Posted by mair on April 28, 2003, at 12:21:36
In reply to Re: I wonder.... Mair and » Cecilia, posted by Dinah on April 28, 2003, at 9:53:06
My last therapist backed off talking about my aversion to my father's touch, I think because he started to fear that I might develop a false memory. My current therapist has spent alot of time mucking about in my childhood looking for some more obvious smoking guns. She has said, on the one hand, that there doesn't have to be one (a smoking gun) - that maybe it's as simple as an overly sensitive child with parents who, in my therapist's words, just didn't "get" me, and thus continually failed to meet my emotional needs. On the other hand, she did admit once to being pretty mystified by the level of resentment I have towards my father.
I vascillate between feeling that trying to unearth a tangible cause is a fruitless task, and yet also feeling incredibly guilty that there are no obvious explanations for my history of depression.
Mair
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