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Old Oct 26, 2012, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by rainbow8 View Post
I think how you feel about dogs is a good way to look at it. What if you ran a kennel or dog shelter? I don't have dogs so I hope those are the correct terms. Suppose you had to care for 25 dogs? It was your job but you love dogs so it was hard work, but you cared so much about those dogs. Each was special in its own way. Maybe one had a special way of lifting up his ears when he saw you, maybe another one jumped on you, and another one seemed kind of sad but wagged his tail when you petted him.

Do you see what I mean? I bet you'd love each dog in a special way, all at the same time! I think that's how it is with our Ts. My T tells me I'm special, but I know she tells her other clients that too. Like you, I have trouble with this concept, but when I talked about it with her, she asked if I love both of my kids. Of course I do. If I had more kids, I'd love them all! I hope this helps somewhat. I DO think your T's caring is legit!
This is very helpful. Thank you for understanding what I meant and helping me understand (a bit) the part that still confused me.

I feel like this could be a big turning point in my therapy...maybe...if it stick. I want to talk to T about it at some point, but we are currently working on other really important stuff.