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Originally Posted by Leah123
Yes, internalizing the therapist is definitely a goal of therapy- and the fact that you could carry on that reassuring conversation with yourself as to how you would patch up any potential negative outcome of showing her the mark on your arm, is a good sign. Also, showing her the marks nonchalantly in the first place is another good sign: you really don't need to worry about doing something like that in therapy: it's the perfect space to let go of fear of being too much for someone (too distressing) as well as the typical fear of being judged negatively.
P.S. Did he miss the mark getting your arm? Because.... ouch.
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Yes! That was exactly it - being able to reassure myself that it would definitely be okay, and actually believing it! It wasn't just me trying to say the right things in my own head, I
believed it.
Re the marks...well I've heard that some therapists get uncomfortable at self harm wounds and I suppose I was thinking along those lines when I was worried in case I'd distressed her.
And yes, he did miss the mark with my arm, my navel also copped it
it was a long Indiana Jones style whip, so difficult to handle with precision!