My Life Is So Weird.

[beehive]

I have PTSD, working with a trauma therapist. I contacted a reporter about a crazy mess that I am dealing with. The first reporter at the news agency handed me over to an investigative reporter. I left a message. They called me back, and I said I have to think about it all more, maybe I made a mistake. They called every few days to check in. For some crazy reason, I never checked on who the guy was more. After two weeks, and talking to my therapist, I agreed to meet him in person at the news agency and talk about handing over the info to him to do a story.

I made the decisions that were comfortable to me. He emailed me about a follow up question that was within the limits I gave, and suddenly, I saw his name. His first name is 1 letter different than my counselor's first name. So is his last name. I FREAKED. His name is pretty much the male version of her name. I told my therapist, and she was like wow, that is weird, but not a relative. I didn't really care if she was related or not... He is going to eventually publish a story about the mess, so my therapist would have likely found out one way or another.

Is there something really wrong with me that the investigative reporter that I finally agreed to talk to happens to have pretty much the same name as my therapist who is one of the few people I trust in the world?

 

[Oriw]

Is there something really wrong with me that the investigative reporter that I finally agreed to talk to happens to have pretty much the same name as my therapist who is one of the few people I trust in the world?

It doesn't say anything about you at all. It's a coincidence that they have similar names. Nothing more. Nothing about you engineered or influenced it to be that way.

 

[Cijac]

Life does become much weirder. I have noticed that I notice things that I never would have before. I also told my story to a reporter here in the military because it was mental health awareness month and they wanted to do a story on somebody that has sought out mental health help. It did feel really weird telling my story, and it is a nerve racking thing but also a big relief because at one point it is out there and you don't feel like you have to hide it anymore but at the same time now anybody that knows me can look up the news story and find it.

 

[Aza]

I tend to look at these things (and there are a lot of them in my life), as serendipity. To me they are magic.

 

[beehive]

OP here

It doesn't say anything about you at all. It's a coincidence that they have similar names. Nothing more. Nothing about you engineered or influenced it to be that way.

I think I really needed to read that. Thank you.

I was in multiple car accidents, every year for 6 years, all during the same week of the year. Only one was my fault. I didn't even realize they all happened the same time of year until I saw a PTSD therapist. The first car accident I was ever in was as a child. It was during the same week. It was connected to childhood abuse (a family member pushed me out of the car at 40 mph before it swerved and crashed). I guess maybe that pattern is why another strange, but very different, pattern spooked me.

It did feel really weird telling my story, and it is a nerve racking thing but also a big relief because at one point it is out there and you don't feel like you have to hide it anymore but at the same time now anybody that knows me can look up the news story and find it.

This helps to know I'm not the only one! I admire your bravery.

I tend to look at these things (and there are a lot of them in my life), as serendipity. To me they are magic.

This made me think maybe this is a good sign. :)

 

[Inuc]

This made me think maybe this is a good sign. :)

I tend to look at synchronicity as a sign that I'm on the right track. It's my own little personal form of superstition. For example, when I was matched with my service dog I was overwhelmed and wasn't sure if we would bond or if he was the right fit despite trying to trust the trainers. But his name means the same thing as what I go by here, and starts with the first letter of the name I use in public.

It might be silly but I view strange occurrences and connections like that as little gifts most of the time. :)

 

[Iluv]

A coincidence, nothing more, nothing less. I think that WAY too often humans try to make rhyme or reason out of things, assigning meaning to happenings when there is none, and taking things as a "sign" when its just something that happened, nothing more nothing less.

One of my good friends in high school had the reverse name as mine. My mom pointed it out as a funny coincidence. It didn't mean we were destined to be friends or anything like that. Just an interesting thing, and that was that.