Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on February 22, 2007, at 14:55:49
In reply to Re: Ack! I HATE psychology, posted by one woman cine on February 22, 2007, at 14:21:47
I told T about transference. It was a really good session.
we talked about how i put her in the mother-role and stuff like that. i feel better about it now. also feel proud because she said that I put into words very well the stuff that we're working on in therapy. (had a minor spat with pdoc who I misunderstaood yesterday). I ended up thinking about what therapy's all about. and I wrote it down and emailed it to T and pdoc. T said it's really good. so I guess I'll share with you guys.
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So what kind of stuff am I working on in therapy?
-staying motivated and organized to write dissertation (hard enough, I guess without other sh*t going on)
-managing my personal relationships, which suffer from my tendency to pretend like everything's happy and fine for long periods punctuated by my putting myself into a position where I reenact or solicit abusive behavior from others (like my diss advisor, my parents, my husband and others) and the subsequent reaction to being mistreated
-getting to know my own tendencies:
to avoid potentially rewarding situations
to punish myself for situations that are out of my control
to dissociate my way out of an intense situation, even when I could experience mastery by using my strengths
and numb any emotions, even the good ones
-getting to trust others to help me, especially since I've been fending for my own personal safety and welfare since I was five or so.
-learning to acknowledge my strengths and accept compliments (self-esteem crap)
-whatever other random crap life throws at me
************she said my therapy is going really well, and that we're where she thinks I should be given how long we've been working together.
Can I get a pink sparkly star for that?
-Ll
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