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Old Aug 05, 2011, 07:50 PM
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Your thread has brought to my attention how highly sensitive I am to whether people are really listening to me or not. I am very attuned to any sign that their minds are wandering and when i sense that I immediately stop talking. I find this happens in my life more often than not. And it seems like I interact with people who love to engage in monologues about themselves and it wouldn't really matter if I'm there or not.

So, that's probably why seeing T is so important to me. For once in my life someone is actually listening to me. It WAS on my list that I took to her on first session that I wanted to be HEARD but I'm just now realizing, thanks to this thread, how pervasive that feeling is that I have. I actually feel invisible most of the time in my life. I feel that I'm only valued if I get my work done and tasks completed.
You are not alone in this, skysblue. I am sensitive like that too. With my therapist, I feel like i'm really being heard for the first time.

WePow, I glad you communicated with your therapist about how upset you were.
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Old Aug 05, 2011, 11:48 PM
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I would be angry and feel dismissed ;-), but I would also ask for the time to be added on at an upcoming session or the difference in what I paid for the hour back. Frankly, the way I see it, he is "robbing" you and should have rescheduled whoever came second on his calendar. I definitely do NOT like how he said things about you retunring either - even if he felt defensive from your body language or something.

OTOH, I can be confrontational so maybe others have better advice...
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