Posted by mair on August 13, 2004, at 16:44:32
In reply to I am being unbelievably silly, posted by Dinah on August 13, 2004, at 13:53:06
Dinah
Who raised this subject to begin with? Did he ask you what about your behavior that you found to be silly or idiotic? Did you have something specific in mind when you made your comment? Does this have anything to do with all the difficulties you're having now with your parents? Maybe an acting out on your part.
I sometimes say/think I'm being an idiot in therapy and of course, my T doesn't agree. But I'm not very tolerant of any of the inclinations I might have to act in any way which I associate as childhood or adolescent feelings. So if I'm feeling easily hurt, for instance, or rebellious, or particularly needy - I extrapolate that I'm acting like an idiot.
I think it's much better if you can acknowledge that it's ok in therapy not to always act the grown-up and accept this in yourself - clearly your therapist accepts it.
I'm reading over all this and it seems like so much psychobabble (for lack of a better term). I'm sure if I was a therapist I'd confuse the hell out of my patients, (-;
Mair
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