Posted by Gracie2 on October 23, 2001, at 18:22:55
In reply to Gracie, posted by sar on October 22, 2001, at 14:50:39
Sar-
I haven't done any reading on the subject that I can remember, just a lot of thinking as, at first, I was mystified by my hysterics. I also knew that I was under a great deal of stress, I was so jumpy and shaken up that my friends (who didn't know about my condition)thought I was on meth. I was just terrified.The only time I've done anything even remotely similiar is when I was doing the laundry one day
and found a condom in my 16-year-old son's pocket.
He's my only child, and I had a great deal of trouble adjusting to the fact that he was growing up; he was my baby. Anyway, I started crying and I couldn't stop - even when my husband pointed out, very reasonably, that I should be thankful my son was using the damn things instead of having unprotected sex. Of course he was right, but the condom was an obvious symbol that my son's childhood was over and I had to accept it;
that's what it really meant to me. I cried until I thought my heart would break.So I think we can easily transfer our feelings to inanimate objects. I've never tried behavioral therapy - maybe it is the way to go. Of course, it would be amusing to see the therapist's face when I told him I was afraid of condoms.
Maybe you can start with puppies and work your way up?
-Gracie
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thread:81658
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