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Old Jan 17, 2012, 08:35 AM
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today i'm feeling a lot like treehouse - just a client.

how is this supposed to be helpful? i'm in a place of not understanding.

it's like someone see you w/ a cut and they kindly & gently put a bandage on it, but 50 minutes later they rip it off and send you away.

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Old Jan 17, 2012, 08:54 AM
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Or maybe the sessions open up what the issues are that need to be worked on? Because in day to day life they don't come up as much?
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Old Jan 17, 2012, 08:58 AM
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it's like someone see you w/ a cut and they kindly & gently put a bandage on it, but 50 minutes later they rip it off and send you away.

The bandaid's still there, isn't it? I find that the bandaids fall off pretty easily, sometimes you have to care for them yourself until the next week when they can help you again. Can you hold onto what went into putting the bandage on instead of seeing it as ripped off?

And if you continue with your bandage analogy, maybe it's that they are teaching you, by demonstrating, how to put on your own bandage and care for yourself, until one day you won't need them anymore. Or you won't need the bandages anymore.

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Old Jan 17, 2012, 09:20 AM
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You have to learn to clean and bandage your own cuts yourself, that is the point. But at first you don't know how and they show you, over and over. Bodies do all the real healing, medicine only helps the process; the bandage helps keep it clean but eventually the cut closes anyway. If yours is older and/or infected, it's necessary to take the bandage off each time to check and re-clean it, debrid the damaged tissue, etc.
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Old Jan 17, 2012, 01:32 PM
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Rose I could be WAY off base on this, but is there any possibility you are feeling disconnected from your T? Any issues you have with him that you haven't brought out in the open and discussed with him? I don't know why but this is the first thought that popped into my head when I read your post.
Just something to consider....have a good day.
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Old Jan 17, 2012, 08:41 PM
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Or maybe the sessions open up what the issues are that need to be worked on? Because in day to day life they don't come up as much?
Most likely. i have a very good therapist, so i have no doubt it's probably something like that. I don't know what's real right now.

3rdTimesTheCharm & Perna - maybe both of you are right. i just can't see it. thank you.

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Rose I could be WAY off base on this, but is there any possibility you are feeling disconnected from your T? Any issues you have with him that you haven't brought out in the open and discussed with him? I don't know why but this is the first thought that popped into my head when I read your post.
Just something to consider....have a good day.
Thanks for responding, Towanda. actually, my therapist & I have gotten closer lately. that's probably the problem. if I could disconnect right now, i would.
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Happiness cannot be found
through great effort and willpower,
but is already present,
in open relaxation and letting go.

Don't strain yourself,
there is nothing to do or undo.
Whatever momentarily arises
in the body-mind
Has no real importance at all,
has little reality whatsoever.

Don't believe in the reality
of good and bad experiences;
they are today's ephemeral weather,
like rainbows in the sky.


~Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche~

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Old Jan 17, 2012, 09:01 PM
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p.s. thank you rainbow8, WePow for the hugs.
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Happiness cannot be found
through great effort and willpower,
but is already present,
in open relaxation and letting go.

Don't strain yourself,
there is nothing to do or undo.
Whatever momentarily arises
in the body-mind
Has no real importance at all,
has little reality whatsoever.

Don't believe in the reality
of good and bad experiences;
they are today's ephemeral weather,
like rainbows in the sky.


~Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche~

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