Posted by Dinah on July 15, 2005, at 17:41:52
In reply to Feeling/being regressed...experiences?, posted by gardenergirl on July 15, 2005, at 11:05:03
You mean grownups don't stomp their dainty digits when they get distressed?
Blush.
When I dropped my dog's medicine, the one that I needed to go to the pharmacy to get, and my mother called on my cell phone and I was trying to tell her what was going on, I got frustrated, stomped my gunboat, and told her never mind. Right at the vets.
I can't tell you the number of times I've stomped my foot in therapy. But then again, I acknowledge my regression. And my therapist knows the fastest way to a big fight is for him to mention grownups at such a time.
Altogether, I started feeling a whole lot better when I allowed myself to be real, and regressed perhaps, in therapy. Isn't it fair to say "Yeah, yeah. I know how I'm supposed to feel, and can say it with the best of them. But isn't this the one place where I'm allowed to say what I really feel without making sure it's reasonable first? And stomp my feet if that'll help me explain?"
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