You know you're in for a treat when during a Samson Society meeting share time, your fellow extremely intelligent, articulate Samson guy uses his time to give you an update on his home renovation project. Or perhaps he's so moved during this particular meeting to interject his opinion regarding how the world is - this close - to an apocalyptical end. Maybe too, he's simply there to let you know how his seemingly neverending job hunt is going. And all of this redundant drivel, of course, is in no way related to the Samson meeting word (which was emailed out 3-days prior to the meeting) because he failed to review the word.
And the fodder behind his approach to meeting attendance is no doubt centered on the truth that this man has zero friends, therefore attending a weekly Samson Society meeting is essentially his "McDonald's coffee group" time.
I've seen it time and time again. Especially from men who're extreme loners. And please know that I love extreme anythings until they show up to Samson Society meetings only to treat them like happy hour.
-------------------------
So what brings about an extreme loner?
At times, it can be some form of mental illness.
With enough exposure, a mentally ill person's off gassing - that being the off-kilter stench of depression, anxiety, ADHD, etc. - will eventually become notable to those around him. Hence, isolation results.
Now, as we know, water seeks its own level, therefore mentally ill individuals certainly do gravitate towards each other. It can even happen within marriages, actually serving to sustain (co-dependency).
-------------------------
As a facilitator, all I can do is bite my lip and pray for patience with these guys. Unless, of course, I have the good fortune of spending some one on one (two-person meeting / after-meeting) time with them.
It's then that I press in, and if I see that his involvement relative to his recovery in Samson Society should be supplemented (& I'm a huge fan of taking a multi-faceted approach to recovery), I urge the man to seek professional help.
It is a fact that professional counseling can be a wonderful use of one's time within certain circumstances, and from there, hopefully our together time as Samson brothers can be better utilized within the meetings, after-meetings and otherwise.
Let me repeat that.
It is a fact that professional counseling can be a wonderful use of one's time within certain circumstances, and from there, hopefully our together time as Samson brothers can be better utilized within the meetings, after-meetings and otherwise.
Let us all say a prayer for our extreme loner brothers today.
No comments:
Post a Comment