Posted by fayeroe on July 20, 2010, at 15:59:18
In reply to I'm not sure I like superlatives, posted by Dinah on July 20, 2010, at 13:08:30
> My therapist today said that the situation with my mother was impossible. That it was the most difficult situation he's ever heard of in his years as a therapist. He even briefly contemplated another bad situation before deciding that my situation was even worse.
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> I think I teared up for a moment at the validation. But then I started feeling even more helpless and hopeless than I had before. If possible.Dinah, my mother died in 1999. My T and I recently started working on how my issues with her still affect me. I went to a Pdoc for 5 years when I was in my 30s and it took that long for me to decide to not spend nights at her house when I visited.
Mother work is really, really hard and I pray that my daughters don't have to do as much as I've done....I try...
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