Posted by Karen_kay on January 29, 2004, at 9:54:00
In reply to When the relationship ends, posted by YoungBoy84 on January 29, 2004, at 8:26:25
I think everyone gets scared when they think of losing someone they've become quite attached to. Over Christmas Break, I started freaking out because I began thinking, "I've only got a little over a year left with my therapist" and I somehow did the math wrong in my head and it calculated to about 30 something visits. I thought I was going to have a panic attack.. :) I'm silly.. Then, yesterday, my therapist mentioned the remote possibility of switching me to a different, more long-term type therapist and I freaked out. It wouldn't happen (WOULD IT????) and of course I started thinking, "Hell no, I'd die first, blah blah blah..." But, if it came down to it, I know that even though in the past I've SIed, I have learned more useful coping mechanisms and I wouldn't resort back to my old ways. Though it would be quite scary, and I have no doubt that I wouldn't continue therapy with another therapist, unless it was on my own terms, I still wouldn't harm myself. Oh yes, I would think about it, but I woudn't do it.
Will you have a chance to see your nurse again before you actually "close" the relationship? Also, will you be able to keep in contact with her? I think those things will be very important in healing....
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