Posted by Dinah Seeks Support on March 13, 2014, at 7:29:31
In reply to Re: It hurts so much » Dinah Seeks Support, posted by Twinleaf on March 12, 2014, at 16:21:18
Bizarre really, isn't it?
I don't handle stress or small crises at all well, and am known to fall apart after one. Or tolerate for a time then blow up and become a mess. But I can generally (except perhaps in medical situations) become very still and deliberate when I need to be. I don't ever remember forgetting my responsibilities to such a large degree. When I broke my arm my greatest concern was being able to do my work.
And yet he had an absolute genius and sort of a fearlessness in being authentic *within* the therapy room. In the space between us. I think that's what I needed to get better. The authenticity in that space. The lack of pretense or artificiality *in that space*, no matter how artificial the relationship may have been.
In fact, I suppose I know that *in that space* he does care about me. But he's not in that space now, and I have far less faith in his caring about me at all if I'm not directly in front of him.
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