Posted by Camille Dumont on December 23, 2004, at 0:03:03
In reply to How did y'all lose your therapists?, posted by Dinah on December 17, 2004, at 16:19:52
True to myself, I walked away.
But its how I usually handle things. I had been seeing her for about two years and then I stopped for a while because I was seeing some other p-doc to do the projective tests and I just never went back.
The results of the MMPI confirmed what I thought and gave me great insight into who I was. It confirmed that I was schizoid (personality disorder but I don't like that it gets pathologised) and I've accepted it. There is no cure, there is no med for it ... there can only be coping with it. And in true schizoid fashion I walked away from my p-doc ... afraid of being overwhelemed, invaded, to lose my sacrosaint independence or whatever.
In a way I preferred doing it like that, not all that emtion-filled closure that leaving theraphy would entail. I know who I am and I don't think that I need theraphy anymore ... she was great, caring, respectfull and all.
That was back in April ... and this month I sent her an x-mas card ... and thanked her and what not ... perhaps to achieve some sort of closure ... and she phoned me and left me a sort of thank you message. I was not expecting it ... felt weird and happy at the same time.
poster:Camille Dumont
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