Responses To Your Therapist That You Will Probably Never Say

[Britt.f7]

I probably won't ask her how long her maternity leave is going to be, if she is going to come back, or when she will be gone. I'll wait until she shares that with me.

 

[Changing4Best]

Are you sure you want to know? This answer could take more than an hour!

 

[zaniara]

And I went, and he didn't push me at all. On the contrary, and then of course that freaked me out instead.

T: I can see that you're sad and very tired. We can sit here and just talk if you want to.
Me: I don't have anything to say.
T: We can talk about how you feel, and why you're sad.
Me: No, I don't want to think about that.
T: *smiling* No. that's the way you'd handled things before, to cope with life.
Me: *staring at the door*
T: We can just sit and look at each-other.
Me: No way in hell!! We have to do something! Work with the traumas. Isn't that the whole purpose of being here??
T: *laughing* Now it's you that are pushing!

Ended up doing EMDR anyway. *sigh*

I had arranged it so I was seeing her every 3 weeks and she changed it to every 4 weeks

Do you want less appointments? If you don't, can you try to ask for more? (I know that can be hard though..)

I probably won't ask her how long her maternity leave is going to be

I hope she has at least told you she is pregnant??

 

[Britt.f7]

Yes, she told me she was pregnant one day when I told her she was real fidgety. Apparently she was just uncomfortable from the pregnancy, but it was real distracting.

 

[AmyC]

T: How would you define therapy?
Me: Torture for a better cause.

 

[rainy_daze]

I giggled lots when I read this Hashi:

Me: Can't believe you would sit in this room in your time off...

I keep noticing things in the room that I find unbelievably distracting. Recently, there was an electrical plug switch that was on, but nothing was plugged in. The T was talking but I just kept thinking how annoying it is to see a socket with the little red on sign but nothing is plugged in. I started to wonder if I should turn it off or mention it. Then I realised the T was talking and at these parts of therapy I'm supposed to listen.

M: Can we go round the room first and eliminate all potential distractions, or is that task actually a distraction from talking to you today? In fact, don't answer, let me just make sure the room is clean enough, the blinds are shut and there are no unnecessary switches in the wrong position.

 

[roaminggnome]

Me: You're fired!

 

[Changing4Best]

I told her that the Lutheren church didn't allow my in with my PTSD Service Dog and she said "Gee, I guess Pastor George does't like dogs". I should have said that I feel he does not like Disabled people, dogs having nothing to do with it. Instead I just said, I guess not or words to that effect.

 

[beautiful.mobey]

OMG RAIN!!! I'm so wrecked at my desk right now I can't stop laughing!!!!

LMAO...Glad I'm not the only one who actually had that thought crossed my mind. I giggled as I handed the check he looked at me puzzled I shook my head and said " " Sorry inside joke my other self made comment that was funny I smiled and left before he could say anything else.

 

[Britt.f7]

I still haven't asked her about her maternity leave, though we have talked, briefly, about pregnancy. I brought it up not her. She is, however, working very hard to get me to a state of wellness before the winter blues start. I'm sure that is because she will not be there. Maybe I'll ask her next week. Is that rude? I just want to be prepared for when she is gone.

 

[zaniara]

Maybe I'll ask her next week. Is that rude? I just want to be prepared for when she is gone.

I don't think that is rude at all! Of course you need to know when she will be on a maternity leave. It's odd that she hasn't mentioned it..

 

[zaniara]

It's really more about the things I do say to him, than about what I don't say. I can basically say what's on my mind, without thinking first(not that I always do, but more often now than before) - because he rarely gets surprised, nor shocked, and sometimes it almost seems as if he can read my mind. (Which is pretty scary!) But I will never say(he films me/us when sometimes when we do EMDR: because he want to get input from a mentor or something he has) :

"Okay. I know that you love to see your self on tape, and that you are a bit of a diva, but can you please stop concentrating on the camera and concentrate on me instead??"