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Originally Posted by Freewilled
I was reading rainbow's post about having a good session and something she said in it struck a chord with me. I thought I'd post my question here:
My T is very interested in how I'm feeling in the present and I'm wondering how this is helpful. Have any of you shared this therapy experience and found it helpful and if so, how did you respond to your T? Sometimes I don't have the words to describe my feelings or don't really know what they are...often all I can say is I'm feeling anxious, but then what?
When I say whatever it is, I tend to feel like it falls flat...is this because I'm not really feeling things all the way or is it supposed to be like that? Sometimes I think there is supposed to be more to it like leading to deeper stuff, but I'm inhibited or closed off for some reason...
Any thoughts?
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My T says that all we have is now, and how I'm feeling in the room with her is important. It's even harder for me because she asks "where in your body do you feel that"? or "how do you know you feel anxious? Where do you feel that in your body?" She believes in the mind/body connection but maybe someone can explain better than I can, how that helps.
None of my other Ts were interested in how "I am feeling right now" so it's new for me too. Maybe it helps because the way you react with your T is the way you'd react with someone else. That's not always true, though.
I hope others will have some better answers. I seem to be going nowhere with this!
