Very well said indeed. Sadly a fact which seems to be more common in Australia thanks to Medicare rebating of psychologists and health fund access to similar services. Almost an Americanised reliance on drugs, therapies and so on.

My step mother in law is a psychologist. She annoys the crap out of people at parties, is actively avoided by many despite being a compassionate and very nice person. Mainly because she will ask such crappy questions as "are you happy" and then unknowingly and in good cheer with the best intent pysch out someone with open ended questions.

Exactly............

Youve just got to remember, that everything happens for a reason. We learn and grow from this. Nothing is plain sailing, nothing is set in stone, we have to work for what we want out of OUR life. I just hope that when my time nears to an end, I can look back and say "you done good Sam".

I am an intelligent, thoughtful, caring human being with a wide range of emotions. But being a bloke fulfilment comes down to just one thing, sorry

it only takes one thing in your life to affect your feelings of fulfilment - crappy marriage, problems with the kids etc., so although it is no-one elses responsibility for our own sense of being those types of problems won't be solved unless the other party involved agrees to make an effort with you into sorting out these issues, therefore we do rely on other people for our own fulfilment in the sense that if you are married or have children then we all have to make an effort into the smooth running of those relationships and if they are going well then as a parent and partner we're halfway there to being hunkey dorey, if they are not it can affect the whole balance and make you question other things about your life.
S xx

I think that self fulfilment is a state of mind. The trick is to lower your expectations to the point where they are already met.

Regarding relationships I think that it is more quantative. Yes I am lucky to be emotionally and physically fulfilled ().

im usually full when ive had me fill we are talking beer here arnt we???

Nev

And I agree.
I think we're in this 'counselling' culture, where if you have an issue, you pop off to a counsellor to sort it out. It's ridiculous... Before I left the UK, I recall seeing some announcement on the TV after some drama series and it said 'If you have been affected by tonight's bloody gore fest, you can speak to someone in confidence blah blah blah' and then they give you the number of some confidential shrink person....
WTF???

I know, don't like blood and gore, or difficult drama programmes, then don't watch it!

I think that there's too much emphasis on the counselling culture and we're all actually pretty capable of sorting out our issues without having to pick up the phone every 5 mins.


I do also, before anyone jumps on this, believe that counselling is a very valuable tool for those who really do need the help to deal with issues in their lives and don't belittle those who choose to do it.

I dont think I will ever feel 'fulfilled' as I am too ambitious but I dont unfortunatly see me ever being happy with myself so therefore never being happy within myself..... get your head around that one! I know what I mean

I asked my husband and he said he is absolutely fulfilled (what does that tell you eh?)

Apparently it's down to the tv programmes. Progs like Cracker etc made people want to do psychology instead of the old stand by Sociology. Now they all want to be forensic scientists.

Reminds me of Maureen Lipman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEfKEzX9QLE

Sorry. Gone totally off topic

Career wise I am not fulfilled, I cant seem to find where I belong or what I should be doing.

Homewise, I look forward to going home and cannot wait till Mr PP gets home. I think that based on those emotions alone, I would say I am fulfilled.

We don't go out and are comfortable in each others company and on our own, so thats good enough for me.

I just wish I could find my space within the workforce.