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WillowH
Something interesting happened to me, and I wonder if other people have been through a similar thing.
So I had a previous therapist that I saw for some time. It was good at first but at some point the relationship just fell apart. After that I couldn’t be truthful to them anymore, and they became suspicious of everything I said. therapy with them no longer became about my treatment. We didn’t even have appointments anymore, just talking. So after about a month, one day I stopped talking to them completely without saying anything. That was it. She tried to contact me once again but I didn’t respond.
Fast forward a lot in time. I was seeing this new therapist and in one of our first sessions I made the stupid decision to vaguely mention this one past therapist that I stopped seeing one day. We scheduled an appointment some time later, but when the day came she didn’t show up. I got worried that she abandoned me. Instead, I got a call at a random time and the phone number was the same my past therapist used. I was so surprised because it had been so long and confused because why now of all days?
Obviously I didn’t answer.
They left a voice mail anxiously saying that she was looking up past-patients and calling them to see how they’re doing now. This was an obvious lie to me, as I’ve learned to detect manipulation from my parents. It’s disappointing to see my past therapist try to pull me back into therapy, especially when they think you’re dumb enough not to notice.
I decided to block her phone number. I’m just bothered about the new therapist. Somehow she figured out who my past therapist was and contacted her. How is that even possible? Unless it really was just a random phone call.
So I had a previous therapist that I saw for some time. It was good at first but at some point the relationship just fell apart. After that I couldn’t be truthful to them anymore, and they became suspicious of everything I said. therapy with them no longer became about my treatment. We didn’t even have appointments anymore, just talking. So after about a month, one day I stopped talking to them completely without saying anything. That was it. She tried to contact me once again but I didn’t respond.
Fast forward a lot in time. I was seeing this new therapist and in one of our first sessions I made the stupid decision to vaguely mention this one past therapist that I stopped seeing one day. We scheduled an appointment some time later, but when the day came she didn’t show up. I got worried that she abandoned me. Instead, I got a call at a random time and the phone number was the same my past therapist used. I was so surprised because it had been so long and confused because why now of all days?
Obviously I didn’t answer.
They left a voice mail anxiously saying that she was looking up past-patients and calling them to see how they’re doing now. This was an obvious lie to me, as I’ve learned to detect manipulation from my parents. It’s disappointing to see my past therapist try to pull me back into therapy, especially when they think you’re dumb enough not to notice.
I decided to block her phone number. I’m just bothered about the new therapist. Somehow she figured out who my past therapist was and contacted her. How is that even possible? Unless it really was just a random phone call.