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Originally Posted by CANDC
@birdyblues welcome to MSF - I am sorry you do not see eye to eye with your father. It is difficult to break away and have an independent sense of self.
I am not impressed with the therapist's approach. All the therapists I have had interactions with would accept info from another party of the client but not throw it in their face and tell them what they did wrong. To me a good therapist listens to your side of the story and maybe tries to get you to look at how you could cope with your feelings.
There are many videos on youtube of mindfulness and coping with anger if that is the way you want to go. When you are able to get your father to change therapists, or pay for your own therapist, it may be an option that leaves you feeling more hopeful.
I try to never give up trying. Even if I fail I continue to try new things to help. Even an apparent failure can teach us things.
One question I ask myself is what is the most important thing to me. That may hold some clues as to being happy for you.
@CANDC
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Thank you for your advice. I did kinda feel like everything I was doing wrong was being thrown in my face. But my struggles with mental health made and makes life so hard for my parents, so I never wanted to assume that after all I put them through, that what's important to me even matters anymore