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"Doc, I'm bleeding here!" "What do I have to do, open a vein and bleed all over your rug?" Blood and bleeding make for strong symbols in psychotherapy, but what does it all mean? Read More















bleeding article
YOU SOUND AS IF YOU LACK A GREAT DEAL OF EMPATHY
doc i am bleeding here
doc i feel as if the life energy is being drained from me - i am dying - i am disappearing into an emotional vortex of confusion or pain - I am losing myself, going unconscious from lack of awareness etc. going into an emotional abyss.
also: coming apart at the "seems" might you mean seams ? An allusion to something sewn together. tearing apart as in the tearing of a seam on a dress -- or a stuffed animal losing it's stuffing because a seam tears open (another useful metaphor) for psychic pain
doc i am bleeding here
doc i feel as if the life energy is being drained from me - i am dying - i am disappearing into an emotional vortex of confusion or pain - I am losing myself, going unconscious from lack of awareness etc. going into an emotional abyss.
also: coming apart at the "seems" might you mean seams ? An allusion to something sewn together. tearing apart as in the tearing of a seam on a dress -- or a stuffed animal losing it's stuffing because a seam tears open (another useful metaphor) for psychic pain
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