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Posted by rockymtnhi on November 14, 2004, at 23:56:37
I don't feel like going back to therapy anymore. I expected to feel sad and miserable at even the thought of leaving. I sat in my last session thinking that I just could not do it anymore. My therapist has no idea that I am feeling this way. I suspect that if I told him, he would not try to talk me out of it which then, might make me feel rejected. I have never spoken to him about ending but in my mind, I always thought that it would be a very positive experience- even though I would miss him. I envisioned accomplishing my goals and sharing the success with him. I didn't accomplish my goals because they turned out to require so much more than I initially expected. I am better, but not even close to where I had hoped to be (no fault due to the therapist or me, some things just require time). It seems that even the best therapy terminations feel like a break-up.
I do wish that I could have hugged him once before I left but I am fairly certain he would not have allowed it.
It's just a odd place to be. Anyone else just feel like they are finished with therapy but cannot say why?
Posted by sunny10 on November 15, 2004, at 10:22:47
In reply to No more tx for me, posted by rockymtnhi on November 14, 2004, at 23:56:37
I agree... no more... but I THINK I know WHY in my case... It simply has no meaning anymore.
I can't say that I am anywhere near being more comfortable in my own skin (or mind), but paying someone to chat about how my last two weeks were??
If we were actually working on WHY I feel the way I do, I'd work on it, but therapy as "acting class" as "utilizing coping skills" ? Why bother? I am just exhausted all the time ACTING like nothing bothers me so I can stay out of hospital. Why pay someone for that? I chat with my SO everyday...
And I don't feel like discussing "the end" with my T, either. I'm going to call and say that I can't make it on Wednesday, and that I'll call her to schedule a new one if I need to. I only ever get an answering machine, anyway...-sunny10
Posted by Miss Honeychurch on November 15, 2004, at 10:24:26
In reply to No more tx for me, posted by rockymtnhi on November 14, 2004, at 23:56:37
Rocky,
It sounds to me like you are giving up on yourself. Therapy is very hard work. You say you don't know whay you want to give up, but I bet you know why. Why?
Posted by rockymtnhi on November 15, 2004, at 19:32:57
In reply to Re: No more tx for me, posted by Miss Honeychurch on November 15, 2004, at 10:24:26
Huh....something to think about. I didn't see myself as giving up but I suppose there is a part of me that feels that way.
I just wonder sometimes why I go to therapy. I don't mean that in a negative way, more in a curious way.
Anyway, I will have to re-read your post in a few days to see what it brings up for me then.
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