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Old Feb 15, 2016, 11:13 PM
BudFox BudFox is offline
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Originally Posted by WanderingBark View Post
I'm struggling with trusting him, but not because he isn't trust worthy. I'm terrified of being hurt/let down. I'm terrified that he'll promise to be there for me and then one day he won't. He hasn't proposed specific methodology, but I think the end game is to resolve/manage my anxiety or at least that's part of it. Now my gut says I can trust him whereas a few months ago it said I couldn't.
I feel this way because I got hurt badly, but if I could talk to myself back when I was in this situation, I would say -- do not trust implicitly.

Seems many therapists expect the client to just play along, despite obscuring both their true self and their methods.
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Thanks for this!
growlycat, WanderingBark