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#27: MBT Group Therapy > Between Seeking Connection and Missing Each Other
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- Jun 2, 2026
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Summary
🎙️ Special Episode – “Between Seeking Connection and Missing Each Other” Welcome to this special episode of the MBT podcast. In this group session, an intense conversation unfolds about connection, vulnerability, and what happens when good intentions are received differently than they were meant. What makes this session powerful is how clearly it shows that people can genuinely try to reach one another, yet still end up feeling misunderstood. Today, we listen to a group session where themes such as care, responsibility, rejection, and the longing to be understood come to the surface. ⸻ 🧠What this episode explores Caring for one another An important theme in this session is the care that group members feel for each other. When someone shares something vulnerable, it can have a deep impact on others. Sometimes so much so that the concern and emotional involvement continue long after the group session has ended. ⸻ Good intentions, different experiences This session clearly shows how the same situation can be experienced very differently by different people. Where one person feels connection, another feels distance. Where one person tries to offer support, another feels burdened or made responsible. ⸻ The fear of being a burden Several group members touch on a familiar theme: Am I allowed to take up space? Am I too much? Am I burdening others with what I feel? These questions can make it difficult to honestly share what is really going on inside. ⸻ Vulnerability and misunderstanding The session reveals that vulnerability does not always lead directly to connection. Sometimes it creates confusion. Misunderstanding. Or the painful feeling of not being understood. And it is precisely there that the real work of mentalizing begins. ⸻ The influence of old patterns Beneath many…