Reverting to childhood state in therapy.

HealingTimes · Mar 28, 2013, 02:37 AM

I often regress to either a child-like or teen-like state, depending on what we are talking about.
At the moment, we are discussing some pretty horrid things that happened during my teens, so when i feel defensive or sad i revert back to being that age.
As a teen i acted out a lot and was a very angry person but could only show that through actions instead of words, so my poor old T has her hands full when i do revert!

refika · Mar 28, 2013, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by wills11

I can completely identify with the first half of this. I have unsurmountable empathy and awareness of the world. I can express anything into beautiful words and paint pictures and scenes. I'll admit that. ...But when it comes to myself I feel absolutely incompetent.

But this is actually something I'm trying to work on. I've avoided my own problems my entire life for various reasons. Most importantly, I never learned or had an environment in which I could express my emotions and feelings and translate them into healthy thoughts and actions. So it's been something I just avoid. I'm known for being vague and "mysterious" in my own life.

That sounds similar to how I am. I can write hundreds of pages of my emotions and feelings but when I get in therapy, the best I can say is "I dunno". I know it's frustrating my T to no end. There was a time when I came real close to acting childlike. It was when T wanted me to look in the mirror and say something, and I felt so silly doing it. I was seconds away from just stomping my feet and plopping back down on the couch and refusing to do it. Fear of getting yelled at stopped me though....but if he pushes me more, he may see my inner child come out.

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