Posted by spreeville on March 29, 2004, at 19:22:06
I'm curious if anyone else here has had any bad experiences with therapy?
I've suffered from social anxiety disorder my entire life. To make a long story short, I was going to therapy for over a year with the same therapist, which is long for me, I usually switch therapists often. Anyway, a time came last year when I really needed to talk to him, and/or see him. But for some reason, he completely abandoned me. He no longer acknowledged my existance. I left him message after message on his voicemail, but he never returned any of my calls. I even ran into him, and when he saw me he started walking the other way, away from me. I even spoke to his supervisor and she said she was going to have him call me, but he still never got in contact with me. I feel like such an idiot. All those times I practically begged him just to talk to me, I must have sounded like a fool to him.
When he just turned his back on me, it destroyed every single ounce of trust I ever had for anybody, not just him. He was the only therapist who ever helped me with my problems, but I never got a chance to thank him for making my life a little better. I just don't understand why a therapist (out of all people) would do something like this to a client. I am a student studying psychology, and I know that this is not something considered normal behavior in a therapist, anyone with common sense would know that. I still do not know why he did what he did. For months I've been tempted to go to his office and ask him 'why'. I don't think he, or anyone else understands the damage this has done to me mentally and emotionally. I need closure, but I'm not sure what to do, or how to get it.
Any suggestions?
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