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Originally Posted by Squiggle328
She has become the untouchable figure to me. It almost angers me and I want to act out that game where you touch someone and say, "You're it!" then they chase after you to touch you back and say " Got you back!" Childish play, but that's how it feels in therapy sometimes. No one but someone who has been in therapy would understand this crazy kind of irrational thinking.
I did email her about it. I am curious to see her response.  |
Squiggle, I hope that you and your T can talk more about this whole issue. Maybe you're making it into more than it is. I still think the fear may be about what could happen rather than what will happen if you touch her.
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Originally Posted by jimrat
A therapist is not a mother, a child or a friend. It is a person you actually hired to do a job. Of course you should feel strange touching a person like that, or something would be off. It is a natural boundary and you should respect your gut feeling on this one.
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I know my T isn't my mother, child or friend. She is MORE than all of those. I don't feel strange touching her; I feel honored that she believes that touch is good and that it is healing.
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Originally Posted by CantExplain
People keep saying that, but transference tells me different.
Some of us treat T like family and some of us treat her like a tax inspector.
Why is that? This to me is one of the biggest mysteries of therapy.  |
I NEED to treat my T like family. Some people NEED to treat their T like a tax inspector. If I felt she was like a tax inspector I wouldn't be able to tell her my innermost feelings.