Posted by floatingbridge on August 19, 2011, at 10:22:47
In reply to Re: Transference and why some alliances go bad? » lucielu2, posted by pegasus on August 18, 2011, at 12:05:57
> >My T has been treating me for trauma and depression for years and my pdoc has been medicating me for mood disorder. He is convinced it is biological. I don't see that they are mutually exclusive, and I can see both.
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> There is significant evidence these days that trauma and depression lead to biological changes. So, they could both be right. I think it makes sense that their different approaches can be helpful in different ways.
>I believe this model. (I am this model?)
My new therapist, second visit, had an interesting observation as to why bad things happen between good people. She suggested that the majority of those drawn to medicine have
a considerable fix-it drive. When encountering conditions they cannot fix, they can turn their anger/whatever on the patient. She says she sees this often in her practice.She has a few other patients with, not only psychological issues, but the mystery illnesses, like CFS, fibromyalgia, migraines, IBS, and finds a part of her counseling time is counseling the fallout her clients experience seeking treatment (like doctors saying it's depression and giving up w/o attempting to address symptoms) and needing to live
with symptoms.I am still liking her. Though what I really need to talk about is painful. But, then, carrying it around is painful, too. We discussed EMDR again. She wants to go at my speed, I get to say stop, she will ask if we should slow down, but says she hasn't encountered untoward or destabilizing effects. She'd thinks clearing the top layer of the traumatic associations will help me see deeper issues underneath, whatever they may be. It's true that I have surface triggers. They are very concious, but loop w/o resolve, very unorganized, and like rogue waves when they hit hard.
I dig a pony.
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