Posted by daisym on October 1, 2005, at 20:14:45
In reply to Re: Shame - trigger » daisym, posted by Annierose on September 30, 2005, at 8:19:39
>>>>Do you ever have the fantasy (and I use that word loosely) of just getting all this pain out there by meeting with your T all day for a few days in a row. Somehow I feel that help work through this really hard stuff. Instead of constantly having to pull ourselves together after an hour to be productive employees, mothers, wives, and friends.
<<<<<I have had this fantasy and once said I was going to take a vacation and just force myself through all of it. He had a fit, told me how dangerous that would be and how emotional flooding could result in intense suicidal feelings and we need to titrate it and contain things. Since I see him 4 days in a row most of the time I do get tired of having to pull myself back together constantly. I try to keep most of my appointments near the end of the day and leave enough time to get myself together before I have to make dinner, etc. It doesn't always work.
And he said what you said about missing him now that it was safe to do so. He said our unconscious selves are usually pretty protective. I said it would be so much easier to not have an unconscious. His response? "yes, but how boring."
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