Kind of but no. She mostly repeats what I say back to me if she thinks it's off. Like she's giving me a second chance to rephrase it or realize I'm "off". Make sense?

Like... I told her I HADN'T had any thoughts about hurting myself lately. I referred to it as "weird". She was like, "Uh huh." And I'm like, "Yep." And she's like, "It's WEIRD to NOT want to hurt yourself." Yep.

Clearly, she was trying to get me to see my train of thought is WEIRD and abnormal. And I'm not an idiot. Obviously, I know that. By me saying "weird" I just meant it was different for ME. Neither good nor bad. Weird, meaning different or out of the ordinary.

One thing I hate about therapy is they really like to de-escalate language. And I love dramatic language. I love fun and exciting words. I love describing things in unique ways. So I hope she figures out that I'm not an idiot, I just like colorful language.

Anyway...


Wait, what? Fear of being kidnapped is abnormal? I thought everyone was terrified of robbers and kidnappers when they were little. No?