(((((((((((Poetgirl)))))))))))

A couple of years ago I brought a box that I painted to my session. I worked really hard on it. T and I always talked about "containing" things, and I wanted to have a real container in his office where I could leave stuff...either symbolically, or literally (by writing things down and putting them in there).

I felt so so so shy about bringing it and it took most of the session for me to show it to him, but in the end, it ended up on his desk, and it's there to this day

This was much earlier in therapy when I wasn't as openly vulnerable as I am now, and it was a very vulnerable moment for me...and I found out that there is something very powerful in being vulnerable (what a weird sentence). It's like...putting aside all of that fear and self-judgement and being brave enough to say "here I am, here is what I need to heal, here is how I need you to help me".

And you did it! And it sounds like your T understood the importance of it, and how brave you were to bring it in.

You are doing such good work, poetgirl