
Dec 12, 2009, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by deliquesce
i think something like "mike" and "michael" are fairly common, interchangeably. so it wouldn't weird me out too much. my old therapist i am fairly sure used completely different names, however (e.g., "michael" instead of "charles") and i asked him about it but he didn't give me a clear answer.
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Good point! Yes, you're right. Michael and Mike are interchangeable. I guess I was just triggered and reacting to the
"not my real name - is my real name" part.
I was so hyper-sensitive about his T's use of the word "real" that I didn't even notice that Mike is short for Michael!
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