Posted by Dinah on May 5, 2004, at 8:34:02
In reply to How Today Went (long), posted by DaisyM on May 5, 2004, at 2:27:27
Daisy, I don't have any sage advice to offer, but I experience something similar (or perhaps not similar - I'm decidedly odd in some ways). Part of what is helpful to me in therapy is the sense of connection. And it seems to be something that the emotional part of me is sensitive to. Not only with my therapist, but in general. That part of me sees more in images than in pictures. I always tell my therapist that I see better with my eyes closed. :) It also makes me good at picking up whether people are upset, if people have had fights, etc. when I'm IRL. OK, it sounds a bit nuts, and I would assume I am, except that it's been validated too many times - including by my therapist.
Anyway, the point of that diversion is that the first thing I do when I sit down is send out whatever little sensory tentacle I have, or open the receivers or whatever, to "feel" my therapist. And if he's not there, I get enormously upset. Out of proportion upset. We've tried to figure it out. Sometimes he'll admit that he's thinking of something else, and will bring himself back fully to the room, and I'm ok again. Sometimes we figure *I'm* out of touch and that's why it isn't there. Sometimes we haven't a clue. (In which case I always assume he's just having an off day and really *isn't* there.)
All this may be apropos of absolutely nothing. :) But perhaps you have finely tuned radar as well.
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