Thread: Feelings?
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Old May 09, 2012, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tigergirl View Post
how do you handle them?

instead of helping; i think therapy has confused me even more when it comes to feelings

seems theres the therapists that say sit with them
the ones who say they are lies replace them
the ones who say they are to be ignored
the ones who want to explore them and validate them

it's ... confusing
I find them confusing also. My T says that feelings are neither right/wrong/good/bad, they just are. They should neither be obsessed over or ignored. They can lie. They need to be explored in therapy to see what they reveal.

Still don't like 'em.
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