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Old Feb 10, 2011, 04:07 PM
sittingatwatersedge sittingatwatersedge is offline
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Originally Posted by Squiggle328 View Post
Why can't I go to my appointments, come home and not think about anything until the next appointment?
um..... because that's what therapy is all about, and you are doing well?

don't worry so much. Boy that's easy for me to say isn't it.

>>>>>> It's like they think, "If it bothers you so much, then why are you going?" [....] What is it about therapy that has us hooked, yet has us running away at the same time?

You can ***** about your job every day, but it doesn't mean you want to leave; it just means there are things you would change if you could.
You can ***** about your spouse, but it doesn't mean that you don't love them; having the other drive you a little crazy is part of the package, part of the fee you pay for closeness.

MY T said that she thinks those who come to therapy are very courageous people. Therapy is difficult work, painful work; of course we long to run away from it; but we don't go back because of being "hooked", can that be the right word? Or rather that we can start to see the benefits that come from it and they are so precious that we go back even if the work is hard, and painful, and others do not understand, even if they belittle us.
My own $0.02