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Old Apr 01, 2018, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Merope View Post
I wish I had your courage lol. I'm naturally awkward and I know that even if I tell myself I'll do it, by next week when he's seated before me, analyzing me like a hawk, I'll chicken out. I have issues with revealing stuff that I think would present me in a negative light....the idea of rejection/abandonment is very debilitating.
Sometimes in therapy I have talked about the thing to be talked about. For instance, you could say T, I want to talk to you about something but I'm afraid. It's difficult for me to reveal something that I think will present me in a negative light. I'm afraid that if you see something negative in me, you will reject me, or abandon me.

To me it seems like if you turn it around and listen to what you said, particularly how you fear rejection if he is presented with something negative about you, you can see some of the logical problems with your thinking more clearly. As in, hasn't he even seen one negative thing about you in the time you've been seeing him-- you've never done or said anything that showed you might have at least one flaw as a human being ???

Taking this just one step in another direction, is abandonment really caused because there are negative aspects to a person? If a person had no negative qualities, why are they in therapy? If a T rejected every person who had a negative quality or a personal flaw, who would be left as clients?

I don't think you can solve this debilitating fear unless you just admit that you *think* you know something that suggests he might be moving in the near future. But more importantly, I think the real issue is being open about something that makes you seem, I dunno, less than perfect? Personally I don't see what you know and how you know it as a problem and I doubt he will.
Thanks for this!
Anonymous45127, LonesomeTonight, Merope