Posted by twinleaf on November 19, 2008, at 10:24:45
In reply to Re: follow-up....., posted by Wittgensteinz on November 18, 2008, at 15:03:31
Thank you, Witti! I appreciate you warm and understanding words more than I can say. I've noticed, too, that you and I seem to be the only two people posting now who go to an analyst. I think we both know how extremely intense analysis can get- not just our own feelings, which seem to be heightened to an amazing extent, but also the analysts' feelings. They really do have to have robust, healthy personalities to withstand the emotional storms of 8-10 patients a day AND their own powerful emotional responses to each person.
I was following with interest how you were managing the (partial)rupture you seemed to have had with your analyst. I was so sorry to learn that it had happened at all, because you seemed to have such a good relationship with him before- trusting, loving, the ideal foundation for working and changing.
It sounded like a counter-transference problem on his part- he seemed slightly cold and rejecting where he had formerly been in such warm contact with you. My present analyst would say that it's probably a reaction formation against intense loving feelings for you, but that's just a wild guess! I'm glad to hear things are improving; I hope they get to better-than-ever very soon...
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