Posted by sassyfrancesca on November 5, 2008, at 8:14:16
In reply to Re: I Wonder if Anyone Else Has Felt Like This, posted by Dinah on November 4, 2008, at 17:38:53
> I always say I enjoy being alone, but I suppose I never really have been. It's very important to me to have someone to love. My dogs are great for that too.
I have a cat.
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> I'm really concerned about you, Sassy. Thankyou,I worry that you haven't told your therapist about the money problem. It's fine to hope that something positive happens to change that. I really hope it does. But in the meantime isn't it important to talk to your therapist about what to do if nothing does happen to change your circumstances?
If I tell him before I absolutely have to, it will cause me MORE anxiety; either way the outcome will be the same.
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> This is a big change in your life, very important, and you owe it to yourself and to your therapist to discuss it ahead of time.
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> Then you can go back to hoping. Like I said in another context, there are times to take a good hard look at what *is*, not what you wish to be. It seems to me that this is one of those times.
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> Even if your therapist can't help you monetarily, or is unable to work something out to continue to see you, maybe he can help you find something in your life so that you won't feel totally bereft. He can help you plan for the contingency, even if it doesn't happen to come to pass.
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> What reason is there *not* to tell him? It's his job to help you with things like this. Are you afraid he'll react badly? Are you afraid he'll insist you stop seeing him now?I think he will still see me, but am ready for the possibility he might not. I told him last night he was my support system.
Thanks for caring, sweetie!
Hugs, Sassy
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