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Jun 01, 2011, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by swimmergirl
Hi Squiggle....... 
So nice to have some good news for once. It is, isn't it! I hope that more will come from me, as well as from others on the board.
It was very very awkward and hard for me to do. I felt really stupid, I told my T this........I usually talk A LOT and this made me shutdown. |
This is how I feel about the empty chair~stupid!! She knows that I think a lot of things in therapy are stupid, so I am sure she already knows that I might shut down when (if) we try this.
Like I said, I do this quite often with myself. Especially in the car or the shower. I talk to alot of people in those places. They don't hear me, but I talk to them!
I did some research on it (empty chair) last night. It looks rather ridiculous, but the more I thought about it, I understand why she wants me to try it. My fear of shutting down or laughing the whole time is what hinders me. I don't want to waste a session doing something that won't really benefit me. Then again, how will I know if I don't try?
She also wants to try EFT with me: Emotional Freedom Technique. It is rather strange to me, but she assures me that it is worth me trying it. I guess at this point, she wants me to be open to experience new things. I don't like doing that, but maybe she is right. I need to be open to trying new things. I just feel like I won't be able to get over the laughing at how stupid and ridiculous I feel!
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