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Originally Posted by smarinb
Hi, I have found that sometimes when there is not something particularly hard going on for me some weeks I will just make up stuff or tell things from the past to concern my therapist. I guess if i'm truly honest with myself its because i just want her to worry about me that way i know she cares for me or something, but i have realised that this is a pattern in all of my friendships, and relationships with other people i will get mad at them for no reason or for a stupid reason at some point in our relationship just to make sure that this person cares. Does anyone do this with their therapist like sometimes say things so that they are concerned about you? or something similar? I am quite worried is this normal?
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no I dont do this with my therapist. for me telling my therapist lies when nothing much was going on would be like invalidating those times when I really needed her help on something. So when things are going ok, I am honest and tell her all the good things that are happening. this is one of the things that shows I value my therapists time and that I can be trustworthy.