You deserve whatever you want.
Therapist: You don't ever ask for what you want do you? You realize you're setting yourself up for never getting anything that you want that way
Me: but isn't that selfish? Or self centered? To demand what I want from someone else?
Therapist: I think you need to start redefining the things you call selfish or self centered and seeing them as self supportive.
Me: so how many times can you ask someone for what you want and not get it before you throw in the towel?
Therapist: 37. I'm kidding. There's no magic number. You have to decide for yourself what's enough.
Me: what if you just want too much? Or expect too much?
Therapist: I think you can ask for any damn thing you want.
I think of myself as being so selfish. My therapist thinks I'm too busy being concerned with others' well being that I'm neglecting myself. It's interesting I see such a different (negative) picture of myself.
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