I told my T about this forum. I think I was sort of asking for his permission. He seemed amused, maybe flattered that therapy was sufficiently engrossing for me that I wanted to continue to explore it with other people who know what it's like.

When I told him I had been posting questions to a completely different forum, which isn't psych-based but has had some good advice for me in the past, he got a little bristly. He said something like, "Well, you know THIS is the only place where you're going to get a complex response to your issues." (This, meaning: In my office.)

I said yes, that was true. And then I set him a little test (mwahaha). I said, "Just for grins, what would you say if I said I want you to tell me what to do about Roberto?"

He said, "Oh, that's the question you'd ask?"

I laughed because it's so therapisty to ask another question. I said, "You wouldn't give me advice about Roberto, and I know that, because you don't do that." He more or less agreed.

"But sometimes," I went on, "I need just that. ADVICE! And I can get it from a forum."

So he had to admit that it made sense, but he wasn't happy