Posted by Dinah on September 18, 2004, at 8:54:25
In reply to Re: Opinions and support, posted by Passerby on September 17, 2004, at 22:05:30
No nerve hit here. I'm comfortable with my degree of transference and it's not at all a sore spot. But FYI, it dissipates on its own in a good therapy without anyone trying to prematurely wrestle it away. Or at least that was my experience. If my therapist resisted the transference, I clung. When he removed the resistance, I was able to move off on my own. Ditto for opposition from others.
If you hit any nerve at all it was protectiveness for a friend, and I suppose I picked up on the high functioning thing. I hope it doesn't surprise you to learn that a good many people here would fit even a very exacting definition of high functioning, particularly in externals. I also hope that it doesn't surprise you to consider that external measures of "high functioning" aren't as important to many as more indirect measures of human value.
Good luck in your journey, and I hope someday you decide to come back and set a spell.
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