Posted by daisym on March 16, 2005, at 10:42:24
In reply to Re: so what's this all about? (long a trigger ), posted by Dinah on March 16, 2005, at 10:29:08
I think what you said makes a lot of sense. My therapist has noted many times how work seems to ground me, how I know who I am when I'm in that mode.
At the same time, he is trying to make it OK for me to not work so hard, and to hand off projects. But he is careful around this. I think he gets that I need the ego validation that work offers me. The only time he isn't really careful is when I resist scheduling because I'm too busy. He knows too well that I come and go as I please, unless there is a meeting or I'm gone. He makes a case for carving out time for me, etc. etc. One of the dangers of long term relationship, I guess. They know too much in some realms.
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