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Posted by Dinah on April 5, 2009, at 19:58:31
Tivo says so.
I'm not sure I'm anxious to see it. He really started to annoy me at the end of last session.
Posted by backseatdriver on April 5, 2009, at 20:49:08
In reply to In Treatment starting again?, posted by Dinah on April 5, 2009, at 19:58:31
>He really started to annoy me at the end of last session.
LOL. My T does the same. But I'm sure you meant "season"?
Posted by Dinah on April 5, 2009, at 20:55:33
In reply to Re: In Treatment starting again?, posted by backseatdriver on April 5, 2009, at 20:49:08
rofl.
The force of habit. :)
Ok, he didn't annoy me today. But I sure felt for the lawyer he abandoned twenty years ago.
Posted by Dinah on April 5, 2009, at 23:22:22
In reply to Re: In Treatment starting again?, posted by Dinah on April 5, 2009, at 20:55:33
Sorry about that.
Posted by seldomseen on April 6, 2009, at 6:59:33
In reply to Re: In Treatment starting again?, posted by Dinah on April 5, 2009, at 20:55:33
I'm a big follower of "in Treatment" although it can be triggering at times. At least it will give me a thought provoking show until "True Blood" comes back on.
Paul can be immensely annoying, but he seems to care about his patients.
I will miss Sophie. She was my favorite of last season.
There is a very interesting blog posted by a psychologist that includes her interpretation of the sessions on "In treatment" and other psychological stuff as well.
http://www.jung-at-heart.com/jung_at_heart/
Seldom
Posted by Dinah on April 6, 2009, at 7:46:39
In reply to Re: In Treatment starting again?, posted by seldomseen on April 6, 2009, at 6:59:33
I'll miss Sophie too. That was the relationship that most reminded me of my therapist.
I'm stuck on the fact that he abandoned before and he's abandoned again, whatever clients he still had. I know he needed some help himself, but when do clients care about that? He's left a new crop of Mia's behind him.
Therapists! They just don't understand.
Posted by seldomseen on April 6, 2009, at 8:01:26
In reply to Re: In Treatment starting again? » seldomseen, posted by Dinah on April 6, 2009, at 7:46:39
Maybe this is something that we will see Paul deal with during this season. I know we will see one of his abandoned patients deal with it.
He left a lot behind when he moved to Brooklyn (including his children). I wonder how this will play out.
Posted by Dinah on April 7, 2009, at 18:41:22
In reply to Re: In Treatment starting again? » Dinah, posted by seldomseen on April 6, 2009, at 8:01:26
I told him that Paul had left his children and his clients and moved to a new city. I told him that I didn't care if he left his children, but I thought it was awful he left his clients. My therapist laughed and said I was funny.
I told him how much that one woman was hurting even twenty years after being abandoned by him when he moved last time. I asked him if therapists knew how much they could really hurt us with their behavior. Really hurt us. Change our lives hurt us. He said that therapists might try not to think about it. But that yes, they knew. I told him they did it anyway, and asked if that was part of us being more emotionally attached than they were. He said he didn't know. But that he worked very hard to make sure he didn't abandon me.
I think he does. Although I know he might anyway.
I reacted more to that than to the suicide on House, or anything else from In Treatment. I must still have some major abandonment issues. I'm trying to remember what it was in my life that could have set up these humongous fears on the subject.
Posted by seldomseen on April 10, 2009, at 18:32:13
In reply to I talked to my therapist about this too., posted by Dinah on April 7, 2009, at 18:41:22
Well, therapists sometimes leave. Either by choice or by circumstance, but there is always the possibility that they may be gone one day.
As an adult, I think trusting anyone is a huge risk. No one is legally (or morally) bound to us and even if they are, they can still get out of it.
I guess I'm dark and dismal today, but when you really think about it, most human relationships do not end well. Inevitably, there is a separation, whether it be a child growing up, lovers parting, or friends moving away. People we love do pass away.
But the key is we love and trust anyway and taking the risk has tremendous benefits.
I'm not sure that having a bad dessert (is there such a thing?) spoils the taste of an excellent main course.
I don't know if one can ever really get used to loss, but most of the things I love don't live as long as I do. I've lost several truly truly dear companions throughout the course of my life. The pain I feel at their death, doesn't undermine the joy I experienced because of their life, or my time with them.
Of course, this is me speaking at my most healthiest and well-therapized. I would be very hurt if my therapist just up and left for whatever reason and would probably go through a range of emotions and grief.
I'm still interested to see how Paul and Mia negotiate this situation and if Mia ever comes to any sort of resolution with Paul.
I can't talk about the House episode at all. Just can't. I may never watch again.
Seldom.
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