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Originally Posted by lolagrace
Okay, please don't take this the wrong way; I say it affectionately, but this response sounds like the response of a small child -- like it comes from a very young place. All the "why's". Remember that phase your kids went through -- wanting it their way, not wanting change, and a bit petulantly stomping their feet and saying "that's not fair! I hate you!" I really, really don't mean that as an insult, but since you do that kind of work in therapy, perhaps your adult Rainbow needs to sit down and talk to this young, angry Rainbow. Maybe the adult Rainbow needs to run the show on this one? Just throwing that out there for your consideration. Toss it away if I'm way off base and I very well might be.
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OR maybe - young rainbow is still whining because she still hasn't gotten enough. I don't like (I've done it too) that we are willing to accept crumbs really - "just let me love you, you don't even have to love me back." That's what the emailing sounds like to me - let me love you, and give me enough of a response that I can pretend to myself that you love me too. I will do this instead of changing, instead of facing that emptiness. T is saying, no deal. We need to face that moment of emptiness. Face whatever is in it.
It's kinda chicken or the egg - does the emptiness fade when we've gotten enough?