Posted by Skittles on September 3, 2004, at 4:42:19
In reply to Re: Dealing w/ pain emotion after T session, posted by tinydancer on September 3, 2004, at 1:15:43
Thanks so much to everyone who has responded. It's nice simply to know that others have experienced and survived it.
I'm sure I should just call. My T has told me I can and I truly believe she means it, but I've never ever done it. She's even commented on a couple of occasions how I'm not so wonderful in the calling department and wouldn't get therapy A's - in a completely nice way, there was nothing offensive about it. But I just have a hard time doing it and am trying to figure out why. The only thing I can come up with is the sheer oddity of the theraputic relationship. I mean, I would call my best girlfriend at 2 in the morning if I thought she could help me, but I won't even call my T during business hours. For me, it's all about being a nuisance or inconvenience. I'm willing to risk that with my friends, because I know that at some point I will be able to do something for them in turn - it's give and take. But my T is not now and never will be my friend, so I can't reciprocate. It's all just very abnormal.
And I guess I'm a little concerned that I might get a response something similar to the one Shrinking Violet got, at which point I might loose my cool and respond with something like, "Scr*w the why. Why is not going to get me to sleep and it's not going to take this knot out of my stomach or keep food in my body." And then I'd worry that my T didn't like me anymore and I'd have a whole new issue about which to post. (grin)
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