Posted by stellabystarlight on November 10, 2008, at 21:25:04
In reply to Um, wouldn't it be ironic if... » Racer, posted by Nadezda on November 10, 2008, at 17:47:31
Yes, I thought the same thing. After all this...wouldn't it be ironic if this research brought only a few participants? Posting yet another "Help, I'm in love with my therapist!" - Which now I'm embarrassed to admit is how I came here. I don't think I even knew how to spell the word transference back then. And after 3 months here, I advanced to posting (cringe) "Urge to dress provocatively in therapy"...without any insight. Those archives...thank goodness I can be anonymous. Sincere apologies to any of you who also might have found Psycho-Babble in a similar fashion. Nothing wrong with any of it...I'm only embarrassed for myself.
Having been here 7 months, I've not only grown psychologically, but I have also grown to care about and respect all of you after lurking, posting and reading your moving stories. It's been an honor and a pleasure to be able to connect to people from all walks of life and from all over the world. I'm grateful to you for teaching me so much by taking me deeper into myself through yourselves. Even my therapy has been enhanced since coming here.
I hope that Psycho-Babble can somehow help them as well, even if via a research project. For me, the anxiety brought on by this research will have been worth it if Psycho-Babble ends up helping even one research participant. I know I've been helped by this site through many dark times. I'm truly impressed by the heart and the brain power shown by all of you, especially on this thread. Now that I've thought about your excellent questions regarding this project and Dr. B's response to it, I hope they come and post, all 230 of them. So that I can learn from your spot-on and insightful replies!
Maybe we'll learn more about ourselves through this project. I don't think there's any wrong or right way to feel about this research, but I think it's a great opportunity to look deeper into our reactions to it. It was interesting to me that at first, Dr. Bob felt to me like a detached and uncommunicative father who out of the blue announced that he was remarrying and moving in hundreds of step-siblings to our house. Now, he feels like a well-meaning, but a very busy father who's finally calming our anxieties about having to share our house with the new siblings...interesting material for therapy.
I think I will be disappointed if nothing happens.
Take care and hugs to all of you.
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