Posted by wishingstar on July 10, 2006, at 18:11:18
In reply to Re: being manipulative versus honest » wishingstar, posted by sleepygirl on July 9, 2006, at 20:25:46
Thanks for the article.. I printed it out and read the first few pages earlier today. I'm going to try to finish it tonight. As a psych research student, it looks very interesting. I'll probably post more thoughts on it after I finish it.
I like your idea about the word manipulative. I think youre right. If I AM being manipulative, its not on purpose.. I really just need T to hear me and other ways havent worked. It's easy to forget that even manipulative behaviors have underlying pain.. it's not just used to be a difficult patient. Keeping that in mind helps some, at least until I can talk to my T again. I just hope I'm not allowing myself to justify bad behavior somehow. That's always a fear of mine.
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