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| Author: | Chels91 [ Tue Feb 15, 2022 11:48 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | Therapy session 02/15/22 |
As stated in my previous entry, my mom now gets anxiety attacks. No doubt, as a result of her learning about how my dad - her ex-husband - had been molesting me for 20 years without her knowing. In today's session, we talked all about my mom's sudden anxiety. I expressed how I feel partly to blame for it by encouraging her to join me in therapy and how I feel it might not be a good idea for her to join us more. The therapist explained that she's seen similar reactions in parents who learned their child was being molested without them knowing, that it can stem from a number of things from grief, to them harboring guilt over not knowing, or just the lasting shock that it happened. She suggested my mom to start having her own one-on-one therapy sessions. That we'll still have our appointments together, but advised my mom to set up dates where she could come in on her. My mom agreed, so hopefully she'll do that. My mom was oddly quiet nearly the whole time, which was out-of-character of her. That's a bit concerning, but maybe I'm overthinking it. I can only hope she will follow through with seeking her own counseling. It's just too bad it's had to come to that. |
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