Posted by Dinah on March 15, 2006, at 11:10:27
But my husband thinks that we can arrange things so that I can quit work. This is what I've always wanted. I think my work is bad for my body, my soul, and my emotional health. My husband is particularly concerned about the toll on my body.
There are some financial concerns, and some latent feminist in me is having a bit of trouble with it too, but my main concern is therapy. I've often said that without work (and maybe without Babble because that's where most of my interpersonal angst comes up) I wouldn't need therapy. And my husband has factored that into the financial calculations.
So getting my life dream, removing a major source of stress in my life, and having more time to be a great mother and keeper of a home on one side. Losing my therapist, and I suppose to some extent at least Babble on the other.
It's hard to explain to my husband why losing my therapist would be such a big deal.
If we have to move, I guess the decision would be a lot easier. If I can't see my therapist anyway, that part of the equation is solved.
I'm excited about the prospect on one hand. And feeling terribly upset at losing my therapist on the other.
Mind you, the therapist thing matters a lot more to emotional me. Rational me says to go for it. Be healthier, have less stress, and why would I need therapy anyway. But emotional me still wants to cling to something that has become so important to me. And wonders if losing therapist is akin to death for that part of me.
I wonder if it's ok to just do what I think is best for my family and myself and assume that my emotional self would be ok in the long run.
poster:Dinah
thread:620589
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