Posted by Annierose on September 9, 2005, at 15:33:48
In reply to Update...next session was weird » terrics, posted by gardenergirl on September 8, 2005, at 23:13:27
Hi GG -
Give yourself double pats on the back. That was hard to say, but doesn't it feel so good to have said it, and be warmly received?
This is exactly what I was getting at a few weeks back in a post to you. While writing to you, I remember this thought popped into my head: that it's hard to be so vulnerable in therapy, cry (the type when you can hardly breathe) and not be comforted by a hug, that I feel so alone. After writing this to you, I did bring up this conversation in therapy, in a round about way, as only I can do when I'm trying to avoid what I really want to say. She replied, "But you are not alone. I'm here with you." She went on that although she cannot hug me, she understands how those boundaries seemingly duplicate the coldness from my mother. But she was there, understood why I would want a hug, and said a bunch of other suff that I completely forget at the moment.
Hopefully your T will help bring this conversation up at your next session. It will be one of those hard sessions, but so productive emotionally.
p.s. sorry for rambling, lots of stuff going on around me at the moment
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