Responses To Your Therapist That You Will Probably Never Say

[Ocean5]

"Why are you so afraid to talk about these things? What is worst that can happen. You will lose your mind? End up in hospital?"

When you are just seeing to get staple.

Uh yea

 

[Flossy]

Thirty years ago. In response to "It was interesting meeting you, I look forward to our next appointment".

Me: "Go hire a fk..g video, I'm not here for your entertainment".

To others "You're an idiot. I'm outta here".

 

[Changing4Best]

This is just a funny thing that happened: I had it on my calendar that I had an appointment with her the following day. I emailed her with a copy of a report about something and said that she should read it before our appointment the next day. She emailed me back saying something to the effect that she was unaware that we had an appointment the next day! Then she asked me what time was our appointment!! I emailed her back saying it was at 10AM. She then said that would be OK, she thought she could make it into the office by then. (I had to admit that it would have been a pretty awful thing for me to show up after I'd paid $10 in bus fares to get there, if she would not have shown up!!! I still wonder if the mistake in scheduling was mine or hers. Thank goodness it all worked out, or I would have ended up waiting for an hour in her waiting room until the bus (which was scheduled way in advance) would return to take me home.

 

[watundah]

"Where in your are you feeling that?"
"My head...it's all in my head."

 

[desiderata310]

Me: what now?
T: "Now we give you a little period of calm and stability"
what I WANT to say:
what the f*ck makes you think that's about to happen?! What the f*ck in your experience makes you think that just because I'm past a hard trip I am going to suddenly be okey dokey?

what I actually said: "oh. ok."

conversation continued with talk of "resource work"
wonder what happened to talk of going into a inpatient for a month.
I guess I'm just "all better"
great. I guess I don't f*cking need therapy, right?

 

[Anrish]

T: I don't think it's good when PTSD will stand in your file and I will have to write an extra report to prolong your therapy. The allowance authority wants it but doesn't pay me for it. So, I suggest we will do the remaining five hours and quit it - you're getting along."

...I wish that I had answered "So, I've got the wrong insurance, which doesn't pay you enough!? And I'm not getting along! You're not even treating me for my problems! I'm so sick of your empty phrases!"....but I nodded in reality and wrote her an email later that I wouldn't come to see her again.

 

[Ocean5]

Doctor- Beginning of meeting I should get off all medicine since I'm sensitive to them and side effects.
Same meeting - Reading from her notes. Everything was prescribed "as needed" - adjust them to your needs.

What kinda notes does she keep?? They weren't f**king prescribed as needed. I was on a daily SSRI and told to take a Benzo twice a day. That's not "as needed". My thoughts - "what's f**king going on here??"

 

[Deleted member 29961]

T: "How are you feeling?"
Me: "Well I'm sitting in a session with you, how the heck do you think I feel?"

I actually had one similar to this one, it went like this;

T: "How are you Feeling?"
Me: I'm here, how the f*ck do you think I'm feeling?"
T: "So, we a little edgy today?"
Me: "We, is there more than one of me here today?" I look all around and behind me.
T: "O.K. your a little edgy."
Me: "You think?"
T: "been taking your meds?"
Me: "Really?!"
T: "I'll take that as a no."

Needless to say, it was a very unproductive hour, and yes I had cold turkeyed my meds about five days earlier and was in the midst of some serious withdraw.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

T: you haven't told me everything...
Me: no bloody wonder! Two sessions ago you said I didn't have to talk about anything that made me feel uncomfortable.. So I stopped telling you about the abuse... Now all of a sudden you want to hear EVERYTHING????? make up your mind! Can I tell you or not?!?!? Personally I think you thought I would tell you everything, that I felt 'safe' telling you, well I didn't, I just needed to get some of it out. And stop using that nasty tone with me!

 

[Deleted member 29899]

He's deep in thought after I tell him of a dozen violent and unexpected deaths of those I love and they are almost the ENTIRE network of people in my life he and says after several moments (and I'm thinking some real wisdom is going to come out of his pie hole and I'm waiting on the edge of my seat to hear his great wisdom) and this is what he's got for me -- "Ummm...". (Pause) "Ummmm" (pause again) and says slowly "Just what IS IT that you don't like about death?"

My initial unspoken response? A stream of profanity, even some new filthy words that I made up on the spot.

My real reaction? I blasted him, verbally blasted him, minus the profanity. Not screamed, just told him what an insane thing that is to say to a person. Threw his appt. card on the floor and walked out. He looked at me with utter shock, looked like he was having a massive panic attack. I hope he was.

What if your friends baby died. Would you say to them "what is it that you don't like about death?" I sure hope not.

 

[Geevee20]

thats my problem with a lot of my friends they think its so easy to get over death. its not specially when its family basically losing someone close should traumatize you if it doesn't then i believe your selfish and insensitive. thats just my thoughts on it

 

[Deleted member 29920]

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Me: "We, is there more than one of me here today?" I look all around and behind me.

I know how this feels:laugh: