I found someone who I could tell all my troubles and and open up to for the first time in my life. I developed a relationship with her that I don't think I can ever replace. I feel like for once, I could actually talk to someone who understood what I was going through. I thought this would just be my therapist, but I eventually developed feelings for her. Strong feelings. It got to the point where she was all I could think about. I realize it's unethical to pursue a relationship with your therapist, and I wasn't planning on it for that reason, but I just wanted to keep in contact with her. That is all. I just wanted to have someone who I could let know how I'm doing, and give them updates on my life. Although I expected it, I was devastated when she said she was sorry but we could not stay in contact. I have now just become incredibly depressed about this. I feel a combination of angry, confused, sad, and scared. I am angry just at how the therapy profession just looks at patient's like me as "clients", when I opened up to her. I am confused about how I am going to move on. I am sad that I can never hear from this amazing woman again who means so much to me. And I am scared that I lost this support in my life, and fear that I might be afraid to see another therapist out of fear of becoming attached to them only to just lose them. I'm just so depressed about this right now I don't know what to do...
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