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Originally Posted by skysblue
I almost never pick up calls from T and she never answers when I call her. This is our agreement. And she doesn't return calls much - only when I specifically request it.
So, why do I have such an emotional reaction when I see her call coming in?
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I can completely relate to this, but I don't know what it's about really. My T and I don't communicate between sessions... I think this is my boundary more than hers, we've never really talked about it. Anyway, she works for an organization that has multiple branches aside from therapy.. and a couple of my friends are affiliated with another branch... When they call me it shows up on my caller id as the organizations name... and EVERY TIME, even though I KNOW this, I completely panic thinking that my T is calling to cancel a session, etc. My friend called the other night at like 10pm and I was convinced that it was my T. I got very anxious, shaky, nauseated, panicked, etc. I should know by now that a) my T is not gonna call me at 10pm and b) that number is not hers, oh and c) she's not gonna term me over the phone. Doesn't matter. I think I would die if my T called me that late on a weekend to terminate my therapy!! But that's not really a rational fear. So strange. I never told her this either, which is funny. It's strange the things that don't come up in session...
-CoY