Posted by Dinah on July 23, 2005, at 22:43:27
I wrote an email to my son's play therapist today to bring her up to date on the latest deaths and things like that. At the end, I surprised myself by writing that while my son is less distressed by my husband's behavior, I find myself oddly more distressed by it.
That's all I told her.
But I asked myself the questions my therapist would have asked me, and I think I came to the conclusion that as my son grows stronger and is less affected by it, I'm not able to hide behind his feelings and be indignant on his behalf. So I'm starting to have to acknowledge how irritated it makes *me*. Therefore it's actually bothering me more, though it should bother me less since it isn't hurting my son as much.
But now I've figured that much out, I'm stuck. What would my therapist tell me next?
poster:Dinah
thread:532474
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