Posted by Dinah on June 21, 2008, at 16:21:33
In reply to Re: HOOORAY!!!! I think the worst is past. :), posted by Nadezda on June 21, 2008, at 14:56:34
Perhaps I left out the many incidents of my whining, clinging, desperate begging him not to abandon me, insisting that he couldn't abandon me, asking him what I'll doooo if he abandoned me. Reviving long gone plans of what I'd do if he terminated me. Always saying "terminated" with associated hand gesture. Calling him between sessions with emotional time bombs of probably tiny little incidents that seemed enormous all of a sudden between sessions. Metaphorically shaking him and telling him to listen to me now.
I believe I even, in one particularly embarrassing moment, told him he'd be an idiot to terminate me, because I've been the steadiest thing in his life for the past thirteen years. (Blush)
Overall, I think he took it well. :)
But I wouldn't say I handled it particularly well.
I often say that my therapist wouldn't recognize my sessions as I recount them. And I think that's likely a truth.
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