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Originally Posted by ArtleyWilkins
One way my therapist was able to help me get through those blocks was to get me to just verbalize how difficult it was to verbalize what was going on.
I know that seems silly maybe, but it worked for me.
It is sort of the same concept of how to get through writer's block. To get through writer's block, one technique is to just start with "I have no idea what to write about. I have nothing on my mind." Blah, blah, blah. Funny enough, as you write about not knowing what to write about, you start writing about something, and slowly your thoughts start organizing and you find some clarity.
My therapist found that if he could just get me to talk about not knowing what to talk about or not knowing how to talk about whatever, eventually I starting getting the words out and my thoughts became clearer.
It takes having a therapist who knows how to get that ball rolling though if you can't do that on your own.
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I write journals that she reads, and I was having trouble today figuring out what to write, so maybe I’ll try that. If I can write about it, hopefully we can talk about it. I worry that I am frustrating her as much as I am frustrating myself, right now.
Today for the first half of session, before she started complimenting me err whatever you want to call it, she and I were just shooting the sh** about basically nothing for awhile. I wonder if that was her giving up on helping me or if that was her trying to connect with me or something. It felt odd.