Thanks Sunrise, and ... I'm not sure
I think the teasing is an essential part of the therapeutic relationship between us. Not sure how it became that but it does seem to be and if he didn't do that, I think things would become strained and feel really weird. Lightening things ... I think it's done for my benefit; and for different reasons. Sometimes as part of desentising, sometimes to break through to wherever it is I disappear; often it works, sometimes it doesn't. Then my head starts thinking too much later and that's where problems can arise; even yesterday someone told me I over think things - no surprise there!
Thanks jpmomg
Were you able to tell your T that it didn't feel like a joke with the tough as nails comment?
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Originally Posted by pachyderm
The brain is wired to make instant decisions, based on comparing something that is happening now with what you remember happening in the past, in order to decide whether it is a threat. So you have a hard time not reacting now the same way you did in the past -- you have a hard time slowing your need for an instant reaction so that you can more thoughtfully examine if now is different from the past. You tend to see the same thing as you did before.
My thoughts, anyway...
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That makes so much sense ... I need my brain rewired basically!