Responses To Your Therapist That You Will Probably Never Say

[Britt.f7]

To the nurse practitioner who handles my meds and tells me "you are such a special person. You are such a good person" and I just want to say, you don't know me and I don't believe you and is that what you tell all your patients? I just makes me feel uncomfortable.

 

[Spiderallis]

My therapist can take a joke, so I can say some of the stuff that crosses my mind. Today it was "How can I get some of that antisocial personality disorder stuff? These meaningful relationships are annoying."

 

[AS1975]

"Do you ever feel like the TV or radio are talking directly to you?"

"No of course not. I do know it is how the dogs communicate"

NB Actually said it, to the Crisis Assessment Team (CAT), god the looks I got;)

 

[Shellbell]

My T is wonderful, but she asks me often where on the scale my anxiety is...

And every time she asks, it irritates me and my anxiety goes up.

So, I feel like saying well I just got it down to a 5, and now it's a freakin' 6 - AGAIN, thanks!

 

[Changing4Best]

She tells me she's no longer going to be working for the place I am going for therapy:

You desert me at a time like this!

 

[Britt.f7]

Do you have someplace to be? When I notice she keeps looking at the clock. She tries to hide it but I notice.

 

[DharmaGirl]

I do know it is how the dogs communicate

Awesome! I would love to say that if the situation comes up!

 

[lighteningdarkness]

I'm guessing reading this a few hours before a T session was a bad idea. Her first question 'how are you doing' had me thinking of the responses on this thread to that, and it was difficult to keep a straight face when she asked, with great empathy 'and how does that make you feel?'

Anyway, my contribution is from yesterdays session, where we were discussing my suicidal thoughts and drive.

Me - it's like, when you have a load of choices and they're unclear and not all good, it's difficult not to think of the thing that is soothing and you know works

T - but then you wouldn't be able to make any choices

Me - I think that's the whole point
(omitting the 'durrrr' on the end)

 

[Changing4Best]

"What'd'ya'mean we're out of time and it's time to end this session! We've just started into this and it is a hum dinger of a problem and stress!"

 

[Loveneverfails]

"It's okay I told him you would need this for a long time."

"Wow, thanks for telling someone in MY life you have absolutely no confidence in my ability to regain independence. F*ck you dude."

(when discussing financial help from my church for counseling while getting insured)

 

[Britt.f7]

We've already done this.

I've already told you.

 

[Shellbell]

I would love to say 'don't you dare talk about 'that subject', as you know I will dissociate and I'm sick of spending 20 minutes of my session grounding!'