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Posted by Tabitha on January 20, 2005, at 0:59:48
Tonight we did something different in my session. My T pulled a bat from behind her chair and told me to whack a chair with it while talking back to my critical parent. She had me whack every self-critical thought I'd described in the whole summary of my week. It was a leather-covered chair so pretty satisfying to whack it.
It brought up some different feelings than I've had before on this topic. A bunch of sadness came up, like if I get angry at these critical thoughts, it's like admitting they've been hurting my little girl. So she said I should feel sad, and my homework is to whack something at home when the critical parent is talking. She said that just talking back to the thoughts isn't helping enough-- I need something physical.
Anyway it was new and different, and felt like some new feelings came up. I had some self-critical thoughts about how I was batting, and we batted those too. Now I'll probably have self-critical thoughts about sharing this. I may need to buy a bat.
Posted by crushedout on January 20, 2005, at 6:18:27
In reply to Bringing out the Bat, posted by Tabitha on January 20, 2005, at 0:59:48
I think that sounds really healthy. I can sort of imagine how it must have felt. And your post made me laugh (the last line very comedic, shall we say).
Posted by Shortelise on January 20, 2005, at 23:16:12
In reply to Bringing out the Bat, posted by Tabitha on January 20, 2005, at 0:59:48
That's brilliant. There is a theory that including movement with thought imporves the learning process. To whack a chair with a bat while thinking about those critical thoughts would, I imagine, really move them around, really speed things up.
That really is brilliant. I am going to try it. Maybe not with a bat and a chair, but I'll find something.
Thanks T.
ShortE
Posted by just plain jane on January 22, 2005, at 1:19:01
In reply to Re: Bringing out the Bat » Tabitha, posted by Shortelise on January 20, 2005, at 23:16:12
Hmmmmmm... I think you're onto something here.
A bat, eh???
I expect that would be less painful for me than banging my fist into my forehead has been.
:O
j pj
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