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Originally Posted by lastyearisblank
We usually look fine. I know that is the case for me. Like I will sometimes laugh when relating sometime painful. Most of the time there is a smile on my face in therapy. I suspect it is because we like our therapists, and we are quite strong underneath it all.
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I laugh easily. It's a reflex thing, laugh and make fun of what I am saying before someone laughs at me. I figured out that I do it so that if the person doesn't agree with me, it won't seem like too much of an infraction that I actually said it.
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Originally Posted by BlessedRhiannon
Yes, but that's so much easier said than done. When you've spent your entire life making sure that everyone thinks you're fine, it's very, very difficult to drop those defenses in therapy.
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Yes. I spent years convincing teachers, neighbors, police and family that I was fine. Oh how hard it is to admit otherwise.
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Originally Posted by Mike_J
But when I’m closest to the edge with everyone else I seem to be at my best.
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yep