Posted by mair on May 2, 2004, at 10:17:23
In reply to Re: Has anybody been embarrassed . . ., posted by Angel Girl on April 30, 2004, at 16:03:46
In the first place, I'm the queen of feeling too embarrassed to talk about stuff with my T particularly where (as is frequently the case) I feel that my problems are insignificant in relation to what everyone else has to deal with, particularly the people on this Board. Because of this acute sense of embarrassment I've never thought I could take posts in for my therapist to read, and I wouldn't stick around here if I thought she was reading what I post on this Board. It just seems more personal than I can deal with.
On the other hand, I have spoken to her at different times about on-line relationships, because sometimes they seem more real to me than the relationships I have with my friends. She was pretty ignorant about the internet and used to have a knee-jerk negative reaction about my participation here. When I got so upset about the death of sar (a former babbler), she started realizing that these relationships are real.
My therapist keeps trying to tell me that what happens (regardless of how minor) is not as important as my reactions to it - really just because those reactions provide grist for the therapeutic mill and offer a way to start examinating deeper relationship issues.
Mair
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