Wanting It To Hurt

[katz]

Sometimes I think I'm afraid to feel the emotions because I think that without them, I will have nothing inside me. Since all I have is the pain. What will be there when you remove it??

 

[katz]

OR, do you believe you deserve the pain? I feel like I deserve the pain and if I get better that is gre...

I don't think that I "deserve" the pain. I just think that it is something that I must face. Kind of like knowing you will get a shot when you go to the Dr. You know that it will hurt, yet you know that it is something that you must face, and accept.

 

[Frenzy3674]

I am just starting on a course of EMDR and have been given all the warnings that it is going to be di...

My first T told me that therapy had to be as difficult as I needed it to be. I didn't understand that. But I've never gotten anything the easy way. Therapy is no different. I fight it every step with avoidance and anger. 2 steps forward, 1 step back.