Posted by emmanuel98 on August 4, 2011, at 19:50:11
In reply to Re: One of those smile moments, posted by lucielu2 on August 4, 2011, at 19:00:46
I used to apologize every time I cried. The first time I cried, I stopped myself and said, sorry I'm fine now. He said, you don't have to be fine. Is this something you do? I'm not asking to be critical, I'm just trying to get a sense of what you're like. I thought about this and said, yes, this is something I do. This was in my first appointment. I had never before thought about what I was like or had anybody ask me like that. I knew after that that I wanted to see him for therapy, though initially I had just seen him for an anti-depressant. He had told me to call him in a week and when I called him, I asked him if I could see him for therapy. I was a wreck all week, thinking he might say no, he had no time. But he said yes immediately. Since then, I have seen him almost every week and cried almost every week. I've stopped apologizing. If I cry, he says, why is this making you sad?
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