I started doing some research on psych/patient relationships. As Kim mentioned, a minimum of two years have to have elapsed for a doctor to start seeing a former patient. In the case of a psychiatrist and a patient-- it's NEVER!! Even years after the therapeutic relationship has ended. This is the position of the APA and in some states it's even illegal. I understand the reasoning behind it. And if I didn't feel so enamored with my former psychiatrist, I would whole-heartedly agree!

Originally, I felt a lot better after reading these posts, but I really CAN'T get him out of my head! I've started thinking that I never should have gone for therapy, so he wouldn't be off limits. I'm even starting to fall back into old patterns... hating myself, feeling like I'm completely worthless, feeling that I'll never be happy. And all this over a man I barely know?! He hasn't said or done anything for me to feel this way. Why am I so attached to him? Why am I so crazy? Why can't I have better control over myself?

If anyone has dealt with transference before please post, because I need some words of encouragement and I don't know how to say them to myself.