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Old Aug 03, 2018, 01:52 AM
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Anything you would like to say to your T, big or small - feel free to post it here.

Continued from Dear T: I Really Need to Tell You Something...Part XXXIII
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 01:55 AM
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You know what? A little bit of communication really helps...if one sentence (from you, that's key...) is the difference between me functioning and falling into whatever this is...then one sentence ought to be doable.

I don't want to be angry at you, but this is really hard. I cannot explain to anybody else...
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 04:51 AM
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T,

A year or so ago, according to my notes, you told me it's pointless to tell me that you care or tell me how much you care. Your reason was that it would make me dependent.

Do you still believe that in your heart? Because I do need to know that you care, and one way I know is by you TELLING me.

Is it wrong or bad to "need / want" to HEAR that you care? How does that make anyone dependent?? I'm sure you don't feel this reservation with the real people in your life who aren't your patients... Why's it different for patients?
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 04:56 AM
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A year or so ago, according to my notes, you told me it's pointless to tell me that you care or tell me how much you care. Your reason was that it would make me dependent.
It is possible to be in a loving relationship without being dependent, I hope.

(And Ts accuse me of black-and-white thinking. )
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 05:51 AM
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It is possible to be in a loving relationship without being dependent, I hope.

(And Ts accuse me of black-and-white thinking. )
Exactly. And I'm supposedly the one with a "cognitive distortions"...
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 08:23 AM
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i'm so glad i came yesterday despite not wanting to. and i'm glad we talked about last week. next week we dive back in...
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 08:30 AM
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Why did you lie to me over and over and over again?

Why did you permanently ruin my life?

I paid you to help me...and you took my money and hurt me worse than any of the traumas I told you about.

Because you were supposed to be different.

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Old Aug 03, 2018, 08:35 AM
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Why did you lie to me over and over and over again?

Why did you ruin my life permanently?

I paid you to help me...and you took my money and hurt me worse than any of the traumas I told you about.

Because you were supposed to be different.
((Anna))

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Old Aug 03, 2018, 08:40 AM
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((Anna))

The best revenge on a bad T is to find a good one.

I'm honestly stuck between wanting to ruin his life like he ruined mine, wanting him to come back and beg for my forgiveness because he acted like a complete selfish asshole and
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 08:50 AM
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I'm honestly stuck between wanting to ruin his life like he ruined mine, wanting him to come back and beg for my forgiveness because he acted like a complete selfish asshole and
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I don't like any of those options. But option 1 is the least bad.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 09:25 AM
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Info,

I spent years with a verbal abuser. Now I’m being forced to interact with one professionally. Different gender, same ball game.

It’s not so much when they actually go off, it’s the wondering when they will go off that’s getting to me. All too familiar. As is their victim-blaming.

So I spend a lot of time feeling triggered or about to be.

I hope you can help. I do not need to relive my marriage like this.

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Old Aug 03, 2018, 09:59 AM
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I'm honestly stuck between wanting to ruin his life like he ruined mine, wanting him to come back and beg for my forgiveness because he acted like a complete selfish asshole and
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I have felt this way too, though not towards a T but towards a person or two who did and said things that were damaging. At least one was supposed to not act like a complete selfish asshole.

IME the best way to get back at anyone is to cut them out of your life and go on to live a good one. You can heal, with or without therapy. Our mind and our body are designed to heal.

I am sorry for what has happened to you that never should have.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 10:00 AM
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Dear T:

Have a great vacation next week. I feel the embers of doing better warming inside me. My stories are thrumming.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 10:53 AM
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I'm on day 8/32 and so far today I've been okay.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 10:58 AM
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T,

A year or so ago, according to my notes, you told me it's pointless to tell me that you care or tell me how much you care. Your reason was that it would make me dependent.

Do you still believe that in your heart? Because I do need to know that you care, and one way I know is by you TELLING me.

Is it wrong or bad to "need / want" to HEAR that you care? How does that make anyone dependent?? I'm sure you don't feel this reservation with the real people in your life who aren't your patients... Why's it different for patients?
I agree with you. One way to know is by being told that someone cares. Being affirmed. Being validated. I know that there is the old saying that actions speak louder than words, but words still speak. Hugs if you want them.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 11:34 AM
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Thanks also for telling me that other stuff yesterday. Sure that part wasn't technically therapy, and it was perhaps a little more woo than I am, but heck - it made so much sense for how I've been feeling the past week or so and yeah, pretty much explains why I came back, so it's all good. This is an interesting time for me that is for sure.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 01:41 PM
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 02:15 PM
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I feel so sad today.
I wonder what it would feel like to be loved by someone like you.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 03:13 PM
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You don't feel real.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 03:38 PM
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I’m sorry... I’m so so sorry...
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 03:52 PM
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Dear t,

Thanks for being firm with me yesterday, I needed it.

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Old Aug 03, 2018, 04:10 PM
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Can't believe I only just paid you. And the reference I sent was an anagram of my name. Did you notice?
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 04:24 PM
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Can't believe I only just paid you. And the reference I sent was an anagram of my name. Did you notice?
Sure did, Choosy Nerm!

I've always wondered what "Echos Myron" was an anagram for.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 04:52 PM
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 04:56 PM
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3 more days and i can text you and see you
Longest 3 days ever
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