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Had an interesting, if gutwrenching therapy appointment
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<blockquote data-quote="ScentofCedar" data-source="post: 9175" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p>Janet, I haven't read through everything. I apologize if I am repeating something one of the others of us has said.</p><p></p><p>Those things we are strong enough to acknowledge are the things we will be strong enough to change. </p><p></p><p>Good therapy is like being reborn, again and again.</p><p></p><p>Each layer, each set of memories, was buried for a reason. Now, as you reclaim these parts of self, you need to work through the pain that caused you to seal them away in the first place.</p><p></p><p>The other thing I would say is that no one can tell you what your truth is but you.</p><p></p><p>No one can heal your misperceptions about yourself but you.</p><p></p><p>Remember that you have undertaken this journey to heal.</p><p></p><p>At the end of it, what you will find in your own heart is an intelligent and compassionate being who has survived much trauma and chosen to heal those wounds.</p><p></p><p>Forgive yourself for having been who were were when these things happened, to you or to someone else. Be grateful that you have learned enough to feel regret about what happened to you ~ or about choices you may have made when you did not know another way to go.</p><p></p><p>These feelings indicate that you are healing, Janet.</p><p></p><p>The essential who you are is changing, is starting to see things differently.</p><p></p><p>Stay with it, Janet.</p><p></p><p>This is the pain they were talking about when they said there was a price to pay, for freedom, for reclaiming the self.</p><p></p><p>You can do this.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScentofCedar, post: 9175, member: 3353"] Janet, I haven't read through everything. I apologize if I am repeating something one of the others of us has said. Those things we are strong enough to acknowledge are the things we will be strong enough to change. Good therapy is like being reborn, again and again. Each layer, each set of memories, was buried for a reason. Now, as you reclaim these parts of self, you need to work through the pain that caused you to seal them away in the first place. The other thing I would say is that no one can tell you what your truth is but you. No one can heal your misperceptions about yourself but you. Remember that you have undertaken this journey to heal. At the end of it, what you will find in your own heart is an intelligent and compassionate being who has survived much trauma and chosen to heal those wounds. Forgive yourself for having been who were were when these things happened, to you or to someone else. Be grateful that you have learned enough to feel regret about what happened to you ~ or about choices you may have made when you did not know another way to go. These feelings indicate that you are healing, Janet. The essential who you are is changing, is starting to see things differently. Stay with it, Janet. This is the pain they were talking about when they said there was a price to pay, for freedom, for reclaiming the self. You can do this. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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