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Originally Posted by ChickenNoodleSoup
I don't know how my T looks at me vs. how I do it myself. I tend to have a pretty negative view of myself, though I know that most people see quite the opposite (as in I might think I have to try very hard to get a job, while most people around me seem to have the impression I'm so smart and hard working that it'd be easy for example).
I don't think my T is all good or all bad. He is one of the only people of whom I know he has flaws and I still accept him and think he's a decent person.
However, in the rest of my life I very much split people into good and bad. Splitting is one of the symptoms lots of people with my issue (bpd) have, so it's not surprising. I discuss it in therapy quite frequently and we try to get me to a point where I can see and feel that people can be grey instead of just black or
white.
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Thanks, yes I think I used to (maybe) split people into black or white more than I do now.
There was some idealisation of T1, I suppose, early in the therapy. But it wasn’t my imagination how he harmed me with so many mean words. I don’t understand the point of it. And I blame myself for not leaving the first time he was so negative and unhelpful. It was almost like gaslighting what he did.. maybe it was