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Originally Posted by Bcefbc
What if you’re not ready to talk about something, but is causing you severe pain, like SH and SI? Could I bring up the pain by prefacing with the fact I can’t talk about the root or would that be fruitless? Should I just try and if I really can’t just ask my therapist to not talk about it again until I’m ready? What if I’m never ready?
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I’ve had things that wanted to be brought out but knew it was too much for me to really say out loud.
I’ve written it on a card and let my t read it. I asked him to read it silently. After he reads it we kind of talk around it without being direct or detailed about it. That helped me just knowing that it was known and I wasn’t under pressure to actually dive into it and talk about the details.
At the end of my session he asks me what I would like to do with the card.
He has a drawer in his desk and there is a file folder with some other things that’s I’ve brought. I ask him to please keep it in the file folder. It feels like it’s in a safe place and when I’m ready, I would like to talk about it more.
It’s been helpful to me and it’s “known” but in a safe way.