Yeah, i think this is a really good point - and i think that mine works this way, too. T wants me to be clear when i feel hurt by her or need clarification, and she will do the same, because to her it is RL and is just as vaild a relationship as any other we have in the world. Because of this, i am learning how to be IRL, making parallels from my learnings with T to how other relationships work.
Not sure how this is helpful to your topic Sunny, but just to know that I too send my support in witnessing your journey.
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Originally Posted by chaotic13
Sunny,
To me it sounds like because your T relationship is so close you both experience some of the same complexities in the relationship that really close friend have. The two of you know each other enough to make assumptions,ocasionally finish another sentences and accidentally say things that are reactionary. Most of us don't have these trip ups because our T tend to keep the therapeutic relationship on a different level. Its always seemed to me like your T relationship is operating on a different level--more like RL. I think your relationship is therapeutic in this way and that maybe dealing this this deeper type of exchange is where your at and what you need.
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