Posted by llurpsienoodle on August 9, 2008, at 0:08:03
In reply to Re: What is my T doing?, posted by Lemonaide on August 8, 2008, at 22:38:37
> Hi Ll
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> Sorry you are hurting right now. I have a feeling there is more to this that he needs to explain to you. This seems like a very important issue, something bigger than he realized I think.yes, I imagine that he could go into greater depth once I open the floor up to a discussion of therapeutic vs. professional boundaries.
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> He reminds me of my old T in the fact that he thought because you accomplish all of "this" that you can't be that bad off. But sometimes I think that they deal with clients who are so much worse than us, that it is hard for them to see that we are not operating at normal for us or at our potential because it might even be higher than our T themselves. I found it very frusterating.
>hmm, I think he was kind of struck by the fact that I had just gotten a PhD, yet was disabled and couldn't leave the house. That the past haunted me. Now that he thinks I've pulled away from the deadly depression and instability that he can treat me more as an equal, respecting the fact that I bring a lot of colorful personal history to the discussion.
> With my current T I told him not to be fooled by my accomplishments, because there is so much more to me. I am able to do stuff( I can be very competent) and the same time be suffering terribly from emotional problems due to my past. I find this is kinda common in survivors, we are able to do such wonderful things, but be unstable emotionally too. Don't know if this helps at all, but I thought I would give it a try.
thanks lemon, you make a lot of sense
-Ll
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