Posted by Daisym on September 29, 2010, at 23:15:52
In reply to Re: the next step?, posted by annierose on September 26, 2010, at 17:04:11
I think sometimes in a long-term therapy, the silence serves to make space for deep reflection, feelings and connections. It use to terrify me to not have anything to say. I'm not completely comfortable with it still, but I can now say just that, "I don't know where to go right now" and after a few questions, my therapist will let the silence take us where we might need to go. It feels like he is just with me - not annoyed that I'm not talking - but instead we seem to be communicating without the words. It happened this past Monday and when we talked about it at the next session, we agreed that sometimes one or the other of us will jump into the silence because we've worked together so long, we think we know how the other is feeling. Silence is like a new shared experience - powerful, scary, but really good sometimes.
I still don't close my eyes very often. Much too scary for me not to be monitoring all the time.
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