More thought-provoking questions........ yay!!

1. I have abandonment fears and can't get past them yet.

2. My T is trying to make me understand that the fear and pain I experienced before is in the past, not now - that the same situations do not exist like then. Talking to him has helped some - if I think before I react, it is much better.

3. From what he tells me, I was never taught the skills to deal with emotions and my parents always taught me that they were bad, and feeling them lead to my parents withdrawing from me. In later years, a succession of poor marriage choices and life has only reinforced those deeply ingrained thoughts.

The fear is so real and sometimes just causes a reaction before I have time to work it through mentally.