Posted by Dinah on January 11, 2005, at 20:21:41
My therapist was terrific today. He quit being so superrational and spoke to me at an emotional level instead. And we talked about how when I get irrational (in his eyes) he gets more rational, and that that rarely works to reach me.
We talked about lots and lots of things. The session seemed so much longer than usual. I felt understood. Why does feeling understood seem so healing? And we talked about realities of life and how you can get stuck in something that's too good to leave, but too bad to stay (and no, I mean my job, not him), and what are some ways to feel less trapped. And he sang (none too well) "You can't always get what you want".
We talked about how I make it difficult for others to help me sometimes. Ok, often. But in such a way that it sounded as if he wasn't really mad about it.
It sounds as if we talked of shoes and ships and sealing wax, and maybe so. It got into some pretty deep areas, but in a really relaxed low key way.
Why can't he always be this way?
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thread:440849
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