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Originally Posted by tealBumblebee
I see her once a week, but she's said that I am best able to deal with things bit by bit. T's tried forever to get me to allow myself to give in to the feelings instead of the urges but it's so hard (almost impossible). I'm always afraid that I will lose myself (in my brain/head space) if I allow myself to fully feel those things that have been holding me back. However, there is something she told me that I've been able to latch on to which hopefully will help me if I ever decide to believe it enough to act on it: "Yes they feel uncomfortable. Yes, allowing yourself to feel can feel even worse than when they originally happened. But you know what? They're just feelings. And feelings are survivable."
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I have that same fear of getting lost in it. I actually have several times, so it's a legit fear in my eyes... Also, I have heard similar things from various T's about feelings being survivable, but I have yet to believe it... At least your T acknowledges that they can feel worse than when it all first happened... I tried to explain that to my former T, but she just didn't get it. When it initially happened, I was able to dissociate. If you're asking me to sit through it, you have to understand how horrible it is... I don't think she ever did get that aspect of it.