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Originally Posted by mightaswelllive
I  curling up on the couch! It's feels so safe and I am so much more open. I'm not a client to sit upright and rigid. One time oldT called me floppy- ha.
It says something about your relationship that you're feeling safe enough to let yourself be vulnerable. |
Floppy - aww!
It was definitely a different feeling - cozy yet vulnerable! It did feel safe, though. I did open up more on some things, T could tell I'd stop myself, and she'd encourage me to tell her what I was thinking - that definitely helped. I also felt cozy, though, at the end of the session - we went back to our usual positions, me sitting on the couch with my legs stretched out in front of me on the ottoman, and T sitting opposite with her legs also stretched out on the same ottoman! Cozy!
Maybe one day I'll try the traditional psychoanalysis type of lying down on the couch, but I think I'd miss the connection that I get from looking at T.