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Originally Posted by SoupDragon
I have not been through that experience and try not to think about it - I'm always ready to quit on my terms, but to actually sit with T in the moment knowing it is coming to an end sounds really hard.
Life is full of loss and I wonder whether ending therapy, wherever you are at in the process, is like a bereavement. So maybe it is absolutely OK for you to be feeling as you are - not a pleasant feeling, but one that is appropriate for the situation.
Soup
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Thanks Soup, it is tough that it's a forced termination when I don't feel ready. It does feel like a bereavement, and maybe you're right that it's okay to be feeling how I am. I just don't even know if I should tell her how hard of a time I'm having, because I almost wonder if talking about it would make it worse. I don't want her to know all of these awful things I'm thinking, because then maybe she'll think less of us. It will seem more "real" that I'm in a bad place with her if she believes it too. Because what if I
am being dramatic, and I can turn this around before we end if I just get a different attitude about the situation?