It's been very interesting to read all the responses. I've never asked to see my file and I'm not really interested in reading it, I just wondered if it was something that most people chose to do.

My current T never writes anything down while I'm there...perhaps after I'm gone, I don't know. I've only had one other T and he used to write things. My current T must have an amazing memory, though, because he remembers even the tiniest details and I often wonder...how did you remember that when you never write anything down? After I was in the hospital, I did wonder a bit about my file there, but there was no therapy involved with that so it would just have been nurses notes and diagnostic stuff. Perhaps one day I will be curious, perhaps not.

I think it's fascinating to read about other people's therapy experiences (but then I always loved reading case studies in college). For instance, I find it interesting that so many people communicate with their Ts via email or share writings and such with them. I don't even know if my T has email and he's never asked to see anything I've written. I pretty much go in and we talk for an hour and neither of writes anything or communicates at all between sessions. Then the next week we go in and do it all again.

I also think the physical contact aspect is interesting. I've never done more than shake hands at the first meeting and that's fine with me. I'm not sure I'd know what to do if a T wanted to hug me! I'm not even good at eye contact.

I think it's great that there are so many different ways of going about therapy. I think it shows that people can really hope to find someone they will work well with because everyone does things a little differently.

Thanks to all for satisying my curiosity.