Posted by HannahW on September 15, 2003, at 0:23:41
In reply to Re: Dinah Others--Religion in Therapy » HannahW, posted by allisonf on September 14, 2003, at 16:02:24
I had posted a message on the Religion board that talked about me suddenly finding myself struggling to continue to believe everything I was ever taught. Apparently, the Religion board is only for *nice* postings about religion, and not a place to ask questions, no matter how sincere, because Dr. Bob redirected me to the Social board. I don't know anyone on that board, and felt a little stung by his admonishment (pretty stupid of me, I know), so I didn't re-post over there. (I really hate getting in trouble, and felt unjustly scolded. I thought it made perfect sense to talk about religion on a religion board.)
Anyway, Dinah had responded to me on the Religion board before Dr. Bob did and said she had read the same book I did that sent us both into an agnostic spin for a while. I wanted to follow up on that with her.
I'd love to continue this conversation with you or anyone if I thought anyone would see my post on the Social board. I'd really like to work through this issue, because I miss believing that there's Someone all-powerful out there that cares about me. I can attempt to talk about it with my therapist, but there's so much other stuff to talk about! :) Maybe I'll get to it with her before too long.
> I agree with what everyone has said about trying your therapist with it. I think even if they don't believe or have experience with religion, they should be able to work with other people on their religious issues. My therapist is Jewish and I am Catholic, well...a frustrated Catholic. It's surprising how much crossover there is in the issues that people might have with both of those faiths...and with other faiths as well, I'm sure.
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> I'm sorry I might have missed some of an earlier conversation about this. What have you been going thru re: religion? It sounds like you have decided not to believe tho you once did. What was the process you went thru?
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