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Old Jun 17, 2017, 06:12 PM
Hopelesspoppy Hopelesspoppy is offline
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Originally Posted by precaryous View Post
I know what you mean. Why chose clients at all? Why not have an affair with a colleague, a waitress, a neighbor?

He was my psychiatrist.

The 'alleged' assault on the woman in the article happened a year to the month after his 'alleged' intimacies (and 'alleged' assault) with me.

She was 19yo.

He knew it was a felony by the time of his arrest. I looked it up after our encounters and told him so right there in his office.

His arrest convinced me I had been exploited. Until then, I thought maybe he was a good man who made a mistake. I cared about him.

I found a therapist who knows a lot about therapist/client exploitation and I wouldn't even tell her his name. I didn't know what might happen and I didnt want him to go to jail. He has family.

I learned I was the second of seven to come forward after his arrest. That was no mistake.
I learned I didn't cause anything bad to happen to him, he did.
His actions did.

And I'm still furious.
Right there and beside you all the way. I have not found a therapist capable of taking it on - so I am trying to make peace with the reality that this is my life. It happened. It was a 15 year chunk of my life that is lost and I will never have retribution or closure. Time does help.
Hugs from:
fishwithoutabowl, precaryous, RainyDay107
Thanks for this!
precaryous