Posted by deirdrehbrt on September 22, 2003, at 21:30:28
In reply to Re: I'm sorry., posted by Dinah on September 22, 2003, at 12:48:12
Hi Dinah,
I'm so sorry that you are feeling this way. The pain can be so overwhelming at times. I know how hard the urge to hurt yourself can be, and I'm proud of you for being able to do it, and for knowing when you might need a little help.
I am begining to think that therapy might be something like learning a musical instrument. When I used to teach, I would tell my students that they would inevitably come to plateaus in their learning. They would feel as if they
weren't making any progress, lesson after lesson. I told them, and I believe that these are the times when we are making all that we have learned since the last plateau a part of us. We stay here for a time, and we integrate into our persons what is only intellectual right now.
Perhaps what we do in therapy is similar. We have our inevitable ups and downs, but if we look at the entire picture we are realy on our way up. It's like climbing a mountain too; very few mountains have trails which go upward without having to go back down some on the way to the top.
I suppose that we can get to feeling disconnected when we are trying to climb that mountain, but find ourselves going down on the journey. Maybe realizing that it's just a part of the trip can help.
I truly hope you are doing better.
Dee.
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