Posted by Racer on June 22, 2004, at 21:29:41
In reply to less than wonderful session, posted by Dinah on June 22, 2004, at 20:43:53
You know, that sounds like a really wonderful idea. It sounds as if it could be very, very productive, and it might help him be an even better therapist for you to know more about what really is going on inside you.
What a clever mind you have, Dinah. That idea really blows me away, and I may just be borrowing it from you one day.
As for the 'problem' part of it, that he hadn't realized that things didn't just "go away" after talking about them, I can't say much. Some things, maybe, do, but I think a lot of them just don't. I *do* think that they get better, though.
Maybe it's something like this: I broke one of my toes a number of years ago. It was much more painful than it sounds, and being uninsured I treated it myself. (Although I did have advice from a nurse I knew socially, so I know I did pretty much everything a doctor would have done, except provide painkillers.) Anyway, the toe healed, as broken bones do -- but sometimes it still hurts. Usually, it's clearly related to *something* -- changes in the weather are pretty sure to make it ache, for instance -- but the point is that it still hurts sometimes, even though it healed.
Does any of that make sense?
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