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Originally Posted by sunrise
For me, my art would be poetry or other writings, and I have shared a poem once with T and it was so expressive and communicative, that it was worth a half dozen sessions of talk. I also have some disturbing poems that, in a way, I would like to share with T. But they communicate disturbing things I have not shared with him, so that would be hard (ummm, sunny, where did this stuff come from?).
Plus, then he might want to talk about that stuff! I don't want him to be disturbed or think I am disturbed. We all have disturbing thoughts, don't we? And somehow art is an easier way for them to come out than talk. I also worry that if I shared a poem with T (even though I did it once before), he would minimize it and say let's do some real therapy, not read your poems. Lots of anxiety around sharing poems!
Chaotic, when you share drawings with your T, do you then talk about them?
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Uhh, yeah... I'm afraid of scaring other people. I did that when I was a kid and they made me see the school counselor and talk about how "screwed up" I allegedly was or whatever. But, some things you can express on paper better than you would in words. I think my T would understand and wouldn't take it out of context like the teachers did when I was a kid too.
I'm NOT a poet though. I don't know HOW you poet people DO THAT!
