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Default May 26, 2010 at 08:37 AM
 
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Originally Posted by treehouse View Post
In the same way, I think that as we are learning to self-soothe, it is okay to ask T to meet some needs that T is able to meet. Can T come home with me and take care of me 24/7? No. But he can leave me a phone message to help me hang onto the connection between sessions.
The problem here is that she didn't ask for a message to be left, so it's quite possible it won't be left. If you are really asking for you needs to be met, you have to be up-front and clear about it rather than having wishful thinking that maybe the t will do what you want even though you didn't directly ask for it. It just leaves a person open to disappointment this way, IMO. I guess what I'm saying is it may not be "wrong" to do what she did, but it may be a very ineffective way to get needs met.
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Thanks for this!
zooropa