Posted by onceupon on September 22, 2008, at 13:10:08
In reply to I love my T, but is she triggering my sadness?, posted by LittleGirlLost on September 19, 2008, at 20:03:05
I get where you're coming from too. I wrote awhile back about longing for a mother, and am just starting to talk about this with my therapist. Sometimes I do feel that going to therapy triggers my sadness. It's the most intense when I'm there, of course, because I'm looking at it most intensely while I'm there. But all in all, I think it's probably good that that sadness gets triggered a little, because I'm really good at avoiding it IRL.
I would guess for a lot of people there's a fine line between expressing pain and feeling overwhelmed by it, though. Does your therapist help you strike this balance?
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