Posted by Dinah on June 26, 2014, at 1:16:15
In reply to Re: Thanks, Phillipa, posted by alexandra_k on June 26, 2014, at 1:00:55
Childbirth isn't quite the same. It doesn't exactly come out of the blue with no warning and no way to anticipate it. It doesn't bring the anxiety of being aware that it could happen again at any time with no warning whatsoever. And when it happens, there is no real uncertainty about what to expect.
Every single time I see him it will be with the knowledge that he might disappear before our next appointment, with no real explanation and no way for me to anticipate the likelihood.
Even if it never happened again, and it well might happen again, I would have to live with that anxiety every single day that I allow myself to care whether he is there or not. Time is just going to make it worse, not better. The constant anxiety and vigilance will end up leaving me with a phobia like my emetophobia. I will be terrified of meeting with my therapist. He will be the reason I am in need of therapy.
Why on earth would I do that to myself?
Why do you care if I quit therapy?
poster:Dinah
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