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Originally Posted by ilikecats
Does your T use nicknames like dear or honey? How do you feel about it? Do you feel differently when your T calls you that than when other people do? Do you call your T any names like this?
In the last few weeks I've noticed my T call me things like "my dear", "dear", and today "sweetie". Usually if a stranger does this, like someone at a store or something, it bothers me. But I love it when T calls me stuff like this. Especially when she says "my dear". I don't call her anything other than her first name. I don't really do nicknames for anyone, and it would make me feel weird to call her something else.
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My ex-t would call me "kiddo" and "my dear". I used to love it. It made me feel like she cared about me on a deeper level than just a patient. Once, she called me "sweetheart" but it was definitely a slip-up because she sounded really embarrassed about it. I think that she tried her best to call her clients affectionate nicknames that differed from the nicknames that she used for her own children.
My latest t called me "honey". Which was a little bit odd to me because I didn't know her for very long so I didn't know her very well. It made me uncomfortable a little bit.
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