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Originally Posted by DP_2017
I am too. However, when you think of how many people who are NOT in PC but in therapy, it's probably not as many people as we really think.
Also yes, I am the same. At first it felt like a punishment and I was ANGRY. Then I started to realize, he saw stuff I didn't and he did this out of care, because it was getting too much for me. I couldn't stop it on my own.
However, it still sucks sometimes when I do wish I could email on a weekend when I'm spiraling but in my case, I've spent my entire life dealing alone with stuff like that so I know how to get out of it, it just sucks that I'm STILL alone.
I do like the feeling of less stress in our relationship now though.
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All of these comments are interesting to me. First of all, in general, I wonder how often therapists allow between session contact because I agree that by reading this forum it seems like it’s just about everyone. But my therapist told me that he doesn’t typically do that with his clients. I was surprised when he said that because I assumed it was the norm.
Regarding stopping the emails, I also NEVER would have stopped on my own. The thing I struggle with is what you said about being used to doing things on your own. I’m also that way and assumed I was going to therapy to learn not to keep doing things that way. At first when he said he’d stop replying I wondered why the heck I should continue therapy if he was just sending me the message that I should do things on my own. I think that’s not exactly the message he’s sending, though, and I guess that’s what I’m in the middle of trying to figure out.