Posted by Lucie Lu on May 31, 2008, at 16:28:11
Actually I hope it is only the first of many such talks to come but it went very well... I went in trally apprehensive but somewhat prepared - in addition to all the helpful and useful ideas people here had given me, I had been journalling as well to sort out my thoughts. It was good that I did too b/c in the journal I expressed some angry feelings in a very negative way that would have been counter-productive for this sort of encounter in person and I got that out of my system. And when I got there I was able to actually talk rather than read from my writing (there was a time when I could only discuss certain things by jointly reading something I'd written in my journal so this too was an improvement). My T was so incredibly warm and supportive, I don't really know why I was afraid to talk to him frankly. Well, I do know and it is related to my ACOA past. I hope this is the first in a series of such sessions because now I feel I have a lot to say that I was afraid to say before - it can be very hard for me to express my real self with a male whose connection is very important to me and who I care about. I am thankful for the insights and support from all of you - b2c, I read your post just before the session and kept your "carry on, LL!" in my mind for backbone (lol).
poster:Lucie Lu
thread:832229
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