Posted by Daisym on January 15, 2008, at 23:40:06
In reply to ohmigosh having trouble sorting this out *long*, posted by raisinb on January 15, 2008, at 12:38:03
When my best friend had her baby girl, I went to visit and promptly burst into tears. That was 15 years ago - so many emotions that came up and out and then got stuffed back into a box. Amazing the impact of babies. (My friend cried with me, neither one of sure why we were crying but it was totally OK.)
I wish I'd recognized that these were important feelings to work with. I wasn't in therapy at the time. Now I can see how much my own abuse was coming up and how much sadnes I was feeling.
I think this is an opportunity to talk about some really painful and tender feelings. You don't have to protect your therapist from this - she can handle it. I understand it is scary and complicated. It is true that one thing will lead to another. But isn't that why you are in therapy - to figure stuff out with help?
Stick your toe in the water. This sounds soo important.
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