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Old Dec 07, 2015, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by artemis-within View Post
I don't know exactly how it happened... after a lot of talking about my feelings for/about her with her, and much writing on the subject, I got to where I realized that it wasn't so much her that I love but what I was always making her represent (that's the projections/transference I guess) mostly it was me experiencing her as my grandma who practically raised me and who passed away when I was 15 (37 years ago) and I just told her the other day that after i'd told her that bit at our previous session, realizing it wasn't so much her i loved but the projection (her word), I felt very sad for a few days, it was like I had lost my grandma all over again. and she said that's because you pulled back your projection. That almost made it sound like a bad t hing, the way she said it, but of course i didn't ask, i let it drop at that point. I think I'm going to bring it up again next time.
Thank you so much for this. It really made me think. I do love my T but I am wondering now if its what I project on to her. I do love qualities about her though. Like how patient she is and how much she cares about me. That is her job though. Man, this is tricky stuff. I just wanted to let you know that your response to me really helped me.