Posted by Dinah on January 4, 2005, at 20:58:44
To recover my lost third ego state, "Happy Dinah". My therapist is not enthusiastic. He thinks there's probably a reason she's rarely seen.
But I'm a bit miffed because his first reaction was that if I became Happy Dinah, I wouldn't be coming to see him as much if at all. That didn't seem quite right. Of course, he often uses that as a very effective manipulation to get me to stop doing stupid things. So I'm not sure of his motivations. But it seemed the wrong thing to concentrate on.
I've been trying to access Happy Dinah the same way I accessed emotional me, through self hypnosis. So far without success. Possibly because I'm not sure where to look. I always knew where emotional me was. There was enough of emotional me present to hone in on it. I can't find Happy Dinah at all.
Sooooo... I want to find a therapist who works with hypnotism. My therapist is opposed. Wanted to know if I'd already made an appointment. I said of course not!!! Honestly I don't even know how to go about finding one.
He asked if I'd be willing to be honest (in a further attempt to discourage me) and I answered that in these circumstances, sure. How could I not be? If someone's to help me find Happy Dinah, they have to know what to look for.
Any thoughts?
poster:Dinah
thread:437892
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