Posted by lucie lu on November 24, 2008, at 16:59:38
In reply to a therapy survey- anything you might want to share, posted by obsidian on November 24, 2008, at 1:42:47
Sid, I just want to say that when you are feeling bad, I always wish I could do more for you. But I do care, and always hope better things will be right around the corner for you :)
> pick one...make up one...whatever you like
> I'd love to hear it!
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> 1) What are you working on in therapy?Therapy is indeed a spiral. So we still revisit some of the same things that first brought me into therapy. Although now there's more emphasis on real-life issues, but therapy returns to old stuff when it needs to. Less work now on things like emotional regulation and tolerance of affect. (Got B+ on those already :)
> 2) What led you into therapy?
A pretty desperate sense that things really needed to change, that they couldn't go on as they had been. I was in too much pain, and I couldn't help my family deal with theirs.
> 3) What are some of the problems that may be associated with therapy?
I found the whole attachment process both scary and painful. And therapy has probably encouraged more introspection in me than might be optimal. It certainly does give you a lot to think about.
And of course the money.> 4) Is there some part of therapy or characteristic of therapy that you find especially helpful?
Learning to make attachments, and the sense of being completely accepted for myself that my T offers me. Learning to trust has been hard-won but feels great.
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> 4) Do you feel like you have been through different stages in therapy?
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Definitely.> 5) What's one problem that you can't seem to get rid of or something you have a hard time changing?
Separation anxiety. In one form or another, just can't shake it. Probably never will. Best I can do is watch out for it so it doesn't catch me off-guard and keep remembering it is not catastrophic.
> 6) What have you gained from therapy?
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Wow. Too many things to enumerate. Personal stability, coherent identity, interpersonal trust, and rejoining the human race. Emotional regulation. Family stability. Being able to help my kids.> 7) Do you think your therapist cares about you?
Yes.
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> 8) Is there anything related to therapy that you wish you had done differently?Yes, but nothing that was under my control at the time. Unfortunately.
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> 9) What part of you do you think is most active and/or present in therapy? is it a particular part of you from the past?
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The need to integrate different parts of me has been central in my therapy. When I started, I very much felt like a "Raggedy Ann," a patchwork doll made up of clumsily sewed-together, mis-matched pieces. Now I really have a center - bit ragged around the edges maybe but solid and continuous. Sort of like Pinocchio becoming a real boy :)
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> 10) What is "the question" you might be asking in the therapy process?
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Who am I? Who are you? Am I fixed yet? (lol)
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poster:lucie lu
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