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Old Sep 23, 2018, 08:06 PM
BudFox BudFox is offline
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Methinks therapists are rejecting OP out of ignorance and self-interest, rather than training issues. They probably think a drive-by indicates some terrible affliction that requires special "treatment" (because they don't have any awareness of what therapy does to people) plus probably don't want any hassle.

At the risk of repeating myself, i think common sense dictates seeing this behavior as a somewhat natural response to the perverse see-saw of hyper-intimacy and abandonment that seems to crush many clients. I don't think it's helpful to keep pathologizing OP. How about giving a little love to the various pathologies inherent in therapy, which give rise to the same pattern of preoccupation that manifests daily on this forum.

Also OP is in a bind. Tell a new therapist what happened, most likely you will get shamed and pathologized and rejected further. Don't tell, and it's a relationship built on a lie of omission. Either way seems you end up living in fear. What a train wreck.
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