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Originally Posted by learning1
Could you give an example of the picture of where you want to go? I wonder if it's things you want to accomplish or ways you want to feel? It's hard to know exactly where you want to go when you've never been there, I think. So it's good you have a picture of it.
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Hi, learning1,
Sure. I want to be able to work with people without having the negative feelings in dealings with others that I've had all my life. I want to be able to maintain an appropriately positive image of myself in such situations. I want to be able to delete my usual self-putdowns. I want to be able to run my own life without dissociating
all the time. So the answer to your question is really: ways I want to feel. I don't think it's all that hard to imagine "not hurting" when you're hurting. I don't think it's all that hard to imagine a possible, future "positive self-image" when you've spent your life having a negative self-image. So no, as far as I'm concerned it's not rocket science.
Take care!
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