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Originally Posted by Miswimmy1
It wasn't just talent... It was something I *excelled* at. It made me my coach's favorite. I got attention and people liked me! It was a great feeling. I thought I could get similar things out of working with t, but I'm not... And most likely won't. I don't know if that's "avoiding" but...
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I get that you've excelled at it , and you deserve congratulations for that! (for me that's part of talent). But it's interesting that as you describe it here, what you got from it seems to be from other people: being coach's favorite, attention, people liking you.
Has swimming influenced how
you feel about you? I suspect therapy is more about exploring how
you feel about your self, how you see your self, how you shape your self. Not how your T feels, sees, or shapes your self.
If you can honestly say that the swimming experience is important to
your relationship with your self, then it may be beneficial to get more serious about it again, independent of any therapy arrangement.
But if it's really mostly that you miss the external validation, then I'd say you need to explore that in therapy.
