I've had about 40 therapists (I lost count at number 30) since I started going at 18 (I'm now 36). I've been with this one since 2010. We spend A LOT of time talking about one particular therapist I had.

I had a therapist "dump" me. I was seeing her for a couple of years and I started binging again and she wanted to refer me out (she was a general therapist) and I didn't because I told her the binging was a symptom and I thought feelings were at the core and she dealt with feelings and we agreed that I would go to see a specialist and I would come back to her if it didn't work out so I went to a specialist but she didn't take insurance and even though I loved the specialist I realized after 2-3 sessions I couldn't afford her so I tried to go back to my therapist and she never made another appointment for me. I don't think I'm still over being dumped that way. In no way did she owe me being my therapist but I think ethically she owed me a termination session and that really affected me and still affects me 8 years later. Taught me the importance of closure.

She started going to my gym about 3-4 years ago, the location I go to to the chain I go to. I had been going there for at least a year and lost 111 lbs there before she got there so it's special to me and I didn't want to be run off because that specific location and chain is a home away from home.

She avoids eye contact, will change routes if she sees me coming, always has what looks like a scowl, and just has this whole vibe going on that she'd rather me not be there.

I would rather we both act like people who go to the same gym and say "Hey!" and smile at each other when we pass each other (I say hi to EVERYbody and smile to everybody whether I know them or not, so having a sourpuss kind of vibe with somebody is weird to me).

So I have to deal with that every time I go to my Happy Place.

One person jokingly (and good-naturedly, it was in a friendly way) said to her out loud "Good morning, sunshine!" and then turned to us and said she doesn't like to talk in the morning.