Posted by vwoolf on April 21, 2004, at 7:29:03
In reply to Re: Introduction, and Should I stay or should I go? » LG04, posted by fallsfall on April 20, 2004, at 21:28:30
Hi LG
Like you I was sexually abused by my alcoholic father for many years, and have been in therapy for PTSD several times including hospitalisation and ECT. One of my psychiatrists sexually molested me while I was going through a really bad phase which caused me to decide never to try therapy again. Yet here I am back in the thick of things in therapy - life just got too hard without it.
What I find this time around is that I am more mature and able to give more to the relationship. Although I think my therapist is very skilled and loving in handling me, I feel sure that even if I were to change I would be able to recreate a good working relationship with someone else (provided of course that it was a person of integrity and understanding). My feeling is that if you can do it with one person, you can do it again with another. Trust in yourself and your role in the process.
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