Posted by claudeah on August 13, 1999, at 1:04:56
In reply to Re: Is anyone perfect?, posted by Roo on July 27, 1999, at 7:29:25
I call it a "wounded healer" and I wouldn't trade my 'wounded' therapist for the world. If someone hasn't experienced the gut retching pain, how can they understand it???
> Funny, I had the same feeling as vms did when I
> read BS's post...I wouldn't WANT anyone treating
> me who hadn't had some personal experience with
> depression (whether it's with themselves or someone
> they love). I'm certainly not militant about it,
> I'll take good knowledge wherever I can get it,
> but I guess I mean that it's comforting for me
> to get help from a person that has empathy, that
> really understands, from the heart, the pain these
> issues can cause.
> It was really comforting to me when my therapist
> revealed that she needed to take ad's at one
> point, and was frustrated with all the side effects,
> but happy with how much they helped her...
> I know she's struggled lots with self esteem
> issues, and has worked through them, and that
> gives me faith and inspiration, not distrust...
poster:claudeah
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