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Originally Posted by ListenMoreTalkLess
I think that perhaps it wasn't clear from my post (I think it was, but then I know what I meant) that I was referring to the right to know that a T was "planning" on becoming pregnant, not that a T was "having a baby" as in already pregnant and comfortable sharing that information with clients, which is usually after the first trimester, which is exactly what the OP's therapist did. The right to know anything else is what I was referring to, and what I think was obvious from the OP and my post itself. I do not believe that clients are entitled to pre-notice of planned or unplanned pregnancies or anything else about a T's family. I don't have any problems with clients expressing their upset about a T's pregnancy or anything else that impacts them, but believing it's your right to be notified that you T may or may not have a baby in the foreseeable future is not correct.
I do not appreciate your shaming lecture about stating my opinion, which was just that, an opinion and not a truism. IMO what keeps the stigma of mental illness alive is the relentless entitlement that can sometimes be displayed by said group of people.
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I was not trying to shame you. You have the right to express your opinion, of course, and I apologise if I made it sound like I thought differently.
You did say "nobody needs to inform anyone (boss, coworker, or clients) that they plan or
are having a baby". That implied, to me, that it is a therapist's right to keep things like that to themselves. I understand that the first trimester is a time of uncertainty, however.
I agree that the OP has seemed unreasonably angry about her therapist's pregnancy, but I usually try not to judge other people's emotional responses. Instead I trust that they will work through it, and learn from it.
Also, I believe you have it the wrong way around about stigma, but, again, you have a right to your own opinion, however much I disagree with it.