Posted by mair on September 23, 2004, at 21:44:04
In reply to Re: and then again... » mair, posted by daisym on September 23, 2004, at 18:12:49
Hi Daisy
Thank you - you're right about the workplace stuff. And what's happened to me I think is that I've internalized one person's negative opinion and found a way to validate it with tons of other data - so now it's not just how he feels but it must be how every one feels. I couldn't at all explain to my Therapist why he should have so much power over me.
On a nicer note, I just spent almost an hour on the phone with my now-sophmore son. It seems that I miss him so much more this fall than I did when he went away for his freshman year. He's so earnest now and filled with angst about teachers and courses and figuring out about studying abroad next year, but even though I see and talk to him so much less than when he was in high school, i now get so much more graciously-offered information. Is your son still at Berkeley?
Mair
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