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Originally Posted by Jaybird57
cause he loved his work and saw it as a way to allow him to have a semi normal day.
To be honest, his reaction was one of the reasons I ended going to him. I was the one who just couldn't handle him returning when he did; it triggered too many memories for me regarding a death of an older sibling in my own family. I realize now that I just couldn't get my head around someone moving on the way he did. I just felt weird talking about my own issues when all the time I was thinking, "Dang, this guy is grieving about the death of his only child! He doesn't want to hear my silly junk!" In some ways, I regret not talking about it with him because it might have been a very important learning situation for me. But I just couldn't get my head around it.
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I wouldn't be able to get my head around that either. If my T didn't take a few months off at least, I'd probably wouldn't be able to continue. I get the need to try and go about your day as normally as possible so you don't lose your mind...but man, as a therapist?!
My previous T cancelled last minute one week to say her college roommate was killed, and she needed to fly out to another state to go to the funeral. I saw her the week after, and said that I was sorry it happened, and I did feel weird about it, but she seemed fine, and it never interfered with our therapy. I did think she seemed a bit off at the 1 year anniversary, but I understood that.