Posted by annierose on September 30, 2006, at 7:14:50
In reply to Re: therapy, yoga and t's comments .... » annierose, posted by frida on September 29, 2006, at 19:09:38
I guess we shouldn't be surprised by our reactions to human comfort via touching --- but it does always surprise me when people reach out to me in anyway.
I'm glad that your physical therapist was so kind and thoughtful when you cried AND she understood the tears were emotional tears and you were not experiencing physical pain from the torture of PT (grin).
My T would never touch me. I've never asked about her policy because I just know. But she does try to comfort me. I don't experience her as cold or distant --- not at all. I guess what I put into a concrete thought for the first time, was when someone (my yoga teacher) reached out (i.e. went out of her way) to me that it felt wonderful and scary at the same time. And I don't experience my T as going out of her way for me --- she is there for me, 100% there, but that is her job. I don't know if that distinction makes sense or not.
It is wonderful when we feel love from our Ts.
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