Posted by vwoolf on September 9, 2004, at 13:41:17
In reply to Have You Ever Made Your T Cry?, posted by antigua on September 9, 2004, at 12:45:29
My T cried on Monday during my session. In the last few weeks I have been getting closer and closer to the sadness I felt as a small child with an uncaring mother and abusive father - something I have never allowed myself to accept before now. I was telling her about a song I loved and used to sing when I was about five - which starts with the words "Gone are the days, when my heart was young and gay.....I hear the Gentle Voices calling Poor Old Joe" - you may know it. And it suddenly occurred to me that no five year old should be crying about loss like this. I felt overwhelmed by the pain of it, and cried bitterly. I think I had wanted to die even then. In fact I think I sort of died in a way many times during my childhood. Anyway, when I looked up, my T was drying her eyes. I think she was crying for me, but even more, I think she was crying over some very private, childhood hurt of hers. It was a strange feeling, that we could both cry over the same pain. I think that at this point I have overcome all my feelings of mistrust towards her - she would never willingly betray me.
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