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Originally Posted by ECHOES
It seemed to be a good session. I felt good afterwards. I knew one thing she said bugged me but have tried to forget it.
But I can't.
I am obsessing and the fury is building.
She referred to the AA Serenity Prayer about changing what you can and accepting what you can't.
WTH kind of exploring is THAT?
She might as well have said "Get over it, already"
I told her a while back that the last therapist, who was useless, had a sign on her wall "Change it or accept it" and how useless and judgemental and "sucks to be you" it felt like.
grrr. Why do I obsess on one small thing. Why didn't I speak up in the moment? This is depth therapy??
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I think this may be a big thing actually. I agree the sign would have made me mad and I likely would have taken a hammer to it.
I do think we can change our future, but not our past. We can grieve it, get really mad over it, even directly confront it, but we can't change it. \
I'm interested in your interpretation of that prayer. Would you mind elaborating a bit?