I was gone for about 2 years. I guess it's the equivalent of maybe a girlfriend ghosting them. I did just dissappear and I kept saying I was coming back but mentally I was just not in a place where I could go back.
I did keep saying I was coming back and then I just couldn't. I was diagnosed with PTSD and then went on medication and I went back. They don't know that though they just know their regular disappeared and ghosted them and i guess it sounded like I was making excuses.But I was really trying hard to come back. I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
This did happen occasionally before I left though. I would get the occasional client who was really good and I would see them every week and then they would just... for lack of a better word... f*ck me around and they were such good clients.I let them fuck me around for a lot longer than I should have.
It's just this weird thing that happens and I don't fully understand it. All I know is that these things expire. Most of the time people just move on to someone else but... For some reason people still linger and book appointments. It's almost like they're trying to burn that bridge. To me it feels that way anyway, because if I was kind of sick of someone but wanted to keep them around in case I needed them later I wouldn't make them hate me by booking them and screwing them around.
I don't really care that much. I've made a ton of money off of these people , but i guess I just don't understand what's going through their heads and i'm always really interested in the psychology of things.
Maybe it is as simple as this very shallow narcissist put it. Maybe all they're looking for is narcissistic supply. I guess there's really nothing wrong with that either other than its shallow and selfish. These people didn't strike me as shallow or selfish. They were genuine and I actually really liked them as people. I met a lot of really great people and my regulars were generally peoplen I liked and respected. I wouldn't spend so much time with them if I didn't like them.
Either way, it's run.Its course, it's just frustrating that we have to burn those bridges and I have to close off all contact to get them to stop wasting my time and energy.
Don't get it twisted though. I'm only posting this in between clients. Its not that serious. It's just strange human behavior that I don't fully understand. I would never do that to someone.
I don't make appointments with people I don't intend on seeing and I don't keep in contact with people I don't like. I don't need validation from people so I guess it's just a behaviour I'll never understand.
I did keep saying I was coming back and then I just couldn't. I was diagnosed with PTSD and then went on medication and I went back. They don't know that though they just know their regular disappeared and ghosted them and i guess it sounded like I was making excuses.But I was really trying hard to come back. I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
This did happen occasionally before I left though. I would get the occasional client who was really good and I would see them every week and then they would just... for lack of a better word... f*ck me around and they were such good clients.I let them fuck me around for a lot longer than I should have.
It's just this weird thing that happens and I don't fully understand it. All I know is that these things expire. Most of the time people just move on to someone else but... For some reason people still linger and book appointments. It's almost like they're trying to burn that bridge. To me it feels that way anyway, because if I was kind of sick of someone but wanted to keep them around in case I needed them later I wouldn't make them hate me by booking them and screwing them around.
I don't really care that much. I've made a ton of money off of these people , but i guess I just don't understand what's going through their heads and i'm always really interested in the psychology of things.
Maybe it is as simple as this very shallow narcissist put it. Maybe all they're looking for is narcissistic supply. I guess there's really nothing wrong with that either other than its shallow and selfish. These people didn't strike me as shallow or selfish. They were genuine and I actually really liked them as people. I met a lot of really great people and my regulars were generally peoplen I liked and respected. I wouldn't spend so much time with them if I didn't like them.
Either way, it's run.Its course, it's just frustrating that we have to burn those bridges and I have to close off all contact to get them to stop wasting my time and energy.
Don't get it twisted though. I'm only posting this in between clients. Its not that serious. It's just strange human behavior that I don't fully understand. I would never do that to someone.
I don't make appointments with people I don't intend on seeing and I don't keep in contact with people I don't like. I don't need validation from people so I guess it's just a behaviour I'll never understand.
can you elabroate on this? cant relate to cancelling without being sure im going to book if i reach out again but i am curious what would make a weekly regular turn flaky. how long was the gap in time you were gone for? would they ghost you or just have different reasons to cancel each time