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Old Feb 10, 2018, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Lrad123 View Post
I see my T weekly and I’m struggling with feeling like my connection to my T starts to fade by the 3rd or 4th day after I see him. It’s like he starts to feel like a figment of my imagination or like he’s not real. Sometimes I then start to feel skeptical about why I’m in therapy, then I see him again and I feel connected and then the process starts over. I’m wondering if others have experienced this or know why this happens? I feel like it would help me to understand on an intellectual level why this happens. Normally, I can just deal with this pattern, but now he’s on vacation so I won’t see him for 2 weeks. I’m already starting to feel like he’s fading and it’s 1.5 weeks until my next appointment. I’m a little concerned that he may fade away completely in my mind and I may convince myself not to go back. As a result, I’ve googled him, I think to try to get some connection back. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) he has almost no online presence, so googling him was not helpful. I’d appreciate any insights or experiences that others might have!
I think this is object constancy. Being able to hold in mind and being held in someone else's mind is a task of early childhood( one I definitely failed, lol). Hopefully, if your T is good, and you are able to take a leap of faith and go back, the capacity for it all to seem real and cohesive will slowly grow and deepen. I don't think it will happen overnight.
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Thanks for this!
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