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Originally Posted by zooropa
T called as I was typing my post above. I forgot I had my phone set up to send her calls to voicemail, so even if she had called me last night I wouldn't have gotten it. Doh.
So here's the message she left. Again, this is transcribed by google voice which isn't always totally accurate but you get the idea. I haven't actually listened to the message yet, for some reason the idea scares me. 
I mean, it's a good message, it's ok. Except...if I do need to TALK give her a call? WTF? Is that not EXACTLY PRECISELY what she's been telling me not to do? God it's so confusing. So confusing.
I just want to add that my recollection of the goal I set in therapy about a month ago was to learn how to more effectively cope with medical procedures and tests. T has mentioned in a couple of her recent voice mails that my goal was to learn to work through this stuff, which is in itself a pretty vague definition, and that just adds to my confusion. What does that mean, work through this stuff, and how is it that I remember very clearly setting a very different goal? |
Hey,
I agree that the sentence "if you need to talk call me", is something she is saying without thinking. I think she has probably got used to using that as a phrase to end messages and forgets how it can be percieved. I think the word "need" in it is also unclear - does she maybe only mean emergancies. When she says talk, I think she means coaching, as this is what she seems to keep saying to you otherwise.
It sounds like she can sounds so caring and affection one minute and very harsh the next, I cannot imagine how badly this messes with your thoughts and emotions.
Do you know what you will do on monday?