Posted by tarabara on December 13, 2005, at 23:17:17
In reply to Re: Forced distance (long) » tarabara, posted by LauraBeane on December 13, 2005, at 19:28:54
i'm so glad i could help. i know what it's like. therapy has driven me crazy and i realized that i may have driven my therapist a little crazy too. he has admitted that he has stretched his boundaries for me already such as giving me 5-10 extra minutes, returning my emails which are often freakout emails.
interestingly, today i finally saw a psychiatrist who i could really talk to. i sometimes feel funny talking to my therapist about how much i obsess over stuff and how i get so hot and cold about it. i make an effort but sometimes i just keep it to myself. anyway, i talked to this psychiatrist for about and hour and he suspects i have bipolar II. NEVER would have thought of it on my own and i love to deconstruct my therapy. what i'm trying to get at is the psychiatrist gave me an outlet to freely discuss some compulsive feelings i have been having in therapy which lead to a discussion of compulsive feelings i've had all my life. it was interesting. maybe this was the first time i was able to be honest with a psychiatrist. anyway, it's an outlet. are you seeing a psychiatrist as well?
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