Posted by Dinah on April 26, 2008, at 18:51:40
In reply to Re: Is there anything you don't say to your therapist? » Dinah, posted by vwoolf on April 26, 2008, at 17:00:17
I actively hid my psychology reading for a long time!!! When I started talking about Babble I had to come clean. I'm not sure why that was so hard to admit. Maybe because it implied a lack of trust?
I think that telling him the really shameful stuff was pretty helpful to me. Having him hear things and not react with disgust helped me a lot with the shame. It was really hard, but it was worth it, I think. Now I've told him I generally refuse to repeat it. And tell him that if he doesn't remember *that*, then I'm certainly not going to repeat it. But I'm glad I told him the first time.
Of course, her reaction to your disclosures about sexual fantasies wasn't ideal. :( I guess it's a hard thing to talk about, even for therapists.
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