Posted by Dinah on February 8, 2005, at 8:05:24
In reply to Re: A dependency on your T » mair, posted by Shortelise on February 8, 2005, at 0:33:58
> There was a time when I felt as though he was my lifeline, a tether holding me to the earth without which I'd have floated away.
That's a phrase I use a lot. Not just with my therapist though. I think attachment to others is what keeps me tethered to the earth. It's not a bad analogy because of my dissociative tendencies. Life is sometimes so choppy and disconnected. It's my attachment to others that provides a thread that holds it all together.
It just happens that my therapist is one of my main, and few, attachments.
And of course, he's my safe harbor. That makes for a lot of attachment right there.
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