Posted by Dinah on April 3, 2008, at 21:16:00
In reply to Re: i feel sick with grief when i think about it, posted by crushedout on April 3, 2008, at 21:08:58
I think you can hold on to that. Nothing in her letter makes that an unfeasible view. Not all therapists send that letter, but I think it's something that's suggested they do. Just some follow the suggestion better than others. It does have to be professional because it is a professional matter.
That doesn't make the intimacy between you less real.
I understand what you mean about feeling ok until you got the letter. When my therapist was out of the country for six weeks, we had agreed that I could email him. But every time I heard from him, I was upset. While if I didn't hear from him I functioned ok. I finally emailed him and asked him not to contact me any more. A few weeks later, he emailed me to say he hadn't heard from me for a while and was I ok. (eye roll)
I'm not sure what that means. Because even tho I felt reasonably ok if I didn't hear from him, it didn't really mean that I was ok. I just felt ok.
Which doesn't mean anything to your situation. It could just be a tug from the past.
But in either case, it's perfectly understandable.
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