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Old Aug 02, 2019, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Omers View Post
T is on a trip with family this weekend and away for business next week. This is the first week since we started working together that I haven’t called or emailed (I can actually do self care with son gone). But now T has me crying even though he isn’t here. The last email I sent I started to admit that I am attached and afraid of leaving him (whenever that may be, we are nowhere close). I said I was trying to keep in mind that he said he wouldn’t hurt or reject me and that Fr and I do OK even though neither one of us are at the same church any more. Well, T and H have a shared interest that has a lot of events/gatherings around here. T said he might come to the one next door to where I worked. I asked him to let me know because I would like to see him (seeing as it is public) he was surprised I was really interested but he is OK with it. Then later T said by the way, if you go often look for ****** he is there a lot and I think you would like him. So, I can be a little daft. Not only is T OK with this overlap between our personal and professional lives but he is kinda inviting me into the community... so there would be a natural way to see him a few times a year even after we terminated.
‘scuse me while my little attachment disordered self goes and cries.....
I think attachment in therapy is sorta like what nanny Mcphee tells the children. "“When you need me, but do not want me then I must stay. But when you want me but no longer need me, I have to go”. When you get to the ending phase you're not the same person you were when you started. You'll be ready when you're ready.

I don't see the problem with seeing T at events, especially if you live in a small area. It's just something that is.
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