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Old Jun 06, 2010, 07:41 AM
tears_of_a_clown tears_of_a_clown is offline
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Originally Posted by BlueMoon6 View Post

I dont think I have had a therapist not care about me, but I can say, during the times I was most needy and felt like I needed more caring, the less I felt like my therapist was giving that to me and it was easy for me to say, "she just doesnt care." It was coming from me. The words and actions of my therapist could trigger different kinds of feelings in me and I might feel like I wanted her caring to be more "obvious" or I wanted/needed her to be more demonstrative. Say this or that in particular to show she cared or even offer a hug.

I guess what I am saying is that this is a GREAT issue to bring up in therapy. How can you believe that a therapist or anyone cares about you? How can you trust people? I dont think its an issue for only you. It is an issue for a lot of us. How do you really believe that you are worth caring about? It is SO MUCH easier to be angry and believe, "Eh, its only her job...no one really cares about me" then to dig deeply into feelings of not being worth caring about or worth being anything more than someone's paycheck or used by someone for their own purposes. What if they care and then I care and then I get hurt? How can I allow myself to be that vulnerable when I have been SO hurt in my life?
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