Posted by Dinah on March 14, 2010, at 17:20:15
In reply to Re: Weird experience. Insight or temporal lobe? » Dinah, posted by floatingbridge on March 13, 2010, at 12:30:07
I suppose the two things don't have to be mutually exclusive. At least, not if it was an instance of depersonalization.
Very likely an insight about change in my relationship to my therapist would cause enough anxiety to bring on depersonalization/derealization.
I hate change in the best of times. And the sort of change that this would imply would scare me most of all.
It had been a very strange session. My therapy may be a bit different because of the length of time and unusual circumstances we've been through. But in general, we're both models of propriety and boundaries.
I have this saying in therapy. I have told my therapist that I disliked this or that pdoc or professional because they didn't stay in their seat. At first he didn't really understand why I put it that way, since it doesn't actually involve any physical movement. But he came back from a seminar once saying "I thought of you when this one presenter was on. He didn't stay in his seat." I think maybe he was feeling so energized from his conference that on Tuesday maybe he didn't quite stay in his seat. And I didn't feel like his therapee daughter so much as a friendly acquaintance.
But by Friday we were both back in our proper places. So maybe it was just a passing fancy.
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