Posted by Dinah on October 4, 2008, at 0:08:23
In reply to Re: I talked today to my therapist - dinah » DAisym, posted by seldomseen on October 3, 2008, at 19:18:51
I definitely had the feeling that I was letting him down. Or maybe that he wouldn't like me if I acted the way I used to. He smiled and it sounded as if he meant it when he said he still liked me just fine.
There is definitely a different feel to our relationship now, and it has pluses and minuses. I don't want to lose the place where I can be my totally warty worst self. Yet I don't want to lose my therapist's positive regard. And I don't want to feel like he's managing me. Which of course he sometimes does when I'm feeling unreasonable and acting badly.
I'm not so unreasonable as to think I can have it all. He struck a nice note today in balancing the two.
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