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Old Apr 04, 2014, 03:43 PM
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I came to therapy wanting my therapist to teach me how to not have such strong emotions. I truly and naively expected that this was somewhat possible, and that it was something therapists would do. Instead, I've learned to accept the fact that I have strong emotions, and to be able to deal with it. So maybe the same could happen for you-- you want to learn how to shut it down, but maybe you can learn how to accept that the desire is there, and how to cope with that immutable fact.

I will say, and I don't know if you'll appreciate this, that if I were you, I'd be as open as possible with this therapist. (I've seen you post once that you never shared something with your two previous therapists, for fear that they'd ascribe a significance to it that you do not.) If you want different results, you may have to behave differently. Just my two cents, take them or leave them.
Thanks for this!
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