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I Know I Messed Up

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Basically my relationship with my T disintegrated. I am sure it's something I did but I can't for the life of me figure out what. I asked my T repeatedly and the answers were always politely vague so I was unable to pinpoint and fix the behavior. I guess I'm wondering if other people with PTSD have this problem with knowing they've done something wrong but being unable to figure out what on their own?
 
Can you be more specify / tell us more - it's almost impossible to offer anything not knowing what happened.
 
I asked my T repeatedly and the answers were always politely vague so I was unable to pinpoint and fix the behavior.
It sounds like you're looking for them to solve your problems and give you the answer... that is not how therapy works. It is your job to solve the problem, it is their job to help you get to that solution, but not give you their solution.
 
Can you be more specify / tell us more - it's almost impossible to offer anything not knowing what happened.
basically went from a great working relationship to things being very distant and the t doing things they never had done before(always being late 5-10 minutes but then going up to 20 or more) and there are things I do understand but most of what happened I don't. I've spent months racking my brain wondering if I pushed my t away enough times they gave up, or if I said something so alarming they decided they couldn't help me or if someone else told them something about me they couldn't live with(which is a problem with my abuser that I deal with on a regular basis).
It sounds like you're looking for them to solve your problems and give you the answer... that is not how therapy works.
I'm confused as to how I'm asking them to solve my problem by trying to figure out what I've done wrong? I'm taking responsibility and trying to fix a personality flaw I know is there but can't get to the root of. Am I wrong in thinking it's part of the T's job to help me see these things when I'm actively trying to? I have never asked my T to fix my problems, in fact I've done the opposite and made my T step back and let me handle things.

I don't know but I do know it was something I did, I just am not aware yet of what that was. Is it common to not be aware of your own flaws in PTSD or is this something else that's wrong with me?
 
It is common that it takes time to discover the root of issues that cause symptoms, yes. Some can be easy, some can take years, decades even.
 
Have you talked to your T about this? About how you feel?

And, have you also considered, that perhaps it's your perception, rather than the reality, that your T seems so distant? That is not to say it is your 'fault' or that your feelings are not valid - they are, because they are your feelings - but that this might be the area you need to work on in therapy, with your T, with the focus being on your response, rather than the relationship with your T itself.

Have you felt this way before? Has this 'feeling distant' happened in other relationships you have had? Ie, you entree a relationship in which things go well for a period of time, and then you start to feel the other person is 'distant'?

You have every right to feel hurt / afraid of why your T shows up late - that would upset me greatly, I would take it personally for sure. However - can you see you instantly decided it was because of something YOU did? Maybe it was something in the Ts life that made them late - maybe they had another client in crisis, or were late due to traffic? If their being late was due to another client, its not likely your T would say that was the reason *although some might).

More importantly, why other 'evidence' is there that the relationship has disintegrated? That is a very strong term to use if the evidence is that your T has been late a few times; so it leaves me asking 'what else is going on?'

On a similar note, is it possible you have had previous experiences with being let down, not liked, felt others have rejected you, or that you have 'down something' to 'make them not like you anymore'? If so, then it's more likely you are experiencing transference with your T. It might be your T just happened to be late, BUT, due to your previous hurtful experiences, in your mind, it is PROOF that your T no longer likes you and is distancing themselves from you.
 
Have you felt this way before? Has this 'feeling distant' happened in other relationships you have had? Ie, you entree a relationship in which things go well for a period of time, and then you start to feel the other person is 'distant'?

This whole post was so significant I've been thinking about it for days. Thank you for your advice, it was so valid and helped me very much.
 
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