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Old Mar 23, 2014, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Leah123 View Post
The idea in much successful therapy isn't to break feelings, but to outgrow them, to no longer crave the same attachment as we incorporate what we receive from the therapy better into our lives, to gain what we need, keep it, and build an overall better life. Think of a baby, bottle fed. As that baby grows, it doesn't have to break its desire for the bottle- it gradually transitions to a fuller diet, and wants, at a point, the independence and self-control of feeding itself. If a child was forced to bottle feed at the age of 10, it would mostly just resent that, same with good therapy.... you'll get to naturally outgrow the dependence as you learn and gain what you need to enjoy life independently of therapy.
Naturally grow out of it...
For some reason that suggests - for some- a LONG time in therapy.. So my question is, is it really to learn it naturally or are we being given tools to not be so dependent? I know, it may depend on what kind of therapy somebody is doing.
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