Posted by Dinah on September 24, 2007, at 8:48:27
In reply to Re: Losing my words » Dinah, posted by RealMe on September 18, 2007, at 23:44:59
I think there's a real split between my rational and emotional self, but each is pretty stable on its own. So that, for example, my emotional self feels more or less the same about my therapist all the time (although of course i can get angry with him) and my rational self feels more or less the same about my therapist all the time (although of course I can sometimes find him helpful).
I don't think he sees it as inconsistency in how I view him, nor does he try to reconcile it. He annoys me by occasionally refusing to recognize, for example, that rational me suffers from OCD, but that emotional me doesn't. Or at least not in the same way. He insists on just saying I have OCD. But in general he tailors his approach to whatever part of me presents itself and doesn't vex me by pointing out the differences.
I like that about him. He doesn't make a big deal about it or anything. He just respects who I am. He deals with rational me's issues when rational me is there, and emotional me's issues when emotional me is there. And he would point out any inconsistencies in either, but not between.
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