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Old Aug 27, 2010, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by koalabb123456 View Post
I feel like such a burden to my therapist I feel like she doesn't deserve someone like me. I know her job as a therapist is to help me. I know she really want to help me to be less depressed and be happy, but i feel like all i do is disappointing her and wasting her time. I don't deserve her at all.
((((Koala))))

I know I can relate to this so much....I too feel that way many, many times. I feel as though I am failing as a client because I'm so unhappy, that maybe I'm too much of a burden for T, that he's disappointed in me, would prefer to work with other clients that are "easier"...blech.

I know it's hard not to feel that way. Have you talked to T about your feelings? Perhaps she will be able to reassure you?

I know that I talked to T about something along these lines, like I'm not getting better fast enough....T gave me the reassurance I needed in order to progress.

As I look back on it, it was important for my T to give me that reassurance, so that I could do the work I needed to in order to get past that stumbling block - because my focus on failing would just get in the way.
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Thanks for this!
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