Hm, I wonder if more people told their T's that they googled them, then maybe it wouldn't be such a weird thing? I mean, as I told my T, I also googled my primary care doctor, potential new psychiatrists (found that one had a lawsuit against him), etc. Like, it's just something I do. Like due diligence. (Yes, my googling T and MC had more meaning behind it, but still...if you looked at my search log, I look up an excessive number of people/things on a daily basis!)

I wonder, too, if there's a difference in how older vs. younger T's view it? My T is my mom's age, so the Internet has only been around for like a third of her life. MC is between our ages, but his main work is with teens (plus his kids are teens), so he's probably more in tune with current technology (he's also more responsive to texts/e-mails than T). I know that's a huge generalization, but just a thought... (I mean, part of why I rejected a potential new psychiatrist is that he didn't have an Internet connection in his office--not just wifi, not even dial-up or anything--in his office, and he seemed almost proud of it. Said his receptionist only used computers for billing. So it made me wonder how current he was on the latest psychiatric medications...)