Posted by ClearSkies on December 20, 2007, at 9:39:28
In reply to Going to new therapist today; feel fragile, posted by Kath on December 20, 2007, at 8:17:09
You know, I started with my therapist thinking that I had all my stuff from my past that I "had to" talk about and get out. Her style is to focus on the here and now, but in doing we have been addressing how the stuff from the past influences the me of today. It's a round-about approach to the same end: I'm able to function better day to day, without having to always tell my story of how I got to today.
In other words, yesterday happened - I wouldn't be who I am without it. But I don't need to keep telling the story about my yesterday, and indeed, where would I be WITHOUT that story? and in this path I've been finding my freedom in therapy. That is, I'm not the codependent, depressed, anxious unemployed woman, but the woman who is married, with a cat, and a new antiques business (yes! finally!) who is sometimes anxious, sometimes depressed, and comes from a codependent upbringing. Kind of a different spin of ourselves, and how we see ourselves, which doesn't change who we are or deny where we're from.
I hope it goes well for you today. I'll be thinking of you.
ClearSkies
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