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I know everyone has to go through waiting.
On Monday at lunchtime I had a very full on auditory trauma flashback that had me feeling extremely upset.
I had about 48 hours between the flashback occuring and my next T session.
All I wanted to do was pick up the phone and call T and tell him what had happened and know that he knew about this. He has strongly encouraged me to bring this sort of experience into a session rather than call him to talk about it.
So I sat waiting for two days barely managing to function as a mum and at work.
While I felt better having told him about the flashback at our session this morning, I'm left trying to make sense of the fact that I had to wait two whole days to tell him something that was psychologically killing me. Because I had to wait, I ended up feeling worthless and unimportant and that whether I felt overly joyful or suicidal, it wouldn't change my T's availability. He'd make me wait regardless.
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Well, you cling to your therapist GE, and tell him what it was like to have no one when you were a wee one. While you tell him about those feelings, you FEEL what you couldn't back then. You, unload, bit by bit while T is there for you.

I should imagine there would be a lot of anger to talk about and feel.
As it did when you were waiting for someone to listen to you as a wee one. This, 'waiting' unseen and heard feelings is therapy GE. Therapy doesn't just happen in the office, you know that. So what you feel in between sessions is how bubby GE felt when her needs were not met. Adult GE carries on regardless.
Hi GE, murf,

It does such to wait... I find when I wait I feel miserable and when I do talk... The emotion has been snacked on by my starving dissociation. When I don't wait, it's too intense. I'm sorry you have so much feeling right now. Did your T say to call him next time? My T is not a big fan of my suffering alone if I don't have to, kinda... I tend to prefer to keep my suffering to myself as is. :/ so I can relate to the worthlessness and shame you carried.

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