Earthcircle
Well-known member
I was in therapy with many different therapists for well over a decade. I completely failed in therapy. No results to point to. I once saw a therapist -- in fact, one of the last I ever saw -- who told me that I failed in therapy because I unconsciously identify therapists with my father.
I'm getting rather desperate. I am 49 years old and never acquired social skills. I am frightened of growing old while being alone. Is there something I can do to stop identifying therapists with my father? I'm thinking that if I have a therapist and do not identify him or her with my father, than I will make progress in therapy, acquire social skills, become part of a family. What are my prospects?
This relates, I suppose, to an earlier post of mine where I expressed concern over what mental illness or cluster of mental illnesses I have. I am concerned as to whether I have a curable or incurable condition. Given that my psychiatrists have contradicted each other a lot, I am left feeling very confused.
I'm getting rather desperate. I am 49 years old and never acquired social skills. I am frightened of growing old while being alone. Is there something I can do to stop identifying therapists with my father? I'm thinking that if I have a therapist and do not identify him or her with my father, than I will make progress in therapy, acquire social skills, become part of a family. What are my prospects?
This relates, I suppose, to an earlier post of mine where I expressed concern over what mental illness or cluster of mental illnesses I have. I am concerned as to whether I have a curable or incurable condition. Given that my psychiatrists have contradicted each other a lot, I am left feeling very confused.