UnicornSightings
MyPTSD Pro
I’ve been curious about this awhile. When we go to therapy for awhile we inevitably get to see (sometimes much to our horror) our own patterns and habits that play out in that room. So I want to know, what have you noticed about yourself that you didn’t know before you started therapy?
I notice way more than before how I use humor when I’m uncomfortable and also how humor is the easiest and fastest way to bring connection back when there’s any sort of rupture. I notice that I tend to brag subtly in therapy about myself rather than talk about where I’m struggling, I guess that old habit of having it look like I gave it all together. I notice I can be a bit of a know-it-all like if the therapist mentions something that I’ve heard of before, rather than try to listen to t’s perspective on it I stop listening cause “I already know that”. I notice when I look away and when I am sort of leaving the room a bit (in my head). I notice that I make things about the therapist a lot and when t self-discloses like I ask I get bored very quickly. Cause while I don’t want the attention on me I certainly don’t want it on t, either. And I know why that shows up. It’s all incredibly fascinating. So what do you notice?
I notice way more than before how I use humor when I’m uncomfortable and also how humor is the easiest and fastest way to bring connection back when there’s any sort of rupture. I notice that I tend to brag subtly in therapy about myself rather than talk about where I’m struggling, I guess that old habit of having it look like I gave it all together. I notice I can be a bit of a know-it-all like if the therapist mentions something that I’ve heard of before, rather than try to listen to t’s perspective on it I stop listening cause “I already know that”. I notice when I look away and when I am sort of leaving the room a bit (in my head). I notice that I make things about the therapist a lot and when t self-discloses like I ask I get bored very quickly. Cause while I don’t want the attention on me I certainly don’t want it on t, either. And I know why that shows up. It’s all incredibly fascinating. So what do you notice?