Posted by fallsfall on July 15, 2004, at 8:05:50
In reply to Wanting to quit again, posted by tabitha on July 15, 2004, at 1:13:21
((((((((((Tabitha))))))))))
Maybe we should start a new club - The Completely Miserable Club.
I am in similar agony in individual therapy. I know that I have learned so much from him - so I want to believe that this pain will be productive - but I don't know that it will be. And I'm afraid to ask my therapist because I'm afraid he will say "No, this isn't productive. You are making yourself miserable" and I will feel like I've failed yet again.
I am really proud of what you did in group. That HAS to be the right thing to have done. I share your agony at not being understood.
I DO trust my therapist, and I think that you trust yours. We have both gone through "similar" pain in the past and decided that we could learn from it. I see my therapist in 6 hours...
I do find that it helps that an online friend understands... At least SOMEONE understands. She can suggest motivations of my therapist's that might make sense, but that I could never think of in a million years. At least she understands that I am in pain.
You ARE understandable. Your feelings and interpretations and understandings DO make sense. There IS a reason that you react the way that you do. This therapist has shown in the past that she DOES "get you" - sometimes it just takes a little while for the two of you to settle on agreeing about where you are.
I think that our club should include long meetings with lots of very long group hugs (for those of us who like to be hugged).
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