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Old Jul 26, 2012, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Perna View Post
I'm sorry, I don't want you to "ouch"

He's doing what he thinks is best as a T and when he brings up the meds issue, you have to say, "I don't wish to discuss that anymore, I have made my decision and would like to talk about X instead". But second guessing him, wondering if he should do x, y, or z differently, like I realized when I got in a psychology subject debate with my T who has a PhD in the subject. . . oops; who has the degree/knowledge and who am I hiring to have that degree/knowledge?

I let my T do/say whatever they want to do/say. I take it into consideration, tell T what I think/feel. If T keeps bringing up subjects that "bother" me, I think harder on them; they've done this before and have more experience with the therapy thing than I have and think it is that important.

That you are considering changing T's and talking to us but not your T about these issues you see; how can T improve/work better with you if you are not discussing these things thoroughly with him? How can you understand why he seems to be late all the time (my T got to losing my checks every week for awhile; that was fun to discuss, NOT; but my listening and understanding made our relationship that much closer, my T turned out to be human, who knew! :-)
Thanks Perna. I have told him...over and over again...that I don't want to talk meds. But every time I bring up my anxiety the response I get is "you can always try medication again". It does get frustrating to spend 15 minutes every week re-explaining my issue with meds. Not to mention that he himself agrees that I am more verbal and together off of them.

I haven't discussed THIS list with t, I have discussed most of the issues in it though...except the porn, that one I just can't bring up.

I raised it here to see if anyone had thoughts of things I wasn't looking at.

I appreciate you Perna, especially when you challenge me to think, as you have done here.
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