Posted by emmanuel98 on February 5, 2012, at 19:43:15
In reply to Re: I spoke about it., posted by Raisinb on February 4, 2012, at 16:28:24
Well I guess the whore thing was a little over-the-top. But I have been writing a memoir (which he has read) and in it, I talk about feeling like the client of a prostitute who believes she really loves him. Somehow, I don't think if I said this outright, he would get angry. I mean, he's got to have heard this before. I can't be the first patient he's ever had (in forty years of practice) who's ever felt this way and brought it up.
But, it's funny. Once I told him that he seemed perfect to me and he said he has a lot of flaws. That he's quick to anger and can be hurtful at times. I don't see a lot of this, but on the few occasions where he's gotten angry or hurtful, it has seemed out-of-the-blue. Then I bring it up at the next appointment and he apologizes for being harsh and abrupt. He always told me that it's okay to get angry as long as you can talk about it and sort it out. I never could talk about it with people. Would just get angry and walk away. So it's helped me -- even when he's been unreasonable -- to learn to work through anger and hurt feelings.
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