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Old Jan 07, 2014, 08:29 PM
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I haven't really argued with my T. We debate a lot though. We are always debating about what the other person actually said. I want her to say something, she says she doesn't see the benefit. I tell her I want her to remove a restriction, she thinks I mean reduce a restriction. I tell her I'm fine, she thinks I'm lying when in fact I'm using fine as: f'ed up, insecure, neurotic, and emotional...lol. She asks if I'm going to SI, I say maybe, probably not. She threatens hospitalization if I SI or have suicidal thoughts, I tell her that she actually can't hospitalize me for SI or suicidal thoughts unless I have a clear plan. I consider this all debating because neither one of us get mad, hurt, or upset. We always laugh it off.

My most favorite thing to do in therapy though, is turn their techniques back on to them. It's freaking hilarious!!! My T the other day asked me to define the word "safe". Few minutes later she asked me if I was going to be okay this week. I turned it around and asked her to define the word "okay"....lol. She actually tried to define it!

Another day, we were talking, and I went off on a tangent. She interrupted me by telling me to shush, and that I was going off track (I really didn't mind). Few minutes later, she was telling me that I really need to give myself more credit for things (which we already talked about earlier in the session). I interrupted her and told her to shush because we already talked about that and she was going off on a tangent. She agreed and just laughed.
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