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Mar 26, 2013, 07:50 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
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Originally Posted by QuietCat
Is it true that generally a person in long term therapy tends to either regress in age mentally when in sessions or to become more agressive?
T was telling me this is a normal thing that I feel like a kid when I'm around him lately. I always feel eternally 12 years old, but this is more pronounced in sessions.
I can't seem to find much info about this on the internets. I understand transference and all but is that what this is a result of? I see T as a father figure so I act like a kid more?
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I think I've taken on a more 'childlike' persona at times with my therapist when I feel vulnerable for whatever reason and also when I just want to feel protected by him. He will often respond more tenderly at these times and I think, maybe on an unconscious level, this is what I'm trying to elicit from him.
This actually doesn't happen much anymore, but did a lot more towards the beginning of therapy, maybe because at that time I was mortally terrified of the relationship, and I needed to be reassured -through this child-like dynamic- that he was safe. That said, I think it's possible to stay 'stuck' in that state, possible for it to hinder therapy after a while, although this would probably depend on the person and their therapy.
As someone mentioned, if I understood it right, especially maybe for those of us with many years behind us, we may weave in and out of different 'ages,' (or personas, etc.) including adolescent and adult ones from different times in our lives -although I think all of these are part of and integral to each person, our identity, not separate (unless I guess if you have DID).
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