T wants me to put my stuff in a box...a box that with a lid, so I can close it, but then pull it out later when I am ready to work on it. I hate it. It seems like such a cheezy T "technique" and although I've tried, it just doesn't work for me. I keep telling T it doesn't work, and he tells me it takes practice.

I DO have an actual physical BOX that I painted that sits on T's desk. I thought that would help me with the visualization, but it doesn't. Once I was sitting in T's office with something bouncing around in my head that I was NOT ready to talk about, and he had me write it down and put it in the box. Somehow THAT helped. Writing things down helps in general.

A visualization that HAS helped me is something that I read in a DBT notebook. When I am having overwhelming thoughts and feelings, I imagine them written in the sand, and then I imagine waves coming and gently washing them away. I don't know quite why I can connect with this and not the box, but it has helped sometimes. Of course, it would help even more if I would remember to DO IT.

You are so brave to be pulling this stuff out. Hang in there...