Posted by fairywings on March 21, 2006, at 15:13:29
In reply to Re: Back to that identity thing again..., posted by daisym on March 20, 2006, at 14:53:13
Daisy,
Are you saying you were acting "as if" you were confident and happy? And I'm not sure what you meant when you said, " I'm so much less happy not knowing who I am really am than I was acting 'as if."
My T keeps telling me that if I "act" a certain way - strong, confident, happy..., eventually it will become so, but I've tried that - for years, not short periods of time. Now things are coming back to haunt me. So is the solution to ignore those things and continue to "act" the way I don't think or feel? I don't know, it doesn't make me feel any more comfortable, and if I just need to act, and not solve, then what's the point of therapy anyway?
fw
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