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Originally Posted by Restin
ToughCooki, I also went through 40 or 50 years of toughing it in the real world before I started therapy. I discovered have an inner child part that sort of got left behind while my main self was trying to grow up so fast. My therapist and I are gradually looking into my inner child part and see how we can love and help her. T is the only one, like yours, who speaks kindly to me and her. He has no greed and doesn't try to lecture us. Yes, men (and women) out there in the world can be so cunning it's hard to trust anyone again. I hope you can stay with this T and see where your journey together takes you.
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Me too. I never had a lick of therapy until a few years ago and have just been struggling from 'Come on, heal faster!' T to 'You're fine, quit complaining' T for these past few years. He said that based on the little bit I've told him there should be no expectation that I should be able to resolve these issues in 8 sessions, that sort of thing makes sense for someone with one trauma, but as someone with a lifetime of trauma there's a lot to unpack and I have every right to ask for more help.
It's a little disconcerting, to tell the truth.