Thread: I hate ME.
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Old Apr 26, 2008, 03:07 AM
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Love that is demanded isn't real love. It just forces a person to fabricate feelings that aren't real and that takes a lot a lot of work. What you're asking for is impossible, because genuine love is never demanded, it is offered. And your therapist can probably sense that you want it even if you don't verbalize it. So, what can you do? Nothing. Just look into why you need that love so badly and find a REAL, workable solution, not this "why won't my therapist love me" "why can't I stop being so manipulative" stuff. Seems to me like you're doing the exact same thing with this site as you are with your therapist (though we're not as spent as your therapist is).

Can we do a mock session here?

Why do you need your therapist to love you?

How does that make you feel, and what does it make you NOT feel that is so intolerable?

Tell me in your own words, not your therapist's words.