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Old Apr 22, 2015, 03:54 PM
missbella missbella is offline
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My therapists trained me so well to think of myself as a victim who was damaged by everyone else that it compounded the harm when they did the damage. I don't like therapy framing like broken and irrefutably harmed because that yet again is a hook how much I allegedly need their services. I disagree with the metaphor: we're talking about ever-fluid emotions, not a pottery piece or a wooden chair.

I've come around to tucking the experience away with other hard knocks, unfairness and disappointments. I don't forget the experiences but they can be replaced and certainly recede.

I think the best revenge is living life, pursuing goals, achieving them. It's more long-term and less dramatic than what happens in therapy.
I probably mentioned TELL TELL: Therapy Exploitation Link Line
I found their readings and talking to others who'd been through it very helpful.
Thanks for this!
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