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Old Nov 19, 2018, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Lrad123 View Post
Dammit. I messed up. So much for feeling empowered. Not sure how I feel about emailing you last night. Thinking about “punishing” myself by not letting myself go this week. Would obviously still pay since I’d be canceling late. Also not sure if I should tell you why I’m canceling because then it all becomes an issue for the next time we meet and that just feels like a distraction. I guess I shouldn’t have emailed because it might be starting that spiral of me feeling needy and disempowered. I need to distance myself from that. I need to not email you for a week before I’m allowed to see you. I think that’s the only way to get my power back. If I were to email you you’d say something like, “I look forward to talking to you if you decide to come.” So there, I said it to myself. Is that the way this is supposed to work now? Who needs a therapist when I can just talk to myself.

Hope it's OK to reply. I understand how you feel about "messing up," because it's your own personal boundary you set. But you are still allowed to email. Rather than punishing yourself by not going (and still paying), I'd go in and talk about it with your T.
Thanks for this!
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