Posted by littleone on November 16, 2004, at 15:14:15
Got checkmated twice in one session. There should be a law against that.
In therapy, I sit all "wound up tight" as my T puts it. Arms crossed around in front of me. Hands up over my face. Head twisted to the side. Very tense, sometimes so tense I actually shake.
He was trying to get me to sit normal and I wouldn't. Don't feel safe.
T - But you can't talk to me all wound up like that.
Me - It would make no difference how I sat, I still wouldn't talk.
T - Riiiight, it doesn't matter how you sit.
Me - But, but, but, d*mn.CHECKMATE!!
Then we were talking about being emotionally connected and how I just don't know how to do this. I just never learnt how. I've never been emotionally connected to anyone.
T - But you were connected to me, then you stopped.
Me - No I wasn't. I never started in the first place.
T - Hmmm. Then why were you keeping photos of me in your journal and on your computer monitor?CHECKMATE!!
AGAIN!!
I hate it so much when they toss our words/actions back in our face.
I'd love to watch a World Therapist Championship where they all try to trip each other up. I haven't yet decided if I would be barracking for my T, or if whenever he slipped up, I'd yell out
"Ha! See? See? It s*cks when that happens!"
poster:littleone
thread:416748
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