Posted by Dinah on February 24, 2009, at 17:54:40
In reply to Re: What my therapist says, for what it's worth. » Dinah, posted by twinleaf on February 24, 2009, at 17:19:24
It wouldn't really be my place to say anything, I don't think.
I've experienced pain here too. I currently experience pain here. I volunteer my time here because I wish to be helpful, and I don't always feel like my efforts are experienced as helpful. That is painful to me, because my efforts are a gift of myself to the board. I may not say a lot about it on board, because I don't feel like it would be helpful - and as a deputy I feel some obligation to put what's best for the board ahead of my desire to discuss my feelings. But that doesn't mean I don't experience pain, or don't make the same tearful calls to my therapist as I did long ago before I was ever a deputy.
I have my own ways of dealing with it, and clearly my therapist and I have different ways of addressing it than others do with their therapists. It works for me, but what works for me might not work for others.
It's not my place to comment on how others deal with their pain.
I just wanted to point out that while some therapists might advise their clients to leave Babble, other therapists have a different point of view. I don't know whether it's a difference in therapists, or in client needs. But even given similar levels of pain, therapists can suggest different approaches to deal with it.
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