Posted by Dinah on January 4, 2005, at 20:28:32
In reply to Re: Y'Know it's funny/ ???? vwoolf and » Fallen4MyT, posted by Dinah on January 4, 2005, at 20:15:22
He sort of glossed over it, and I think his interpretation wasn't quite right. He thought it was because I saw him at the post office where I saw him as a man, not as my therapist mommy. That's not it. I saw my therapist mommy at the post office. Therapist mommies post letters too. But I guess if he wants to see it that way, I'm ok with that. At least I was honest with him.
I did tell him I was positive that it had something to do with the photo. He didn't see anything sexual about the photo. So I guess I just have a dirty mind. Come to think of it, I see many of my childhood photos from around that age (8-10 or so) as being way more sexual than I am now. Or sensual or something.
I did prepare the ground quite a bit before telling him about the dream. I asked about the photo, and told of Happy Dinah's high school and college experiences. Made sure he knew what I was talking about. Then mentioned it. Then checked a million times to make sure he wasn't repelled. Then asked him, if in the unlikely event I had another dream if I needed to tell him. He said yes, dreams about therapists were therapeutically significant. I made him promise not to recoil. He promised to *try* not to recoil. I guess he deserved some revenge since in my efforts to reassure him I wasn't hot for his bod, I reiterated several times that I didn't find him sexually attractive. Complete with comments about Dr. Drew.
I wasn't fishing you know. I'm not sure I even mind that I'm sexually repellant. I figure that at some level I aim for that. My therapist knows about that, don't worry. We've discussed it. And my therapist finds me rather more unattractive than most people. No, he hasn't told me but you know these things. He puts a high premium on being well groomed.
So I did tell him. It didn't seem to be terrifically significant to him, and it broke no new ground. I guess I sort of promised to tell him of any future dreams. I just hope being afraid of having any doesn't bring them on. :(
More of the session was devoted to another topic, but I'll start a new thread.
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