Posted by Recently A on October 20, 2009, at 23:18:54
Hi everyone-
Long time no post (I'm Recently, forgot my password and came back). I think I've entered a new stage in therapy, and I'm pretty sure it's not terribly productive....
My relationship with my T has been up and down (like most people I guess). In the past I had great difficulty opening up to my T, and struggled with even wanting to talk at all, so I am surprised to find that in the last sessions I have been a totally chatterbox - but not about my various issues - about non-personal things like TV shows, the weather, politics, etc. My T shares her views and opinions, too - so it seems like I am talking to a friend/co-worker or something. Trouble is I am not paying to talk to a co-worker, you know? It's kind of weird, and after sessions I feel unproductive and not that great.
It feels like maybe I've switched tactics from avoiding talking through silence to avoiding talking through chatter. I'm surprised my T doesn't pull me out of this "chatty" pattern, but she's the type who wants me to 'go at my own pace.' I still feel like she's somewhat facilitating this by engaging with me during my long periods of small talk - though I guess she probably wouldn't just sit stone-faced. So I guess I don't have any questions but, has anyone else been in this type of situation? How did you get out of it?
Thanks,
Recently
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