Posted by raisinb on April 26, 2008, at 22:20:45
In reply to Is there anything you don't say to your therapist?, posted by Dinah on April 26, 2008, at 16:00:57
Dinah, I dislike lying to my therapist. Usually, I do it without thinking, about something stupid (like, a month ago I made up a sexual experience I didn't have), and I immediately feel like I've gone against my entire goal for being there, which is to learn emotional honesty.
But there are many things I can't talk about. One is the details of my sexual feelings about her. We have a pattern. She brings it up, I say something vague, then refuse to comment further.
I don't talk much about dating/romantic relationships. I suppose I think I can pretty much handle that on my own.
I don't talk about what kind of music I like (mainly because I suspect we have wildly divergent tastes) or the kinds of food I eat, little details like that.
And I'd never say she was wearing unflattering clothes, even though sometimes I am just shaking my head, internally.
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