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Oct 22, 2024, 02:47 PM
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How do I become more open and honest with someone that has so much power over me?
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Oct 22, 2024, 02:53 PM
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Thats good insight.
I was in my mother's attic on a hot summer afternoon, swearing to myself that if i ever got out of there, i would be SO FORTHCOMING with my next therapist. Because not being able to say stuff had gotten me into that horrible situation. |
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Oct 22, 2024, 05:29 PM
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That depends on why you're afraid to be open, and what power you are or think you are giving them. Beyond hospitalizing you after proving you're a threat to yourself or others, they can't force you to do anything. They have words, and if you mean your pdoc, they have a prescription pad, but you don't have to do anything you don't want. You still know they're supposed to help, or you wouldn't be asking this question.
I guess just ask yourself what you have to lose by being open vs not being open, and what you have to gain by being open vs not being open.
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Oct 22, 2024, 05:38 PM
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Oct 23, 2024, 01:35 AM
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The more honest you are the more of you, you get to know, lessening the power of the other..
Last edited by Therapy reviewed; Oct 23, 2024 at 04:35 AM. |
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Oct 23, 2024, 05:06 AM
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I don't know your exact situation. So I can only speak for myself:
The therapist has almost no power over me. I am the one in control. I say what we discuss, when we discuss it and if we stop talking about it. The only boundary is time, and even there my therapists are willing to work with me. It took me a while to open up with my first T, I think I just had to get through that uncomfortable feeling once or twice, then it was gone. As for things like hospitalization, showing you are not a threat and so on: if you see your T regularly and open up, they get to know you and they will be able to judge whether your responses might indicate you needing more care. But at least my Ts will never go against my will, it would be a conversation where maybe I decide to go to the hospital, it's never forced upon me. This in turn lets me trust and open up more, since we're a team working together on my mental health. |
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