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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge
she told me was that becoming able to tolerate the anxiety of not knowing what comes next is part of the healing process. 
I've been thinking about this a lot. Not thrilled either. but at least I know, and it's worth something. bottom line, for you who are just starting, trust the process.................. and here is a  for you..... |
This strikes a cord with me. I guess I feel like my whole life has been tolerating the anxiety of not knowing what is going to come next...That next thing being something terrible or not. I had to tolerate that anxiety all of the time. So much so, that it is a part of my framework to tolerate anxiety....I suppose I feel like therapy also needs to be about tolerating consistency, and tolerating emotions that we were taught to stuff, and tolerating positive regard, and learning not to plan to the last minute detail for the next bomb that is going to hit or not.
I do fully believe that all of life is about trusting the process- therapy included.
I am glad you said it though. I don't think enough of us say how hard it is. And I don't think enough of our T's hear that.
Therapy is hard and tolerating ambiguity is hard.