Love in therapy

I would call the adrenaline rush a transferential reaction. They need a freud emoticon here.

I don't think it is - I think it is a response to knowing how horrible the next 50 minutes are going to be and how I get through it.

I don't understand why you go if it's so horrible. Do you learn anything in therapy? Sorry I'm so persistent. I keep hoping I'll figure you out!

Stopdog is a psychological enigma all unto herself.

The two interpretations are not mutually exclusive.

Eta - maybe your t DOES know math! Cuz thats math...

I would consider that you knowing math-not the therapist. I am not the freudian you are.

my therapist always says i am paying her for her BRAIN and her knowledge- that her heart is not for sale. her love comes for free.

Hankster, lol for the need for a freudian icon. How about a freudian slip one too? and then there's the oedipal triangle. Oh and penis envy...oops, I guess they couldn't do that one though I can imagine an image with one of the stop circles...nevermind.

My therapist has made reference (and light sport of) to the idea that therapists's hearts are for sale, saying it is a common thing for people in the field to put themselves down sarcastically as emotional ho's, excuse my freud, I mean french.

Don't miss her at all? I can't fathom what that would feel like. Is it related to a contentment with being alone?

I don't really miss my therapist between sessions. It isn't about being content with being alone for me, although I love my alone time because it is few and far between. It is because I have other real life relationships and interests that are where my long-term, real-life support come from (they were around before him and they'll be there after him) and I am pretty constantly busy so I just don't spend a lot of time stewing over my therapy between sessions.

Oh no, not content to be alone. I am not alone when not with t. Lol

I love to be
a relationship and enjoy time with friends and family. I am very social. . I like my t she is very good but missing? I am not attached to her. Not in love by any means either. She is very good though I appreciate her

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I'm curious as to why another person doesn't have this attachment that I have. What makes the relationship with a T different for us? I haven't willed my attachment, it has sprung of its own accord, surprising me. I don't know anything about your early life, but maybe there was a difference there between us? (I don't think I had my early needs for love met).

I love the relationship I have with my Therapist, probably more so than I love my therapist.

I love how easy he is to talk to since I find few I can easily talk with even though I find it hard to talk in or begin a session.

I don't necessarily like the therapy process but I do love my therapist I think without that I'd have problems going at all. I guess that's what they mean by it's all in the relationship?

I think love is different for everyone though.

That definitely could be it. I know in my case, I had a very secure family life and so I just don't have problems forming healthy, secure attachments with other people. I have lots of other issues, but attachment isn't one of them. So, I had no problem trusting my therapist. I don't have a longing for him or fear of losing him. He's an important figure in my life and I care about him within the bounds of his role in my life. We get along well and are close, but I wouldn't place him as more important than others or more consuming to my thoughts than others.

I know that my needs for love and emotional connection weren't met in
My childhood. It causes my attraction to wrong men, my desperate search for that love. That is why I Am in therapy to learn how to break the cycle.

I am not looking for it in my therapist though. Maybe if she was a man? I suspect I would feel different. Maybe. I don't get attached to women.

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