Posted by Shortelise on July 15, 2005, at 15:56:36
In reply to Feeling/being regressed...experiences?, posted by gardenergirl on July 15, 2005, at 11:05:03
Aren't there points in therapy where we have to let go of the regressd bits and grow up? I mean, we regress, we understand what that's all about, re-feel the things as we felt them when they happened to us, look at those feelings from an adult prespective, and then, if all goes well, we need to leave that regression behind and live in the today world of our adulthood.
It's comforting to me to have that "inner child" listened to, heard, sympathized with and loved. I want to livein that place where I am held emotionally by my T. But that's not that point. For me, the point is to have re-experienced parts od my emotional development in a supportive, caring relationship instead of the umcomprehending one I experienced as I grew up. The fact that I want to stay there, that I want to always have that place where I can be that understood child, well, I guess it isn't in these well laid plans of therapy.
Now, of course, you see that I am projecting all over the place here, knowing that I really need to talk with my T about this, because I an sort of stuck here, but very ashamed. Why I feel ashamed about needing to be emotionally cossetted, who knows.
Now I'll read what others have written.
ShortE
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