Yes hard to have your sense of connection taken away I wonder if you could talk to t about finding other ways of feeling connected? I'm not sure how when you feel the need for something concrete which email provides especially now you know what you're missing. My former t didn't have email so I didn't know I didn't have it, but current t does and it helps although don't do it often. Does your t allow you to phone her in an emergency? Can you write stuff down rather than send to t? I did this while my former t was on a break and it really helped.