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Originally Posted by monalisasmile
Something you said reminded me about something I read about clients who have had severe trauma in their lives. They fear feeling good and getting better because that feeling is unfamiliar and at times dangerous especially if your parents were the cause of your fear as a child, say they put you down and ridiculed you for doing well. Knocked you down a peg or two. These clients stay flat, disconnected and numbed. It feels dangerous for them to enter into therapy and to be seen. .
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I experienced something like this in therapy. I had a vague sense of wanting to reject whatever genuine concern or empathy was coming from the therapist, because it created too much dissonance. However i think part of my discomfort came from that the fact that I was so exposed and the therapist was protected. That made it decidedly threatening. I thought OP's therapist was not very warm or supportive, so not sure if this applies.