Posted by Dinah on May 9, 2005, at 21:58:13
In reply to Re: Taking a break for couple of days. » Dinah, posted by pinkeye on May 9, 2005, at 21:50:12
Therapist's aren't the best source of that, I think. They probably want us to tell ourselves that, and so don't want to tell us that themselves. Mine says things like "I know it's important for you to be a good girl." But he never says "You *are* a good girl." He does say more specific things. And he'll reassure me that things I did aren't *bad* or that I'm not bad.
Pinkeye, I think you're a good person and a good woman, and I like you. I mean that sincerely.
But it's not enough, is it? I think that's why therapists don't say things like that. Or at least mine doesn't. Because they know it's not enough. They know that the only thing that will be good enough is if one day you catch yourself in a mirror and say "Pinkeye, you're a good person and a good woman. I really like you."
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