I just get so tired of him getting me to a certain point and then simply saying, "Think on that for the next week."
I want to say, "No! I don't want to think on it. I don't have time to think on it. I need to DO something about it. I've spent my LIFE thinking and over-thinking stuff. It's time to find a way to change the thought pattern, so HOW DO I DO THAT??"
You know what I mean?
Thanks for the love, Kat. I send it right back to you. :)
What does she do, if I may ask? Does she give you an assignment, or something?
I think my therapist wants me to get there -- wherever 'there' is -- on my own, break-through by break-through, but it just takes so LONG and I just get tired of feeling like I'm not making enough progress. He thinks I am, but I still see myself as stuck and struggling and I don't know why I can't move from this and figure it out.
Which is why I started therapy in the first place... because I'd come to a point where I just knew I wasn't going to be able to get there on my own. I just couldn't figure out how to fix it on my own, you know?
Not as such. Basically I talk about how I'm doing/coping/where I'm having issues, she throws in analysis/thoughts, tries to get me to think about why I'm reacting certain ways and stop being so hard on myself. I guess it's talk therapy?
I guess I have assignments in that I'm supposed to try getting on public transport by myself, going places by myself. That's not going so well because of the fatigue levels.
Progress is slow and we are hard on ourselves. I can see a definite improvement from when I started, but it's up and down and I feel like I should be 'fixed' by now.
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Date: 2011-10-20 05:01 am (UTC)I want to say, "No! I don't want to think on it. I don't have time to think on it. I need to DO something about it. I've spent my LIFE thinking and over-thinking stuff. It's time to find a way to change the thought pattern, so HOW DO I DO THAT??"
You know what I mean?
Thanks for the love, Kat. I send it right back to you. :)
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Date: 2011-10-20 05:04 am (UTC)Luckily mine doesn't say that. She's a social worker/psychotherapist, rather than a psychologist, that might be the difference.
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Date: 2011-10-20 05:14 am (UTC)I think my therapist wants me to get there -- wherever 'there' is -- on my own, break-through by break-through, but it just takes so LONG and I just get tired of feeling like I'm not making enough progress. He thinks I am, but I still see myself as stuck and struggling and I don't know why I can't move from this and figure it out.
Which is why I started therapy in the first place... because I'd come to a point where I just knew I wasn't going to be able to get there on my own. I just couldn't figure out how to fix it on my own, you know?
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Date: 2011-10-20 05:27 am (UTC)I guess I have assignments in that I'm supposed to try getting on public transport by myself, going places by myself. That's not going so well because of the fatigue levels.
Progress is slow and we are hard on ourselves. I can see a definite improvement from when I started, but it's up and down and I feel like I should be 'fixed' by now.