Posted by Dinah on November 17, 2002, at 19:50:23
In reply to Re: Too much focusing on illness » judy1, posted by Dinah on November 17, 2002, at 19:38:34
> > Three weeks without therapy?!! I am so impressed. How are you doing? What does your therapist think?
> >
> Well, I haven't talked to her, so I don't know how she feels :-), but I would guess not too happy with me.Oh, I hadn't realized you were on the lam. :) You haven't even talked to her on the phone?
> I think I'm not very dependent on my therapist or shrink- probably a direct effect of being too dependent on my former shrink. The longer I go, the easier it is not to go (if that makes sense). I'm probably in some huge denial. Do you ever get sick of going? especially when things get too difficult in sessions?
I do suppose that the longer you go, the easier it gets. Was therapy getting difficult? I fear sometimes that my therapist doesn't make things difficult enough. We've been moving into deeper territory and it was unsettling, but not actually difficult.
I never get sick of going. My therapist feels like safety to me. Well, either he does or his office does, I'm not sure which. I never get sick of feeling that safety. And while I used to run out of things to talk about, since we have deepened the therapy and it is reaching my emotional self rather than my rational self, there always seems to be plenty to say, sometimes over and over again, :), but it takes a while for things to seep through to me.
Good luck, Judy. I'm sure you'll do what is best for you. And as long as you keep in touch with your meds doctor to help monitor your condition, you will be able to keep an objective view of your condition.
Dinah
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