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Posted by muffled on September 18, 2006, at 11:40:11
Or do people usu. try and make some sense of it themselves first?
Cuz there's no point in saying about something you don't understand.
Cuz if T asks questions you couldn't answer them.
Cuz you dunno.
So it would be a waste of time.
Just cause upset.
Am I making sense here?
Muffled
Posted by sunnydays on September 18, 2006, at 14:02:48
In reply to You supposed to tell your T everything?, posted by muffled on September 18, 2006, at 11:40:11
You make perfect sense. My T likes it a lot if I tell him things I don't understand. He asks me questions and we work together to try to understand it. Sometimes it makes the understanding a little easier emotionally, to have someone there with you when you figure it out.
sunnydays
Posted by jammerlich on September 18, 2006, at 14:10:46
In reply to You supposed to tell your T everything?, posted by muffled on September 18, 2006, at 11:40:11
I certainly don't tell my T everything. I think what you say is completely up to you and however much or little you choose to share, it's okay.
As far as needing to understand it first, my T has told me on numerous occasions that I can talk about things, even when I don't have them all worked out yet.
Posted by annierose on September 18, 2006, at 18:16:53
In reply to Re: You supposed to tell your T everything? » muffled, posted by jammerlich on September 18, 2006, at 14:10:46
I agree. I do talk about feelings that I don't understand quite a bit. And if she asks me a question, "Well why do you suppose you reacted that way?" and I say, "I don't know" she'll ask more specific questions until we get to some sort of understanding where those feelings came from.
Sometimes, she'll bring it all together, "Remember when you came in you said x,y and z. That sounds familiar to this, don't you think?" And then a lightbult goes off. I love those ligthbulb moments. Lately, we've been operating under low voltage!
Posted by Dinah on September 18, 2006, at 21:25:20
In reply to You supposed to tell your T everything?, posted by muffled on September 18, 2006, at 11:40:11
I don't suppose I tell him everything. But I try to tell him anything I'm aware of not wanting to tell him. :)
My therapist is not great at wise interpretations or anything. So even if I tell him something, I usually have to figure it out myself. But sometimes the give and take of a conversation, or even having to try to explain the same things in different ways so he'll understand, helps me figure out things myself.
Posted by muffled on September 18, 2006, at 21:36:15
In reply to You supposed to tell your T everything?, posted by muffled on September 18, 2006, at 11:40:11
SD-He asks me questions and we work together to try to understand it. Sometimes it makes the understanding a little easier emotionally, to have someone there with you when you figure it out.
***Yeah, that makes sense. Proly good to interact in that way. I not so good at that.
Jam-I certainly don't tell my T everything. I think what you say is completely up to you and however much or little you choose to share, it's okay.
As far as needing to understand it first, my T has told me on numerous occasions that I can talk about things, even when I don't have them all worked out yet.***Ya, my T is proly ok too. Just drives me NUTS when she don't get it! LOL
AR-And then a lightbult goes off. I love those ligthbulb moments. Lately, we've been operating under low voltage!
D-But sometimes the give and take of a conversation, or even having to try to explain the same things in different ways so he'll understand, helps me figure out things myself.**Sorry, hope your power voltage increases soon! Ya, lightbulb moments. Cool.
So thanks guys for your encouragement. I need all I can get.
THANK-YOU!
Take care,
Muffled
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