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Posted by baseball55 on November 20, 2014, at 19:28:39
I see my psychiatrist, whom I love, once a month. We had an appointment this morning and he called at 7AM to cancel because he wasn't feeling well and asked when we could reschedule. He woke me from a deep sleep and I could barely talk. I said I would call him later and he said he was going back to bed and asked when I was free. I told him all day really and he said he would call.
So it's now 8:30PM and he hasn't called. I get it that he's probably just sick in bed and will call in a day or two. But he's 75 and I've started freaking out that maybe he is really ill with something serious and I'll never see or hear from him again. I'm so angry at myself for not being able to wake up and schedule another time. If he is really ill and I had another appointment, at least someone would call me to let me know and cancel.
I know this is nuts. He's probably just sick with a stomach bug, as he said on the phone. But what if he's not? What if I can never see him again? I'm freaking myself out.
Posted by Twinleaf on November 20, 2014, at 22:03:11
In reply to I know this is crazy but..., posted by baseball55 on November 20, 2014, at 19:28:39
Call him! Chances are it's something benign and you can reschedule soon. I do know howhard it is to think of losing a therapist who has been so vital to your life - hoping for the best!
Posted by alexandra_k on November 21, 2014, at 1:45:18
In reply to Re: I know this is crazy but... » baseball55, posted by Twinleaf on November 20, 2014, at 22:03:11
aw.
uh... i actually freaked out when i read that thread over on social about people getting in the last word and i thought about bob dying. and about how he wasn't allowed to die. he wasn't allowed to leave us. we have to leave him. and he can be the only one here. all by himself. and then the site can finish. but not otherwise.
and of course that is silly. but i had a cry about it, anyway.
darned feelings.
i hope he is okay.
Posted by baseball55 on November 21, 2014, at 19:38:36
In reply to Re: I know this is crazy but..., posted by alexandra_k on November 21, 2014, at 1:45:18
Thanks for your comments. I am crazy. He called this morning to reschedule and is fine. I can get into such a state of high anxiety about him.
Posted by alexandra_k on November 29, 2014, at 17:48:16
In reply to Re: I know this is crazy but..., posted by baseball55 on November 21, 2014, at 19:38:36
oh. that's good news.
i remember years and years and years ago... with my dbt therapist. i got a phone call an hour or two before our appointment to say she had to cancel. i was upset. rationally i knew that something significant had probably come up... but i was really upset. felt abandoned, anyway. ended up hurting myself...
then next appointment i learned she had been in a car accident. minor - she was okay. but she was in hospital getting herself tended to when our appointment was scheduled. and i felt AWFUL. and i was doing DBT so we were meant to talk about incidents of self harm...
she was good enough to let that incident slide and we moved onto other things...
sometimes feelings don't listen to reason, particularly. but they pass eventually. anyway, i am glad to hear that he is alright and that you are alright. etc.
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