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Old Jul 17, 2011, 08:02 PM
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Yes. I did have something happen in session with my stuff where the anger was too intense and was directed at my T by a very angry alter part of me. Usually the pain is self inflicted or emotional, but not anger towards T. He got this look in his eyes and shut down emotionally somehow that I could feel but it was the end of session, so he just said bye.

The next day I was in a very bad spiral and I reached out to him, but there was silence. The following day I was in even more agony and I wrote him an email asking if I could see him after work. He was silent. So I drove by his office and his car was the only one in the parkinglot. I sat out there and cried but he didn't come out. I was too afraid to go in because I thought he may have been in session.

When I got home a few min later there was an email from him - sent at the time I was in his parkinglot - so I knew he didn't have a client. But the email did not say to come see him. It just was bland and said "We can talk about things when you get back from vacation." UGGG!

I left for vacation the next day and was in total misery (that was last year BTW).
I wrote him but he was silent. I was in so much stress that I just could not take it and I felt he was not happy with me at all. I asked him if he was mad at me but he was silent.

After two days of silence, I finally wrote him and said "I am very sorry for my behavior towards you in the last session. Being emotionally disconnected from you is very painful. Please write me back to just tell me you forgive me. I need you in my life as my T and am very upset with myself for what happened."

He wrote right back and told me to not worry about it, that he did forgive me, and that he hoped I had a good rest of my vacation - to relax and enjoy myself.
I was SO relieved!

But I did make a huge mental note of it to myself that he had boundaries. I felt bad because I knew there was no way I could get to that part of me with him though. And I didn't understand how he got hurt because he knew it was an alter who was very damaged.

A few months later, we were talking in session and he mentioned that his mother would fly into a rage and yell at him for no reason at all. Then it hit me! I had triggered him big time!!!

Understanding this about my T helped me realize what had went so wrong that day.
Because I understood his trigger and saw how my actions reminded him of his mom, I was able to let myself put that aside. The value of the theraputic relationship was worth more to me than my fear of his responding from me triggering him.

Hope this makes sense and helps.
Thanks for this!
Indie'sOK, Kacey2, skysblue