(((UNBROKEN)))

Glad to hear that you are healing and that you and T repaired the rupture. Take good care of yourself and I know I will look forward to your return.

xoxox

Love,

Liese

Unbroken,
Very happy to read that you worked things out with your T. You'll be missed, but it's good that you are recognizing what you need to do to take care of yourself and are giving yourself permission to do so. I hope you can accomplish what you need to. We'll keep the lights on for you.

AG

Hi Unbroken,
I'll miss you but have a wonderful break. I am glad your T was there for you today. I will be thinking about you. ND

Hey Brokes, Glad it went well -both you and I had similar weeks with repairing major ruptures with our T's. Good on your for going away and focussing on you and what you need. We will all miss you here as your great insight and support helps us all.

SD

What a beautiful message Brokes.

Take care.

(((Unbroken)))

Enjoy your vacation, and best wishes for your continued therapy and healing. Look forward to seeing you around on the forum again when you return.

Hi Unbroken. Really hope you have a wonderful, relaxing and meaningful time away. You wrote such a lovely message and really look forward to reading your posts when you come back. Take good care of you. HC

Hello All!

After some much needed rest and time to think, I have decided it was time to come back and check in on my friends. I really needed the rest, and the time to piece together what I needed/wanted out of therapy and also during this time I've had to handle a personal crisis situation involving a person in my real life that has become obsessed in a very unhealthy way, and has been leaving me fearing my safety.

When I left, things with T had just resolved themselves after a HUGE rupture. We were thankfully able to repair and are now stronger than ever. She's been extremely supportive over the above mentioned crisis, more than I could have possibly imagined and is helping me rebuild my confidence, learn my personal boundaries, and being supportive in such a way that is keeping me feeling safe and secure.

In an effort to understand my own boundaries, which are lacking, T and I have explored touch in our relationship. I have learned that we will not ever touch, as it's a professional boundary that she keeps very firm. I'm very sad that I'll never have a hug from a person that has become such an important person in my life, but in a strange way after all of what I have been going through I realize that by her showing me how to hold her personal/professional boundaries firm that she is in fact teaching me how to do the same. She does this as a method to help keep me safe, to show me that love can be exchanged between two people through respect of boundaries, in what we say, and how we handle communication.

In session, I see kindness, compassion and care towards me in her eyes. She wants the best for me, and most importantly she is teaching me how to respect, love, and care for myself.

Hope to catch up with what's been happening around here. Thanks for understanding my little break, and welcoming back with open arms.

You are all truly amazing, and I'm thankful for being a part of this board.

Love, Unbroken

Hi Unbroken,
Welcome back! Very glad to hear that the time away helped you achieve some clarity. I am very glad that you were able to clarify the boundary issues with your T. It can often be a difficult leap to see our T's boundaries as what they often are, an expression of care and safety. It sounds like you're doing really good work.

AG