That part stems from treating the pdoc as an authority figure rather than as a service provider, which is a wrong way to treat the pdoc.

There was a long thread on another forum. Somebody has sent 8 page texts to the T. I do not know how it is technically possible to send 8 page texts. Emails, yes, but not texts. But the person was able to do it.

There was a long discussion about whether to cancel the upcoming appointment and how to face the T and all of that, many posts.

Well... if you think that the T went above and beyond by reading such a long text, offer her additional compensation for her time, and be done with that. Right? What else is there to it? So all this long discussion stemmed, in my mind, from treating the T as an authority figure, or a super power, or what not. If you treat T / pdoc as a service provider with special training, AND NOBODY ELSE, then you won't be afraid to disappoint the T.

All of this is really really unfortunate, because bipolar people have ENOUGH emotional problems all on their own, and they do not need EXTRA emotional problems such as the fear of disappointing the pdoc.