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Originally Posted by My kids are cool
In the meantime, I told him I need to talk about why I torture myself by reading stuff like that constantly and then never discuss it with him.
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Ditto!
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Until I read your thread today, I really thought I was the only one doing that to myself. Thank you so much for posting this.
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I'm so glad I did! I'm kind of surprised by how many "me, too" responses I got.
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Oh, and btw, my T was really receptive to discussing this and very kind. I think it is helpful to let your T know.
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So...I did! (I can't believe I actually did.) He was very kind and encouraging (actually, he gave me another book to read--Shattered Assumptions by Ronnie Janoff-Bulman).
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I do this, too. Especially when we start some new approach or to tackle an issue. Like, when T first told me about dissociation, I read tons of stuff and every time it was like, "Thank GOD. I am not the only person who has this happen in just this way." Reading normalizes things and makes me feel so much alone.
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Yep, that's why I do it, too!