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an angry therapist...

thedudethedudeMember
Tonight, I was telling a 'story'(memory) to my T, I looked at her and thought she looked angry! I asked her, and she said, yes, she was feeling angry. WOW! I was very shocked... it's not a place I go to. I was actually confused. She said anger was a normal reaction to such a story. For me, this memory wasn't as bad as others. I mean, what this bloke did wasn't half as bad as what my uncle did! it was still abusive and controlling, but at least it wasn't life-threatening! When I think that, it sounds sad to me... to think that some abuse is 'less' than others seems absurd almost.

robin
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butterflywarriorbutterflywarriorMember
Hi Robin-

yes, it is sad but I think it's the way we learn to survive and cope is trying to catagorize and conceptualze things as being more or less bad as compared to this or that....

I rememeber once telling my therapist Holly about one of my major traumas and one part of it, i labled as the 'worse' and she had to remark.. it's ALL BAD! like um.. the other parts wrtent better .... no rationalizing there.. Im not sure how i felt about that... I agreed I think but I never thought of it like that cause i really had convinced myself that only this part is what made it all so bad.. righttttt....

How did it feel for you to see her and hear he rsay she felt angry?

My therapist got teary eyed a bit when i told her a story and i was just so shocked, i wasnt sure what to do or say so i pretended that I didnt notice... but it did impact me....

so wondering how this impacted you....

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