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Originally Posted by wheeler
All I seem to think about is therapy, biding my time til my next session. Why? Do others do that, and if so why?
Is it all transference related or is it a form of OCD?
I feel stupid going to therapy wanting to talk about my favorite subject, therapy. Is it part of the process?
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I think this is quite common. It could be any of the reasons you mentioned above, or none of them. For me, I noticed I did this a lot when my life was not going well at all. It was somehow 'easier' to obsessively think about therapy (and, sometimes, my therapist) than to think about my problems in isolation from what I was trying to do about them.
That is, filling every moment with thoughts about therapy served to ward off thoughts like "I'm a loser, I'm a ****-up, I don't have money to pay X bill, I'm in the **** at work, my dog is sick, my partner hates me" etc.
As my problems began to ease, I thought about therapy a lot less.
Either way, I've been there, it sucks, I hope things get better for you soon.