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Old Jul 07, 2016, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by retro_chic View Post
Thank you all for your replies.

I just had my session tonight and it went really well. I told T all of the things I wrote here and she was very receptive. She said she wondered if I would take her "observations" as critisism because it had kind felt like she was "talk at me" due to my withdrawal. T said it seems similar to how I feel when my parents lecture me and I just have to sit and bare it until it is over. That is exactly how it felt and T also said that might be why I felt so helpless and childlike.

We spoke a lot about how I'm stuck because I fear that if I don't make enough progress she will get fed up with me but I also fear making too much progress and not needing her anymore. T said being stuck isn't a bad thing, it is just more information about me that will help us gain a better understanding of what is going on. T then suggested a couple of ideas to help me get "unstuck". The first one was laying down on the couch . I told T that kind of freaked me out and she said she just wanted to put it out there and that everyone is freaked out by it at first haha. The second option was creating more of a space for me to be my own person and to not feel intruded upon and to try an reduce the "push-pull" thing we have going on at the moment. I'm not sure what that will involve exactly but I like the idea. I'm even curious about laying down... have any of you tried it?
I feel your pain Retro. I have had the obsession problem. I did try lying down for about 5 seconds, but it felt too weird to me. That's just me, anything is worth a try right?

Not sure what your issues are that brought you to therapy, but for me the obsession is related to childhood needs that were unmet, and even some adult needs that are being unmet. It seems on it's face the obsession is with the person of the therapist, but I think the feelings underlying it are what's important, the longing, the fear of closeness, the fear of abandonment etc.

Talk about it as much as you can. I think in the end that really helped me and helped me with the obsession part, but it also freaked out my therapist and hurt our rapport (IMO). So talk about it but do so carefully , don't do it like I did and demand your therapist love you or something like that. SMH.
Thanks for this!
retro_chic