Posted by Tabitha on April 30, 2014, at 15:09:32
In reply to Re: He called!!!! » Tabitha, posted by Dinah on April 29, 2014, at 18:43:03
> Do you think I would have ever heard from him if he weren't planning to go back into practice and wasn't aware of my steady source of income?
Of course I can't know, but I would think "planning to go back into practice" is a bigger factor than being aware of your income. As a person who had to leave a career due to sudden unexpected health problems, I notice it can be painful to stay connected to people in my field because it reminds me of the loss (plus my own shame over being sick and disappearing suddenly). When I think I'll really never work in that field again, it doesn't seem worth the pain of maintaining the connections. When I think I may want to return, then I want to pick up those connections again. It's nothing to do with the value of those relationships. Purely my own self-protection at work. But of course I hope your therapist has better relationship skills and emotional self-regulation than I do.
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