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SecretGarden said:
Pink... I think journaling is very powerful and it appears to be for you at this incredible time of learning in your life. I think that there was a time that I journaled so much that that and my T were my world. I did it via writing in many notebooks...and at one time I thought of retyping it all so that it would be more legible....or I could work it through more or not miss anything... I do not know but put it to the wayside as in my journal I could write to my emotions... huge, sideways, small, heavy ... etc.. Just thinking but it was at the request of my pdoc...an analyst..to organize my thoughts. So my journal became an extention of my therapist.

I am not saying it is but do you feel it is important that your pdoc know that you share here or do you think it detracts at all or adds to your therapeutic experience. More or less or an adjunct to your journal?

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I do think of it as an adjunct to my journal at times. But it is more than that because of the interaction with all of you. Sometimes the only way I can feel close to my T after I leave him, is by journaling. It has truly become an extension of him. Thank you for those words, it fits the situation perfectly. I also have an extenstion to my T through the psychoanalysis book I'm reading right now by Nancy McWilliams. T saw that I was reading it and it became obvious that he has read that book before, and is quite familiar with her work. We discussed her work and now it has gotten to the point that I am beginning to feel connected to him through reading her book. Strange? Maybe. I don't feel like it is important right now to let T know that I share on here because I consider the end product to be the most important part-- the insights that I'm gaining from sharing here. Like I mentioned before, I have a really hard time admitting that I benefit from internet interactions-- It's because of a lot of tuff that went on with my mom and her internet addiction.