A reminder your mental healthcare team is human

I like what my T said, for the most part. He said I can email if I need to, but that he would play his side of the net. Meaning that I can send what I like, but he won't answer all my emails, just maybe a few here and there, briefly. FTR, I only email one or two short emails a week. There have been a few times when I have sent something sensitive and really really wish he replied (like a few days ago). But these are his rules, and I have to remind myself that he is very kind and attentive in person, even if I can't always feel his presence between sessions. I try to remember that he has a life beyond work, but the child-like part of me pouts about it a bit.

Perhaps I spoke too hastily - I do see a place for therapists that don't offer out of session contact and who aren't reachable in an emergency. However, I personally wouldn't see such a therapist, nor do I think the majority of at risk clients should.

T doesn't go on vacation often. However, when she does she tells me to email her if I need to. She reminds me that it could take a while to receive a response. In the past when I have told her I don't want to bother her when she is on vacation. She responded that she is a big girl and knows how to take care of herself. If she didn't want to contact she wouldn't offer...

Wow. Such a timely reminder for me. For the past several weeks my T has been out of state coping with a dying parent. T emailed me today. As soon as that email arrived, I instantly glossed over the fact that he was human, and instead assumed he was some sort of indentured cyborg, placed here on earth solely to address my emotions.

One thing T has expressed to me (on several occasions) is that when other adults freely offer their assistance to me, one healthy response is to assume that the help is being offered willingly, and that I should accept or reject offers based on their value to me -- not based upon what I think I could possibly be "inflicting" upon the other person. This is a change that I am adapting at a rather glacial pace.

Are you a troll?

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You seem to have relapsed into your T-is-human delusion. Could I suggest some reality checking here? I think we all know, deep-down that T IS AN INDENTURED CYBORG and in our efforts to defend against the implications of this we adopt this ludicrous T-is-human hypothesis....

I thought therapists were evolved anthropomorphic mutants with superpowers. Homo sapiens superior, as Magneto would say.

Well, I've heard that theory, but it's not really supported by evidence is it? I prefer to take a more scientific approach which is why I find the Cyborg hypothesis so much more convincing.