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Old Feb 05, 2018, 05:05 AM
confused_77 confused_77 is offline
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That for me was part of the inherent toxicity of therapy. Everyone wants the reciprocity you mention, but therapy both inflames that need + completely blocks it. That is nuts. So if you are spilling your guts in endless emails, and getting nothing much back or getting ambiguity, then you have a dynamic that starts to look abusive and withholding in my view.
i was not even talking about the therapist. i am forever intrigued by what's going on in someone's mind and always curious about the raw unpolished thoughts...
you are right the way the therapeutic relationship is structured is so bizzare. the guilt transference causes to all of us and all it is just such a natural instinct to bond. its so unnatural to be so one sided. with anything and this gives the silent/ non sharing person 'power' because we become vulnerable and they can find the impression of being everything figured out simply by not opening up.
that's so off track.
Thanks for this!
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Old Feb 05, 2018, 09:27 PM
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the guilt transference causes to all of us and all it is just such a natural instinct to bond. its so unnatural to be so one sided. with anything and this gives the silent/ non sharing person 'power' because we become vulnerable and they can find the impression of being everything figured out simply by not opening up.
that's so off track.
It felt to me like a massive set up. The opaque behavior and exaggerated caring/interest of the therapist is like a vacuum that sucks out all your pent up needs/feelings, and then the therapist starts blabbering about transference, as if they haven't been manipulating the crap out of you in order to get that response.
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