Posted by pegasus on October 9, 2009, at 9:17:41
In reply to Would your T answer this question?, posted by antigua3 on October 7, 2009, at 12:02:14
I think Daisy has some wise words on this. I also wanted to toss in my results, when I asked essentially this question.
My T first explained that he was reluctant to answer the question because he was concerned that I would put more weight on what he said than on my own experience of myself. So, then I'd start thinking of myself in terms of whatever he said, even if it didn't match what I was previously thinking. But the more accurate assessment would probably come from myself. So, he thought I should answer the question for myself, first, and trust my own experience of myself more than his description.
We went back and forth on that for a while, and then he did eventually answer. He said it was because he trusted me to consider carefully what he had said about believing my own experience first. And to tell you the truth, I can only remember a couple of things that he said. It was a scary, exciting moment, and I couldn't really take it in. So, in the end, I am mostly left with my own thoughts about what I expected him to say. Maybe he's right that that is a more authentic description of me anyway.
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