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Originally Posted by elliemay
I definitely think you are onto something.
My therapy absolutely progressed in stages. The me stage (pain), the therapist sucks stage (pain), the incorporation stage (confusion!) and the, you guessed it, right back to the me stage.
This latter on is punctuated by insight, an ability to look at my own perceptions and evaluate for myself.
It's also amazingly empowering. My real work in therapy *finally* started when I could step out and ask myself the very questions that you just asked.
I'm excited for you! It's not easy, but things vault forward from here (IMO).
You go girl.
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Wow this is so interesting - I definitely initially had a "me" stage and more recently it has been the T stage, although up until now not the T sucks stage - (will see if he feels like redeeming himself on Tuesday
) - For the first time I am really excited about my next session - there is no way I would ever have thought that possible for me - I so hope this means that I can start to do the real work now - although in some ways it is more comfortable being stuck - that is the familiar way of being - but I am wanting something different for me in my life.
I am being careful about being overconfident just now and I do have some doubts about Tuesday, including being rejected by T - but even if that does happen it will be something more to learn about myself from and I have a plan B therapist lined up who is a different gender and also has a different theoretical approach.
Will update after Tuesday and hope I don't crawl back with my tail between my legs.
