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Originally Posted by LadyShadow
However, at the end of the session, she said something very important which turned out to be an epiphany for me. She said: "Get out of your mind - the mind likes to remember everything, good bad and ugly and most of the time it isn't good for you. Unless you are in a safe space or have a safety net to travel there, DON'T go there at all." I don't know why, but this really hit the nail on the head for me.
I don't know what to do, the whole session was awful, but she said one really good thing. Should I even continue with her?
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LadyShadow I thought I should reply to this, because I've been working with just this idea for several months now, with some success. I first came across it on reading Eckhardt Tolle, the philosopher, who maintains that although your feelings can make you pretty uncomfortable, they aren't going to kill you, whereas your mind can kill you. And it can indeed get going and take you into some pretty unbearable places, whereas if you shut it off as much as you can and just go about your business, you may find considerable relief. And even peace.
I don't know that this therapist is right for you - it sounds as if probably not - but that the IDEA of staying out of your mind struck you so forcibly, that sounds worth paying attention to.
Good luck.