Posted by Pfinstegg on February 12, 2005, at 11:06:59
In reply to Re: is complete honesty essential?, posted by gardenergirl on February 12, 2005, at 8:56:19
i think WE benefit most if we are as honest as possible. In analysis, you do make a commitment to say everything that comes to mind; there are often things that I feel unable to say that we talk *about*- why they are so hard, etc. But I eventually always end up saying them, and I feel I benefit tremendously from working through the guilt, fear, shame which made them hard to talk about in the first place.
So, I guess the ideal goal, probably never totally realized, is to say *everything* Then, there is the *unconsvious* (newly acquired, of course, in my case!) No-one is ever going to get all of that out , but, to the extent that you can get even some of it out, it's even MORE helpful. The only way one can do that is to really let go.
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