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Therapy Ninja
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I have no problem feeling a bond and a sense of love towards my therapist. What I don’t want is the more inappropriate side to those feelings. Wanting more. I don’t want to want more than I have. Not from him. Not towards a married man
How do you make those feelings go away? Everyone says talk about it with your t but I know the whole litany of things he could say. Each one more devastating than the next. If I talk to him about this I don’t think he’d refer me out but he could change boundaries. I have no intention of behaving inappropriately but these feelings are killing me. It’s wierd to have such chemistry with someone yet there’s no possibility of more ever happening at least romantically. The universe mocks me. What do I do? Seek another t? What a rabbit hole that is. The whole catch is that therapy doesn’t work for me without strong positive feelings mutually. My therapy works very well otherwise. |
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Does it have to be a whole THING? Does he have to RESPOND? Isnt alright if i just say, "okay, thats your vacation THIS year, but NEXT year we are definitely taking our honeymoon."
Then repeat the next year or vacation. Eventually you work thru the stuff, in bits and pieces thruout the the year(s). But it doesnt have to be resolved THIS MINUTE. You talk a little about what it means to miss him on this vacation (or whatever), to do X alone, etc. You just chip away at it. But you recognize it as one of the major themes of your therapy and try to see whats behind it. Then you sign up for match.com and wonder why all the guys, tho objectively okay-looking, perhaps even attractive, just dont appeal to you. |
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Ps I don’t appeal to men. I’ve gotten the memo many tines
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P.p.s. yeah neither do i. But even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in while.
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I have no experience with this.. however, something just struck me when reading your post. You said you don’t think that therapy works for you if you don’t have the positive mutual feelings. (Something among those lines anyways).. but does it have to be a romantic mutual feeling?
I have never had to deal with romantic feelings for a t, but I do feel like we have mutual positive feelings for each other. Like we both respect each other. I generally care about his well being as a person as a whole and I feel he does the same for me. Perhaps you can identify those positive feelings and focus in those? I am sure much easier said than done. __________________ "You decide every moment of every day who you are and what you believe in. You get a second chance, every second." "You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!" - J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. |
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Do you gave sexual abuse trauma? Feelings like this can pass. I didn't mind the sexual feelings for my T at all so probably hard for me to relate. I think my T is cute and I enjoy my sexuality.... But I sure can relate to fears. You've been really quiet here lately, hope your therapy is going well otherwise. |
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Cuz i dont believe its about him. Why would i just HAPPEN to be SO IN LOVE with my t, and you with yours? Its their role, not their delightful persons. Theres a bunch of people on this site who agree with you, not with me, but tough noogies (yes thats the technical term!) |
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With my t in CA I didn’t mind the attraction to him. It was a pleasant warm Buzz but I didn’t desire it to come to fruition. I feel like I really know my latest t. I still only see him at his best so I’m realistic about that. It just doesn’t seem fair that I’d hit it off so well with someone I will never have a chance with. That it won’t go anywhere frustrates me. I still come to pc but my t has been criticized here yet has never done anything I think is inappropriate. Others disagree. Our therapy is unorthodox but still has boundaries. Even if he were a rigid t I think might have happened anyways. I don’t know how to appreciate what I have and not long for more |
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Sorry, this will sound ridiculous but I think we love our t's cause of what they represent. Now picture him doing something disgusting like picking his nose......still love him?
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The feelings of Envy. I get you. Unrequited love. I think of that with my T too. I'm happy he has everything but I feel envious. Had everything going for me and screwed it all up, well I had trauma and depression so forgive myself...but feel opportunities have passed in a bad way. It might help you get where you want to be though? It's not too late to get what you want. Maybe working through this could get you closer to where you want to be? |
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Your envy will not harm him, it's ok to be envious. Give yourself a break. He will understand. |
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I cant find that quote. Are you truly appreciating what you have? You ARE allowed to have it, and delight in it. Wanting more kinda keeps you from enjoying it, doesnt it? "Eating your cake and having it too" is actually the true order of the expression. What we get in t is symbolic - mine was, anyway. Like several winters of t wrapping my scarf around my neck. Literally, mom never did. Doesnt your inner child need anything? I feel like men could tell.
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I hear you. I hate myself for wanting more and I know nothing will ever happen. I don't want to ruin our therapy, so I wish I could just make those feelings go away. I don't know how.
He's happily married, I'm lonely and miserable. I hope he loves me platonically (I doubt, but I hope), but deep down I wish he felt something more. I know it's wrong. I know it would ruin everything. It's so confusing. I know it's not about him, it's about me - I want to be loved, so I seek it from the only person in my life I can truly trust. I should tell him, but I won't. Sorry for being useless, just wanted to send you some hugs and support. You're not alone. |
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I can handle the erotic transference that comes about when a different part is in the drivers seat. What kills me the most is the need and desire to be cared by him like he is my father and I am a young child. That is the most aching feeling and it makes me grieve so intensely. To me that is shameful as I am at least 15 years older than him.
__________________ When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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That being said... my T outright yelled at me. Got pissy several times in the time we had together, often talked about his ways of dealing with things they were not that pleasant, complained about other people, told me that his dad was a very angry man and "I got a lot of that from him" and yet, 100% still love him He left me, he cut me out of his life and showed 0 emotion when I was sobbing in the final sessions. He seemed very cold. I 100% still love him I have always seen people as flawed, I never expect perfection from anyone. I actually look for flaws in people sometimes. I try to embrace that part of them. I know growly outside PC and I know her and her T have a very out there relationship as far as in comparison to anything I read here. It works for her, so I am cool with it. However it's very possible, she does know him very well... and maybe she has seen some not so good things in him or he's talked about them OP-- As for your question, I sadly have no idea how... but I will send you a message that might help you. I just don't feel comfortable sharing it here. __________________ Grief is the price you pay for love. |
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DP2017 I'm so sorry your relationship was so up and down, but still, you loved him. That says a lot about you as a person. You're kind and forgiving.. Who am I to say what's harmful? I don't know everyone's circumstance. So, it is what it is. Only the person in the relationship can say if it's good or bad.
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