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Old Dec 18, 2018, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 502041 View Post
I think I have realised that I really don't know what appropriate levels of intimacy are and in therapy I am constantly second guessing myself as to what i should and shouldn't share.

I feel like I am not meant to become dependent on therapy and know I am suspectiable of becoming dependant on people and for some reason in a therapy relationship I feel even more exposed to that and feel more dirty about becoming dependant. I feel I should deal with things myself especially the intimacy parts about my desires and wants. I am ashamed a lot of the time for wanting simple things mainly because I feel people will mock these desires.


Because I don't know what is acceptable e.g. oversharing vs under sharing and knowing what to share and what not to share I become mute and don't share anything or just the tip of the iceberg.


Any tips or guidance of navigating the intimacy in the therapy room?
It doesn't exactly sound like you're prone to oversharing. Besides which, I don't think there should really be such a thing if you're working with a good therapist and not using a chiefly behavioral modality. It does sound like it would be a really amazing thing for you to look at your feelings and difficulties around intimacy and dependency in therapy, and enlist your therapist's help in exploring those areas. I also struggle with a lot of shame around the possibility of depending on anyone or being vulnerable. Therapy has been an interesting, challenging microcosm of that for me, in some ways that I think will ultimately be very helpful.

I find that there's a lot of intimacy in my current therapy, and that that intimacy doesn't rely on how much I know about my therapist's personal life or how reciprocal I feel the relationship is. It's about the care with which he attends to my vulnerabilities, the way I listen to what he has to say, the way that he pours himself into the space when there's room and resonance to do so. It's an inherently intimate relationship in a very authentic way, though in my case it's been a slow intimacy. It's difficult, and sometimes confusing, and definitely real.
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