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Old Sep 25, 2013, 01:32 PM
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I am having a really bad week or 2 and i called my T today and left her a message to say that i am having real problems keeping myself safe and that i'd appreciate a call back.

She called back shortly after. As we were talking, she said "I want you to feel that you can ask me to do ANYTHING to make this time easier for you. I want you to know that you can ask the impossible and that I'll do it for you".

I don't actually think there is anything she can do, i just have to grin and bear it, in the knowledge that it'll pass as i work through my trauma.

But it got me thinking...what would you like your T to do if anything was possible?
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 01:47 PM
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Explain what she does when she does it.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 01:58 PM
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I'd like Madame T to smile more.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 02:20 PM
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I think it was so lovely of your T to say that. I'm glad you have such a dedicated T.

I've just been thinking about this and I think the answer is simply to just stick with me and be there.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 02:22 PM
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Love me. Apologise for how she has ****ed up. Be real and honest with me. Have faith in me and in herself. Never abandon me.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 02:27 PM
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Wow your T sounds really amazing. That was such a big offer!

Um...I'd like her to be able to read my mind.

I'd ask for more contact - more sessions/ for her to email me just to check on me during the week, etc. but I know i'd then be teetering into the "dependent" side of me (because its not something I actually need - just would be nice).
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I would ask him to take away my anxiety
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 02:37 PM
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To sort out my mind.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 02:53 PM
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Apologize. To me and to his family. I only add his family because otherwise I wouldn't believe a word of it...
It'll never happen.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 03:03 PM
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 03:05 PM
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I am having a really bad week or 2 and i called my T today and left her a message to say that i am having real problems keeping myself safe and that i'd appreciate a call back.

She called back shortly after. As we were talking, she said "I want you to feel that you can ask me to do ANYTHING to make this time easier for you. I want you to know that you can ask the impossible and that I'll do it for you".

I don't actually think there is anything she can do, i just have to grin and bear it, in the knowledge that it'll pass as i work through my trauma.

But it got me thinking...what would you like your T to do if anything was possible?
She sounds really nice. Hope you are okay xxx
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 03:30 PM
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Thanks guys, i am not really doing to well but am hanging on in there.
I was letting my imagination run wild and was thinking that you'd all say some 'out there' things
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 03:35 PM
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I honestly can't think of anything right now, except to keep on doing what he's doing. At this moment I'm pretty content with therapy. Isn't always that way, but it's okay right now.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 03:37 PM
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Take me back without conditions. I miss him a lot.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 03:43 PM
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I can't really say. Let's just say it'll never happen.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 04:09 PM
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How about adopting me, or coming to live with me????

Failing that, just sticking with me and loving me in a 'T' way.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 04:15 PM
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I would really want her to give me a hug from time-to-time but I have yet to ask if she even gives them.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 04:22 PM
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A hug or to hold my hand. Emails or calls just to let me know she cares.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 04:35 PM
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Yea ok, none of my Ts would ever say that to me
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 04:38 PM
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Actually listen to me when I tell her that this isn't working instead of just telling me that I need to try harder. I am trying. This isn't working.

Take me seriously when I tell her I'm in danger of sui and actually do something besides just sit there looking scared.

Give me some sort of crisis plan that does NOT involve the same four coping skills that she continually gives me.

Refer me to someone experienced enough to actually help me. I appreciate her love, but she needs to love me enough to recognize that she's in over her head.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 05:04 PM
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Oh yeah, adopt me. That'd be good.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 05:57 PM
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I would ask my T to shadow me for a day so she can see me function in my every day life in my work and in my home. All she ever sees is the little needy 9 year old I turn into every time I go into her office.. So I would love if she could observe me outside of session-as a functioning adult.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 06:05 PM
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To just go on the way she's going. Even whenever it grows ever more apparent how flawed and grotesque and offputting I am. If she can do that, she is a saint. We'll see.
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 06:10 PM
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Probably pat me on the back and tell me it will all be ok..
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 06:34 PM
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Right now, just let me sleep in his office.
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