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<font color="green">pink,
I think you are just working through some stuff with your inner child. I find inner child stuff to be very intense, and yes I find myself turning an ugly shade of green at times thinking of her other clients. In fact sometimes I get jealous reading about what other people experience with their therapists!
I think good therapy makes us feel like someone thinks we are special. When we have not experienced that before then it becomes precious to us and we feel like we need to do whatever it takes to keep them thinking that way about us.
In these situations, jealousy is normal. In fact, I think that feeling jealous is a good sign that your therapist is meeting your need. The long term goal is to learn to meet the needs yourself but just like a mom encourages her baby to take its first steps and then stands back and rejoices in the toddler's ability to walk on its own, our therapists hold us until we can do it ourselves.
It is just so blasted hard to allow them to hold us.
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dalila
Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.
-Erma Bombeck
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