Posted by Dinah on February 18, 2007, at 12:13:24
In reply to Re: At the beginning, posted by DisTraught on February 18, 2007, at 12:03:13
Thanks Penny. I appreciate that.
If I had actually noticed at the time that he had adroitly avoided answering me, I'd have asked him about it then. It was one of those situations where I was home for hours before I said "Hey! Wait a minute here...". I probably will ask when I next see him, but his horrid memory often provides him with a great excuse for not answering the hard stuff.
Come to think of it, even fairly recently he's expressed amazement that I chose him to attach to, and asked me why I thought that was. And he's also expressed a bit too much skepticism about my ability to bond with others for my taste. Like when we thought about moving, he said he didn't think I'd seek out another therapist if we moved, and that if I did, he didn't think it would be helpful because he didn't think I'd bond. At the time I thought it was a bit arrogant on his part, but now I think I see that it was a comment about me, not him.
The funny thing is that he's aware of Babble and has occasionally expressed what appears to be genuine appreciation of the friends I've made here.
Maybe he exempted internet from his assessment.
But even so, wouldn't that indicate more social anxiety than difficulty bonding?
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