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Originally Posted by paidfor
Diving in - my therapist doesn't think I've accepted what happened to me.
She's said this a few times and I always thought she meant that I'm at peace with it - which I'm not. But last week she clarified and said that when she says acceptance she means that she doesn't think that I accept that what happened actually happened to me.
I don't even know what that means. What does that look like?
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I'll ask her tomorrow but in the mean time... Anyone have any thoughts? Personal experience with this?
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Not sure this helps, but the first time I saw No. 1, she made a distinction between making peace and acceptance. In her view, the former was impossible with any traumatic event, as there would always be some level of emotion involved. Acceptance, though, meant that you could still recognize whatever it was is painful, but that you did realize it had happened and had to be dealt with. She expressed it way better than I just did, and it made sense to me.
I don't know what yours means, I'd ask her in more depth.
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