, adults, the elderly with the young--some of them more formal, posed, others candid as the brief moments of life they were. Some of these images might even be familiar to certain inmates. It shouldn't be hard for them to pick out their own families after all.

In the center of the circle of chairs is a table with a large bowl of treats, wrapped candies of various sorts. Hard candies, caramels, chocolates, taffy. Beside the bowl is a set of cards with instructions written on the back of them.

"Select a card and read the question aloud to the group. Whoever answers the question gets to choose a reward from the bowl and then select the next card. Continue until all of the cards have been viewed or the bowl is empty. More than one person can answer--the first to respond gets to select the next card. If no one volunteers, the card picker gets to select a person."

The cards themselves have a variety of questions and tasks, but they all have a very similar theme.]

1. What does "family" mean to you?
2. Draw a picture of your family and describe it to the group.
3. What is your ideal family unit?
4. Do you have any siblings? If so, what are they like? If not, what would you do if you found out you had one you had never met before?
5. Have you ever done something to hurt or upset a member of your family on purpose?
6. What is the strongest memory you have of your mother and/or father?
7. Imitate one of your parents when reprimanding you.
8. Have you ever felt like an outsider in your family?
9. What is something you have done to a member of your family or they had done to you that took a long time to move beyond (if ever)?
10. Who are you closest to in your family?
11. How many close family members have you lost?

{OOC: Mingle! These questions are not the only ones. Feel free to come up with more. Also the candy in the bowl is spiked just like the pastries and coffee, so the more characters eat...you get the picture.}

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	bluemoondog 2013-09-24 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	Nah, she got away, we lived completely separate lives and I didn't even know she existed. We found each other eventually... [So she didn't live in through the treacherous life that he did.] I see... but they're with you now right? For an eternity or whatever? I mean, sure, they're dead but it could be worse right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thehighlord
2013-09-24 08:16 pm UTC (link)

How fortunate to have been able to find each other. I know how difficult that can be.

Yes, it could be and I'm very grateful not to have lost them forever, but it can still be hard. My son Mephis died an old man, and some days that can be hard. I look younger than he does, you know. I had a falling out with another son, Peyton, that I wish very desperately had never happened. In any case I think he chose to fade away to darkness immediately, rather than face me. I don't know when he died, but it would have been a very long time ago. And my best friend who is like a brother to me died in battle. He never even noticed he was demon-dead until it was all over and he saw me waiting for him. But you keep the wounds you die with, and that's its own unpleasant reminder. [A faint, wistful smile.] I must sound like a very bitter old man with too many stories to you, boyo. Forgive me.

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	bluemoondog 2013-10-04 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	What? Don't apologize. That's what this whole damn thing is for. Besides I find it interesting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-10-06 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	That's very kind of you to say. I'll look the other way to you finding death so interesting, shall I? [A joking smile.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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