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Originally Posted by Ididitmyway
I wasn't talking about therapy. I don't get the impression from OP that they are addicted to therapy, it sounds like they just need an occasional brief contact between sessions because of their own relational trauma. This often happens in other relationships too, not only in therapy. There is nothing pathological in needing more human contact when you have not received enough of it in your life. For those who don't have a history of this particular trauma, this need may seem excessive, but for a person with this kind of traumatic history it is normal.
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Right, I knew you weren't talking about therapy, that's why I made the comment... you were giving a general description of addictive dynamic, and to me it fit therapy. I don't think there is anything pathological in the needs exposed by therapy... i think the pathology is in the process and the "handling" of these needs. I also don't think the OP is addicted to therapy, but I was in the same place, and definitely found I was behaving a lot like an addict in some ways... e.g. if I didn't get a response (fix) right away, I'd start tweaking (withdrawal), and so on.