Posted by JouezMoi on November 11, 2008, at 16:52:38
In reply to Re: To quit or fall in love with my therapist, posted by Dinah on November 11, 2008, at 14:56:48
Trotter,
I think you should continue. If you fall for her, let yourself. Let yourself feel all the feelings that you do ... motivated, stimulated, alive, frustrated, pained, loved and even rejected ... the whole spectrum. Let yourself feel what attachment is and let yourself realise that the pain of the eventual detachment is nothing to fear either. It is part of life and part of death which is life.
Go brave. I had issues similar to you and therapy really helped me. My bio-chemical issues will always be there, but the psychological ones were addressed in a way that I never imagined nor appreciated until long after 'termination' .. which by the way never really happens. Bonds remain, relationships are .. and they are in their own form, whatever they are. With all the knowledge I had on the process, .. I fell (albeit fighting) hook, line and sinker... the 'transference' thing (no one knows my story ... I don't need to reveal it). I have no regrets ... none.
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