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Old Nov 24, 2015, 02:38 PM
WanderingBark WanderingBark is offline
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During my sessions, T is very cautious about giving me advice or voicing his personal opinion. He'll always help me explore whatever it is I'm trying to work through, but it's more of a guided walk through my emotions/thought process than flat out telling me what's going on. There have been a few instances recently when T has paused and said something to effect of, "I want to give you advice and I'm trying to figure out where this is coming from/why I feel compelled to give you advice". I told him that I would be more than happy to listen to his advice and that I wanted him to give me his outlook, but then he never does.

Well...today he gave me his advice...but I think he did it because he felt annoyed/frustrated with me. I didn't ask him for advice this time, he just launched into this monologue of how I don't separate my feelings from my interactions with people (I'm trying to avoid giving too much detail so sorry if this doesn't make sense) and that I deserve to be treated better by people in my life. At first, it felt like he was annoyed/frustrated that I was repeating a potentially harmful pattern but then it almost felt like he was angry at the people who treated me poorly. I can't figure out if he's frustrated with me or cares enough about me that he doesn't want me hurting...or what. I'm afraid that I'm annoying him....

Have you ever annoyed your T? How did he or she handle it? Any advice or comments are welcomed.