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Hard to say. Sometimes it's a vicious circle. If you have nothing but your own problems to focus on, sometimes your own problems become bigger because you lose sight of what other people are dealing with, and you can become disconnected from others and isolated, and that makes it more likely you will resort to SI or feeling suicidal.
I'm not saying that's definitely what's happening. Just throwing another possibility out there to look at.
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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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