Posted by pegasus on July 21, 2005, at 17:40:28
In reply to No one Dreams of the Perfect Mother? (nm), posted by Dinah on July 20, 2005, at 17:30:06
Well, I guess I dream of a perfect support person, but I never thought of that fantasy person as a mother. Don't know why. I always kind of associated it more with a prince charming type of character. Someone who will help me actually live my life.
But, that said, this chapter did resonate with me to an extent. Maybe I'm just not tuned in to an unconscious desire for a perfect mother, or something.
The part that I keep thinking about is the story about the woman who was actually remothered by a type of therapist. I'm fascinated by the idea of being able to "be a baby" again with someone. Dinah, what did you think of that? Did it sound appealing to you on any level?
I found it both very appealing, and really frightening. I kept thinking what would happen if one of you (client/baby or therapist/mother) stepped out of the assigned role for a minute. Wouldn't it ruin the whole fantasy/therapy, and probably even be fairly traumatic? And it seems inevitable that the therapist would step out of the role on occasion.
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