Posted by DaisyM on November 23, 2003, at 0:54:08
In reply to Another question, posted by Dinah on November 22, 2003, at 20:35:47
<<Is your therapist likely to startle you by thinking you're far better off than you think you are? Or by thinking you're far more troubled than you think you are?
>>>Good question. We've kinda just talked about this in two different ways -- the first in the way I entered therapy: Mid-life crisis/depression and then after 4 months, huge "confession" about childhood issues, which takes us totally in a different (PTSD) area. So what looked like "standard" therapy has actually gotten much harder. I worry that it is too hard for him 'cause I know how hard it is for me! Plus, this isn't exactly what he bargained for, is it?
He has also mentioned that sometimes clients start getting better but because you are afraid that therapy will be terminated because you begin to recover, you resist sharing the good things that are happening. I don't know if that applies to me yet. I do think that this statement was meant to encourage me to look at how often I am OK, to focus on what coping techniques have worked in the past. I feel like I'm falling apart sometimes, but I'm never sure how "bad" he thinks I am doing. We use the word fragile alot --and he did move Thursday's app't to Wed, even though he'll see me Monday too...
I've actually been thinking this weekend that I feel more hopeless and I don't know what I want from therapy anymore. I don't feel better - I mean, who gets near tears just grocery shopping?! Other times I think, I just need to buck up and deal with my life. *sigh* I drive myself crazy.
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