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Old Jul 14, 2007, 07:37 PM
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Said that I analyzed what he said to the worst case scenario like I always do, and figured that maybe he was talking about just feeling my connection to him... that he wasn't experiencing a connection, too. He said, "Do you really think that it was just a one-way thing?"

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I am so glad you asked this and got the reassurance from him. Of course, you knew you had affected him too and that it was a two-way connection, but then we leave that special room, that special space where we have the special relationship with our therapist and we begin to doubt everything.

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He asked if I had any dreams lately that were worth mentioning.

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OMG, I love that he asked this! He is totally a T after my own heart. I haven't shared dreams for ages in therapy and I miss it. It is such a great way to connect and say stuff that is hard to spit out directly.

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And as he's reading it, I'm overwhelmed, but I'm just comfortable... enjoying his voice. Sort of pretending it was a bedtime story... I wanted to curl up in the chair and close my eyes as he read to me. He could have read the same passage over and over again for all I cared. It was just so very safe. After he read it he asked me what I thought, and explained why he thought it would be meaningful to me. I told him that a lot of times, this time in particular, I miss out on the content in therapy because I get lost in the process. And this was definitely one of those times.

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This is so totally me, pinksoil. Been there, done that. Love it. Hey, have you been reading my journal too?

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"Well... you know last week, when you disclosed your thing?"

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Why why why do I have to need him so much? The sessions are like a fix....

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"Fix" is a good descriptor. I often feel that way too. Like my T and therapy are a drug and I am addicted. pinksoil, you are getting something from your T that you are getting from no one else in your life right now and have never gotten before. Revel in it.

Great session.
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