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Old Feb 15, 2012, 05:02 PM
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last night i was thinking how
things are really going backwards in therapy
that i'm going back to where i was months ago
reliving a lot of those thoughts and feelings
getting lost in the pain of that again
tearing myself apart and getting upset with t
becoming consumed with things i'd worked out
i thought it was real
that it was where i was
it feels real
it feels like where i am
now i'm not sure
I think maybe it's ... that there are things i'm trying to avoid
so instead of feeling through what i'm trying to avoid
and talking about it
i'm going backwards to where the pain is very painful but also familiar
???
can anyone understand that?
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Old Feb 15, 2012, 06:40 PM
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i'm going backwards to where the pain is very painful but also familiar
I understand this perfectly
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Old Feb 15, 2012, 06:44 PM
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Yes, absolutely I understand. Perhaps, even though it felt like you worked things out the first time around, this revisiting is about working through it in a different way.
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Old Feb 15, 2012, 09:10 PM
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thanks both of you
that's true likelife, it does seem to be explored deeper this time round but I still can tell i'm avoiding
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Old Feb 15, 2012, 09:34 PM
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that's true likelife, it does seem to be explored deeper this time round but I still can tell i'm avoiding
you are not alone, tigergirl. this is what's happening to me.

(((tigergirl)))
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Old Feb 15, 2012, 10:00 PM
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I'm there too Tiger...you are certainly not alone!
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Old Feb 15, 2012, 10:37 PM
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you're both recycling old stuff rainbow rose and chopin? or at least caught in that cycle?
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Old Feb 15, 2012, 11:20 PM
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I'm not sure if I understand but I admire your insightfulness. If part of it is confusion about whether changes you're making are real, I get that.
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Old Feb 15, 2012, 11:27 PM
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Familiar is not always the best feeling.... Wishing you well

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Old Feb 15, 2012, 11:29 PM
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you're both recycling old stuff rainbow rose and chopin? or at least caught in that cycle?
yeah... same stuff ... deeper level.
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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.


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