Posted by daisym on June 26, 2005, at 11:31:50
In reply to Re: T comment about Babble » gardenergirl, posted by Jazzed on June 26, 2005, at 11:06:47
I think the difference for me is that I (mostly) talk about my therapy here, my therapist and my needs for support. I rarely talk about my "issues" here -- the biggest exception being the thread above, and posting about dreams. This board has helped me understand how to think more psychologically and has normalized my reactions to the therapy -- I've always called it "therapy for therapy."
But -- I would say then it does lesson the transference. Because these are the parts I wouldn't talk to anyone else about. I might say, "my therapist is on vacation" but I wouldn't say "and I'm devastated." So the comfort would be different. I would have to return to sessions saying, "I was devastated" in order for this to be heard.
I think experimenting is the right thing to do. But I think you might also ask yourself what the purpose of therapy is. Isn't it to feel better and figure out how to get supports in your life to continue to feel better? And aren't social supports, any social supports, one way to do this?
I guess the key is to try to remember the trail...what were you thinking and feeling when you first posted and why or how did that change, if it did, by the time you got back to a session. It would be my experience that the energy and emotions would dissipate over time anyway. By writing it down I can go back and more easily remember what was happening.All that said, I think my situation is pretty different than yours because I see my therapist or talk to him so much. So there is a lot of quick follow up. I think that is what we were trying to convience Dinah of a while back - two days in a row is really different but very powerful. It isn't like one long session.
The flip side of this is that maybe we help fan the flames of your transference -- because this place can really make you question things. I'll be interested in the results of your experiment.
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