Contacted my therapist to set up appointents again

[Sweetleaf]

I've been without therapy for 2 or 3 weeks or so. I have been too afraid to contact my therapist to set up another appointment, after the last one got canceled. We never set up a replacement appointment for it, or another session, since I schedule the next one at the end of each session.

I think it's just my fear of rejection and stuff, making me afraid of even trying to contact her, in order to avoid possible rejection.

I just texted her though. So nerve racking.

I hope she responds and is okay with setting up appointments again. I've been irrationally worrying about whether she's just trying to get rid of me.

Feels good to have done it though, in a way. I really need to see her or at least -someone-, shit is really building up.

 

[Angelwings]

I think that it is quite possible that she is giving you your space and possibly hasn't seen the text yet. I text my psychiatrist and sometimes she doesn't answer, but if I leave her a voicemail she texts me back...strange, but it's how we do things, I guess.

Also, big step to text her when you're feelings are so intense right now. Good job.

 

[Sweetleaf]

I think that it is quite possible that she is giving you your space and possibly hasn't seen the text yet.

I -just- went and did it, so I'm not expecting a reply for a while at least, if one comes.

So far she's been good with text communication, usually that's how she lets me know when she's cancelling appointments or changing times or things like that.

 

[Angelwings]

I -just- went and did it, so I'm not expecting a reply for a while at least, if one comes.

So far sh...

@Sweetleaf I'm glad she's so responsive. I think that builds trust. You can see that she cares. I always wonder when my doctor doesn't reply, but she has told me in the past that she hates text messaging. My therapist, on the other hands, will always text or call, no matter the time of day. I think it's been firmly established that my therapist and I are codependent and that it's unhealthy, but she does care and I can tell.

 

[Sweetleaf]

Yay!
So, I heard back from her. I'll be seeing her next tuesday, which is great. I have had so much build up. It's good that I get to start addressing it all.

 

[Emotional girl]

Glad that you heard back from her and that you have got a new appointment.
Well done for reaching out.