[sw628]

Hello all, i am new to the boards. it seems like a safe and supportive place so i joined
anyway, i have a minor rant!

So, I have bulimia. I've had it for about 4 years on and off, but it's really gotten worst this past year. I just turned 23. I'm seeing a T and it's been going well, however today I felt a little attacked.
She is a very humorous person and that's fine. We all need a laugh every now and then. But today i think she went a little too far. I'm not sure about anyone else, but i have to do diary cards. The cards track how I'm feeling and my ED behavior. Anyway, when I fill them out. I also use it as a way to communicate how I feel throughout the week, so I write on it. When she read my card today, i thought her reaction was a bit to much. She just kept laughing at my feelings, making jokes and snide remarks. Now i think it's fine that she adds a bit of humor into a painful situation, yet she didn't stop and I was very hurt. i am always a 100 percent honest in what i write. I plan to address this with her in our next session. Am I right in the way that I feel ? Am i overreacting? should i even discuss this with her?

Originally Posted by sw628

Hello all, i am new to the boards. it seems like a safe and supportive place so i joined
anyway, i have a minor rant!

So, I have bulimia. I've had it for about 4 years on and off, but it's really gotten worst this past year. I just turned 23. I'm seeing a T and it's been going well, however today I felt a little attacked.
She is a very humorous person and that's fine. We all need a laugh every now and then. But today i think she went a little too far. I'm not sure about anyone else, but i have to do diary cards. The cards track how I'm feeling and my ED behavior. Anyway, when I fill them out. I also use it as a way to communicate how I feel throughout the week, so I write on it. When she read my card today, i thought her reaction was a bit to much. She just kept laughing at my feelings, making jokes and snide remarks. Now i think it's fine that she adds a bit of humor into a painful situation, yet she didn't stop and I was very hurt. i am always a 100 percent honest in what i write. I plan to address this with her in our next session. Am I right in the way that I feel ? Am i overreacting? should i even discuss this with her?

But today i think she went a little too far. I'm not sure about anyone else, but i have to do diary cards. The cards track how I'm feeling and my ED behavior. Anyway, when I fill them out. I also use it as a way to communicate how I feel throughout the week, so I write on it. When she read my card today, i thought her reaction was a bit to much. She just kept laughing at my feelings, making jokes and snide remarks. Now i think it's fine that she adds a bit of humor into a painful situation, yet she didn't stop and I was very hurt. i

Hi SW628

Just want to say hi and welcome .

I've ever had a humours therapist, They have a been guite serious so this has not been an issue.
I did have a friend in OA who was anorexic . I think she purged on occation but was not Bulimic.
She said one day to me

"Buimics are the only ones who can have their cake and heave it too. " and she was laughing. I didn't find it funny. Primarily because I didn't know that kind of joke was circuating . In fact I have just circulated it.by typing it here. Better to be for armed and fore warned Eh?

Is your therapist a recovering Bulimic? I can see how laughing at myself can ease my feelings. The above is NOT one I would share . And the one time I did share it was with an ex abusive boy friend .It was just another way I managed to debase myself in front of someone who already thought so little of me.

Usually behind my funny expressions theres real anger and hurt about how others percieve me "out there"

I encourage you to work this out with your T . Its important you stay on this and keep it between you.and your T . Yes ,do continue with this and see where you both go with it.

And good luck . your doing great.

Patricia

[ickydog2006]

Talk to your T about it. If you are uncomfortable being honest with them they arn't going to be able to help you as effectively.
You can do it