Posted by wittgensteinz on February 12, 2011, at 6:44:35
In reply to Re: An embarrassing secret.... » wittgensteinz, posted by Anemone on February 8, 2011, at 16:21:16
I know the feeling. My partner knows about my seeing a therapist and my closest friend too (she's seen a couple of therapists herself in the past and just guessed and asked me directly one time, although I have the feeling her therapies were less 'intensive').
As for my parents - there's no way on earth I would ever tell them - well maybe I would tell my father but he would then tell my mother and my mother just isn't the type of person who would understand anything about that - I'm quite a closed person when it comes to my family. I did say a long while ago that I'd visited a counselor a couple of times about study skills or soemthing like that (fat lie!) because my partner let slip that I'd seen someone - no way would I tell them I've been seeing a psychoanalyst going on for 4 years! I guess that makes me a bit of a hypocrite.
I think expression and openness are good things but then again I value my anonymity. If I were in your position and my parents were likely to read about the inspiration for the art work, then I'd probably use a pseudonym (an artist name). That's why it's safe to post under Wittgenstein(z).
Maybe one day... once I've made a lot of progress I just won't care anymore what my mother thinks and I will proudly confess at one of those awkward family gatherings that I see a very nice analyst who feels rather like a father to me and who knows ALL about me, including everything that went on in the past, especially about you, mummy!!
Gulp! :)
Witti
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