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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge
I really must tell you, she said, how much I enjoy meeting with you. There was so much intensity coming from her that I could feel the push of it. She continued, You come every week… you work hard… you always know what you want to talk about… there is no… “how about [that ball game] yesterday”… you stay focused… “ there was more, but I lost some of it because I was bowled over by a feeling of unreality.
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So just a couple of days ago when I read this, I totally got what you were saying. Though I thought if my T said something like that to me, I'd be blown away and just so happy and grateful..but I still totally got why you didn't feel that way, or I thought I got it.
Today my T told me that she really likes working with someone like me long-term because she gets to see the progress happening, right in front of her. At the time, it
was a really positive thing to hear. It helped me to hear that she thought that way. As soon as I left, I felt just like you did. Now I
really know what you mean, feeling upset about it being impersonal. After I left, that's exactly how I felt too. Anybody can work hard and make progress. Maybe the only reason T likes me is because I make progress? Nothing to do with
me. In fact, the way she said it made it sound very much like the reason she likes me is because I make progress. It felt dismissive of the person who is behind that progress.
Afterwards, I kept thinking "and there's a wall and a door"! Anyway, just wanted to say I
really get it!