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Originally Posted by Lrad123
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.
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Sorry to hear this. I completely get it. I did this a few times too at first and felt terrible every time. I also constantly "punish" myself for things like this. Currently I'm taking everything within me not to email my T about what happened yesterday. I completely understand your feelings over this... going in to talk might help but if you feel you need to step back a week, that's ok. It's hard to get used to doing this (not emailing) but eventually it becomes natural. Good luck whatever you choose