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Originally Posted by ruh roh
velcro, would you have a better chance of getting the responses you're looking for by just creating a thread with an open ended question instead of a poll? I often find polls hard to answer when there are editorial comments in the options, because while I might agree with the fundamental answer, I don't agree with the spin, which often shows more how the poster feels about the options than anything else. But if what you're wanting is an overview at a glance--x numbers of people hide, X numbers make no eye contact, etc., then a poll would be the way to go. Just make sure to let people select more than one option in case they do more than one thing.
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Originally Posted by stopdog
I think it might work better as an open ended discussion question rather than a poll. Plus the life of a pollster is not an easy one as there is always criticism over the poll choices even where there are choices of plain yes, no, sometimes/maybe and other.
And there is always a good chance that the poll choices are not meant to be taken all that seriously.
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Yeah, I am seeing it should just be an open-ended thread. Thanks guys!
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Originally Posted by stopdog
The second one talked about how people are free to be their real self at a therapy appointment and that it was important for a therapist to be authentic. I have no idea why someone would feel realer at a therapy appointment than anywhere else. I did not realize people felt not real in most of their life. And I have no idea why a therapist would think of their therapist persona as authentic or why a client would care.
Baffling as all get out to me.
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I wouldn't say I feel "less" real in life, but as explained below, my job allows me to not be in my head, so I can function and pretend I am a normal human. When working with toddlers, the focus is on them 100% of the time, and there is no room for personal life to come into play, either in my own head or co-workers prying (which they don't do, probably because I can keep a sort of distance, and the fact that we are all in charge of preschoolers).
I actually have a hard time understanding myself, which has been the main focus of therapy for a little while now, so who knows.
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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
I think I am less real at a therapy appointment than I am in life.
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This is what I can't decide. Am I
more or less real in therapy? I am a teacher to two year olds, so there is no way I can hide in a corner with them
I think my job, as exhausting as it is for me, is a good thing. For 8 hours of the day I do not have a second to be in my own head--except when their antics supercede my ability to cope. Luckily it rarely happens, and I am better able to calm myself down. Unfortunately, I think medication helps with that. I say unfortunately, because I am wary in believing in it.
I live alone with my two cats, and 99% of the time not at work is on my couch or in my bed...so clearly I am not hiding from anyone or anything. WHen I do hang out with my friend, I am not like that...I can act like a normal, functioning human, and I know it is good for me. That being said, while she knows I am in therapy and have depression, there is a lot she doesn't know, that only my T knows.
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Originally Posted by whispershadow
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Everything will be okay!