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Old Oct 26, 2011, 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by rainbow8 View Post
I probably know the answer, but just wondered what others will say. For ME, I've gotten triggered and upset when I didn't get the kind of response I wanted from my T. So I decided that she shouldn't email me at all. Now I'm thinking (and from the posts in my other thread getting the idea) that emailing my T isn't helping me either. That's not clear cut, though. Usually I feel better after I send them. So, why should I give up these behaviors when so many others have no problem with emailing their Ts and receiving responses?

So, why is it okay for some to email and get answers from their T? Is it because of my particular issues, I assume? Having BPD? Not being able to handle my feelings all of the time?

I'd like to say "it's not fair" but that would be childish. What's good for one client is not good for another. But why does it seem that I have to give up what others don't? I'm not being bitter about it. I am accepting what I have to do. I just wish I wouldn't have my particular issues, but that's silly thinking. I do have them.
I'm in a very similar position. She used to reply saying, "bring this up at the next session", then she didn't reply at all, and finally she has forbidden me to send them.

And yet I read here that others get useful replies and think it's perfectly normal.

One last thing: It should be OK to say childish things to your therapist.
Thanks for this!
rainbow8