Responses To Your Therapist That You Will Probably Never Say

[UnKnown-Self]

To a past therapist who would tug at her bushy eyebrows anxiously during our sessions:

"Would you like to talk about it?"

To same therapist:

"No I can't just call 'someone' out to prove I have alters and if One did come out it would probably be Rage and then you would have no eyebrows left to pull."

 

[UnKnown-Self]

To every therapist I've ever gone to:

Don't believe me? Then don't say you do during the interview ( first session) and hand me the same articles on self esteem 3-4 sessions in.
Ask some relevant questions for christs sake and show me you understand this is a relationship. One where you might have to do some reading, research and step away from the shit they talk in psychology class because they don't have a clue. See this as an opportunity for you to learn too and then maybe in time you'll gain my trust and respect.

 

[Ronin]

No, my alters indeed aren't my 'moodswings', and as you're pulling the dehumanizing intentional shit you're pulling, I think our collective mood is set on 'take that trash out'.

 

[Ronin]

'I don't understand, therefore you aren't feeling this, you couldn't ever be feeling that at all, it's impossible' is not a valid reasoning.

Aside of it being an awful thing to do - to someone you are professionally responsible for, and is your source of income no less - it's bad logic.
As in entirely lacking logic nonsense.

 

[UnKnown-Self]

Yes I have done a lot of reading and research on the subject, apparently you have not.

 

[theshadowoftheliving]

Therapist: I just got your email a few minutes ago!

Me: No. You got in three days ago and opened it three different times. I track my emails so I know. But let's just pretend for your sake that you didn't in fact just fail to respond to me in a timely manner.

 

[Deleted member 19804]

Therapist: So how do you feel right now?

Me: I have no idea. I've been telling you what you want to hear so that maybe you'll like me better. In reality, though, a large part of the time I don't feel anything.

 

[UnKnown-Self]

Having a meltdown in the therapist's office:

Therapist: Well our time is up, will you be okay driving home?

Me: Do you have some water so I can take a Valium?

T gets water, I take the pill and get ushered out.

She doesn't call until two weeks later when she realizes I canceled future appointments.

f*ck you bitch, you could have called later that night or even the next day.

You're more concerned about the cash flow then how I am since I was in your office.

You are wasting both my time and money.

 

[Ronin]

I am so pissed off at you I am perfectly calm.

So yes, I'm not seeing you.

I'm not your cannon fodder for political propaganda bullshit, and I'm not a failure at life because your prescriptivist unresearched nonsense (that is proven to not work as a treatment for any of my conditions, and is very well known to decompensate all of them - if only you bothered to actually research the research of countries you so claim professional experience of) does not work with me.

 

[Silver.]

What do you expect to get out of our sessions? What do you not expect?

I expect we will not have moved forward, with you just sitting there.
I don't expect to be billed for you just sitting there...
;)
(I did actually say this because I don't believe in filtering my thoughts)

 

[sun seeker]

(I did actually say this because I don't believe in filtering my thoughts)

How did that go? Did they start participating more?

I have a therapist who definitely doesn't just sit there. Think I wouldn't last long in therapy with a "just sitting there" approach!

 

[Silver.]

How did that go? Did they start participating more?

She actually did. (that convo happened on my 2nd visit). I've only done 4 sessions so far, (my last therapist retired), but I like the fact I can talk about whatever I want, but I like to be guided. I am there to get an end result and after we talked about the fact I love to talk, but I need guidance, she changed her approach.
(I usually find that speaking my mind, even if my anxiety is screaming "DON'T!", is worthwhile x)