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Originally Posted by kaliope
See, I dont read it that way at all. Its like therapy is there for me to get better and deal with things. I know what the issues are. So I treat them like a cold pool and dive right in. I trust T to handle any emotional reprocussions I may experience. But if I were to wait until I felt i was ready to wade into that pool, get adjusted to the temperature, therapy would take forever. I would find a way to back out of that pool again and again. Just seems more constructive for me to take the plunge.
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I wonder if you can understand how much i envy your being able to take a plunge. For me, it was nearly impossible. It took a year and a half for me to open up to T
at all; she had to pry information out of me. She said recently that it was as if i was being forced to come. Kaliope, no one was forcing me but myself - but coming was as much as I could do, no more.
I don't look back on that as time wasted, just a regrettable necessity. When trust is that low, yes therapy takes longer. But it's never time wasted, if one is trying, however much or little that results in.