Awkward Moments

[ellienad]

So, I always seem to have awkward moments with my therapist, or strange things that happen (ie, using the bathroom before our session and walking out of the stall only to find that it was my T in the stall next to me the whole time...need I say more?) Or running into each other in public and pretending like we don't know one another, etc etc.

Thought it would be fun to create a thread sharing our awkward or funny moments we've had with our lovely therapists! ;)

 

[mrsps]

I have never run into my T outside of our sessions, but if I did I would say hello to her :)
Don't think I have any awkward or funny moments lol I must be boring ;)

 

[JEKBreatheandBelieve]

When I had my first session with my therapist, she took down my personal information like my street address. I told it to her and then she said, "That's not the one for sale is it?" I said, "Yes, it is, but there are a couple of others on my road for sale." She then asked more details and confirmed that the weekend before, she had been in my house when there was an open house. Turns out I was living on the same road as her daughter. That was a bit strange to think that before I'd met her, she'd been in my house. She did not buy my house, but we ended up moving in the same week. We live in the same small town but have never seen each other outside of therapy.

 

[Friday]

I was assigned a T through my old work that I had, in fact, slept with. Didn't know it until I was called back, as I was simply ordered to report to the building, not given a name or anything. I didn't even know he worked there. Whoops. Well this is awkward! Heya, man. Howsit going?

It always makes me slightly paranoid walking into a new office, even though the odds are something like eleventy zillion to one against it ever happening again.

 

[radicalgratitude]

I had really bad diarrhea in the middle of a session. I was so embarrassed that I think I used half a can of Lysol. Not a good idea. When I did the walk of shame back into her office, she (being a mom) asked me if I was feeling ok. I said, "I'm fine," and I denied anything. ("No, nothing's wrong with my stomach...") Within a couple minutes, the Lysol scent drafted under the crack in her door and became really strong. It smelled like I sprayed a ton of Lysol right there in the room. I think I was more embarrassed about using half her Lysol than the actual diarrhea...I had panicked.

 

[ellienad]

I googled my therapist once and managed to find her high school yearbook photo. It wasn't a big deal until the next time I saw her she made a face that looked just like she did in her high school picture and it made things very awkward...needless to say, the moral of the story is don't google your therapist unless you're prepared for what you might find ;)

 

[mrsps]

lol I have googled my T and there is nothing on her except her therapist contact number!

 

[joeylittle]

I've got at least 2:

One, he told me to go ahead into the office and he went out (to use the bathroom - that's fine, everyone needs to go); he was gone for quite a bit, though. When he came back, he was clearly embarrassed, and joked "I should know better than to have coffee with lunch".
Meaning, I think, that the coffee made him take a huge dump (the way coffee does). I had zero response to that.

Two, I have no idea what I was thinking - he and I have talked about how he manages his internet footprint, and how under control it is. I for some reason was thinking about that while on facebook one day and decided to search him. And he popped right up, with his wedding photo as the cover image. I didn't need to see him kissing his wife.:confused:It was just bizarre.

 

[ellienad]

@mrsps Lol! I have to say I'm almost jealous of this, I found more than I bargained for when I googled my T! :whistling:

@joeylittle Oh man, that first one, how awkward! I wouldn't know how to respond either! As for the second one, I too ran across my T's Facebook which isn't private, so the selfie of her and her husband is completely public... :facepalm: I also discovered multiple friend's of her's share mutual friends with me. Awkward!

 

[StellaBlue]

She then asked more details and confirmed that the weekend before, she had been in my house when there was an open house.

I had something similar happen, only I had gone to an open house the weekend before I was involuntarily admitted to a psych unit. The woman doing the intake looked really familiar and, after about 20 minutes, I remembered her from photographs at the open house. I asked her if her house was for sale and when she said yes, asked her why she had locks on the outside of her child's door (turns out he sleep walked). She was massively freaked out.