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Old Feb 10, 2018, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by ElectricManatee View Post
I think it would make sense to talk to your T about those concerns and how s/he views the situation. I didn't have a family that I could depend on to support, understand, and nurture me as a child/teen. It would be cool if I had that and as a consequence felt very independent and self-sufficient now as an adult, but I don't. So I don't think learning to rely on my T now to help me get what I missed in childhood is a bad thing. But I understand that other people might view the situation differently.
I too did not have the type of support I needed in childhood. I also do not see attachment as dependency, or that all dependency is bad. I believe that it is through coming to believe in the safety of my attachment that things are changing for me.
Thanks for this!
ElectricManatee, rainbow8