The Things I Say To My Therapist

[watundah]

Today she answered a major question with a question. I hate that. Was that a stall since she didn't have a ready answer, I wondered? Grr. Then after I.mucked through it all, she asked me, "Did that answer your question? " Sneaky.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Me:"I started having shitty sleep again last few days"

T:"I think that maybe we should try the baseball bat..."
*proceeds to take a baseball bat from the cabinet*

Random fun stuff

 

[Deleted member 29920]

Me: I get the impression you're not going to tell me what I should talk about.
T: And you're absolutely right.

:facepalm:

 

[Candleflames]

No offence, it's not you, but I'm just waiting out the clock so I can run away from here.

 

[Kintsugi]

T: So it took him hurting someone you love for you to get angry?
Me: Yes.
T: So when he hurt you, you were confused, but when he hurt someone you loved, you got angry?
Me: Yes.
T: So what you're saying is, when people do things that are harmful to you, you feel conflicted, but when they hurt people you value, you can express anger?
Me: Do you want to jam that highlighter down harder? No, no. I just want to know if you wanted to put any finer of a point on that or if we could move on?
T: :hilarious:

 

[Ronin]

To therapist buddy: No, I'm not going into it, that's my usual messed up, as opposed to the unusual and derailing me messed up that's the common reason I'm calling you.

He: Has it crossed your mind what you're describing is just normal human reaction? And that talking about it is something people are supposed to do?

Long silence.
Supposed to do?
In which universe. What the everloving. Back crawling to silence it is. Silence & I are pals. Silence I know from the inside out. Why am I in this sharing business.

 

[Forgetful]

Pdoc - why didn't you do your homework?
Me - because Netflix doesn't have commercials.

 

[Whyteferret]

Why the hell should I appologise for someone elses drunken stooper. Please try and make sence of this h...

That was the wrong direction for her to go. Part of what PTSD can be is taking on responsibility for what we don't own. That was awesome that you recognized that wasn't your fault.

 

[Whyteferret]

I often have posted these responses in the thread, Responses you probably will never say. I sometimes h...

I have real trouble figuring out social context now. I take things very literally at times.

Yesterday, I talked about a situation at a store where I got pissed at something someone said.

T asked what other could be another explanation.

Me: I don't know.

T: put yourself in her shoes.

Me: they won't fit.

T: .... A bit literal right now.

Me/ puzzled "oh."
Once I got by the shoe thing, I did figure out a possible explanation not involving me being "absolutely f inf stupid

 

[Forgetful]

Last week's session was frustrating because I couldn't follow our conversation so we just had a simple Q & A once I told her.

At one point she asked something (can't remember what). I just sat there rocking and looking at the floor.

Her - hello, are you still here? Then asked again.
Me - yep, just trying to think of an answer that is not sarcastic. Nope, can't.

I'm very sarcastic but I try not to with her because she doesn't like it

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Me: I just want to be relatively functional and happy.

T: You will never be functional, best you can hope for is to be relatively dysfunctional. And about happiness... Eh.

 

[Ronin]

And about happiness... Eh.

That brings me to Responses You Don't Say to your therapist, in which I'd have 'I understand you're paid for bringing doom & gloom into people's hearts, but do you have to do it so intensely?

While we're at it, I'm on a budget, and cutting you off.'
Seriously, with a therapist like that, who needs enemies?