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The point is that we tend to be unconsciously drawn to people who are like us in some way or who remind us of someone close to us. If Zoo is trying to change her own pattern of communicating in relationships, and her T exhibits similar patterns of communicating, the ruptures will never end, and Zoo will have a very difficult time learning something different from someone who doesn't give her a different kind of experience.
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Conversation with my therapist:
Doc: "You know, for the past few weeks you've seemed very disconnected from your emotions when you're here."
Me: "I'm not disconnected from my emotions. I just don't feel anything when I'm here."
(Pause)
Me: "Doc, why are you banging your head against the arm of your chair?"
Doc: "Because I'm not close enough to a wall."
It's official. I can even make therapists crazy.
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