Posted by Dinah on November 11, 2006, at 9:18:15
In reply to Just Had a Thought..., posted by Poet on November 11, 2006, at 2:18:25
It seems like it's more than just being afraid I'll drift away from therapy.
I do know, and it's long been his position, that I can come for as long as I want and for as often as I want. Even if I get better, and even if I don't need him.
This has something somehow to do with me. With a me that needs him being a different thing than a me that doesn't need him. That something in me will be different if I don't need him, and I think that I'll be losing more than I gain if I replace that something with not needing.
Does dependence itself, without regard to the results of the dependence, have a value that is usually unrecognized?
A dependent person and a not dependent person are different. Are there any ways in which a dependent person is better off?
By dependent, I don't really mean in this case interdependent. Because generally it's considered ok to want to be with someone even if you don't need to.
But dependence itself as a good thing?
I don't want to give up being dependent because _____.
My brain hurts and I feel a bit uneasy about discussing this. :(
poster:Dinah
thread:702376
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