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Originally Posted by Jessica Hazlitt
I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this our knows what it is called....
If maternal transference is looking to T as a mother figure, what is it when you have maternal caring feelings towards T? Maternal countertransference? But that would suggest maternal transference on Ts part wouldn't it?
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not that labeling is important, but it might depend on the context.
I've had transference feelings involving multiple characteristics of wanting to take care of T. In my case, it was related to feelings I had when I was young of wanting to comfort my mother to make her feel better. Maybe it was a quest to try to get my mother to be a mother, although it's not always that black and white.
One thing I'm sure of is that I often had to become the parent, and this is something that comes up in my transferences alot.
Others talk about codependency, taking care of others as a way to maintain your identity, be loved or admired, or to control others.