Posted by kiddo on November 9, 2001, at 20:58:08
In reply to Re: Pdoc apptointment » kiddo, posted by Mair on November 9, 2001, at 20:15:39
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> > "I broke down and cried regarding something that a visitor to my site told me-I think it was the first time I've actually felt true empathy for someone. I told my pdoc I didn't understand why I was crying, that I've never experienced that before, he told me it wasn't because I was sad, it was because I was empathetic to their needs. I was shocked-I didn't know that's what it was. It was a rather enlightening session."
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> Kiddo - I hope this means you're not sorry that you went like you thought you might be. Sometimes I think that I'm so self-absorbed and spend so much time analyzing what's going on in my head, that I sort of disregard the fact that my emotions or reactions might be very typical. My therapist occasionally will give me what she calls a "reality check" to let me know that at least in some instances what I am feeling is what anyone might feel. It sounds like this is what you're pdoc is trying to tell you. I'm sure you're not unempathetic - you just maybe don't recognize empathy for what it is.
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> MairNo, I'm not sorry that I went, it was rather a breakthrough moment for me in therapy. I was bitter and hardened from my past and everything that's happened in my life. I didn't know what 'feeling' empathy really was until Wednesday. I don't know how to put it into words, it's something I've never experienced before in my entire life. I'm still in shock over it all.
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