Thanks. Do you work on anxiety, avoidance and perfectionism in a therapy? If so, how do you and your T talk about those things?
I donīt see I have a hard time setting boundaries, perhaps Iīm more like not wanting to try things if I donīt know Iīll succeed. I want the "safe way" so to speak.
I can think of several things that makes me both angry and sad. For example that I have an exam and large study loans but no job. It makes me sad that I have never been in a relationship and that I have just very few friends. I think I have lost a lot of years when I could have been happier, I could have choosen a different part in life, perhaps study abroad or something like that. I feel thereīs overall a lot of sadness in my life, a lot of loneliness.
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Originally Posted by magicalprince
I can relate. I keep trying to move forward and anxiety, avoidance and perfectionism keep dragging me back down.
Do you have trouble setting boundaries? Maybe you are afraid of conflict and criticism and you are trying too hard to be agreeable.
Can you think of something that makes you angry? or if not, then just something that makes you sad? Something you don't want to lose, or something you regret having lost? Sadness and anger tend to tell us what is important to us. Maybe focusing on whatever that is in your case could help.
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