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Old Aug 07, 2013, 02:05 AM
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So first off, with father in tow, we enter the building and I am like oh, yeah my ex-husband and I saw our first couple's counselor in here. My father and I find the office where we were to meet with the appted psychologist for my disability eval....and o m g....this office is also where my ex-husband and I had couple's counseling. There are only two therapists in that office total...what are the odds she would be the other one in his office? (Where I live is COVERED with Ts and T offices.)
Anyway, she was TERRIBLE and useless at her job at the time and she definitely contributed to our disconnect in the beginning as my ex and I began to fall apart...I never liked her when we were seeing her and I loathe her now. While waiting for eval T, I got to see her walk in and gave her this super fake smile and then stared her down as she got her next patient out of the waiting room. I was so distracted by her that I hardly cared about the idea of my interview. (Clearly when I hold a grudge, a real one, it doesn't go away...grrr. And I am working on letting things go in T, p.s.)
So, eval T calls me back, and we sit in this awkward room with a table and 3 chairs (so let's not even "play" therapist, no comfy chair or couch for me) and the first thing he said was, "So describe your anxiety and depression to me and how it effects you." I am sorry, what? How low ball is that for someone who is feeling like I am? Can I have specific questions, maybe multiple choice? I'll even write an essay! But it's like going to T and he or she says: "Tell me how you are feeling." (Although he throws that one in later, too.) So I did my best to describe it...and he asks subquestions, like what I do during the day and how I think my depression and anxiety effects my ability to work, etc. I said I was feeling "extremely anxious" when asked how I felt right then...I wanted to say angry, but had no interest in getting into his colleague and my therapy and ex-husband. I don't know if I sounded anxious...anger empowers me so I might not have.
He also asked me the basics...some about my family, and when I said I was an only child, he stopped and said, "You were?" and I said, "Yes." Other people react that way, too...do we only children have leprosy or something??
So I had been told I would be taking a test but he said that no, the agency just wanted an eval done on me "today." Oh god, please don't make me go back.
And then he said my father could come in if he had something to add, or not, it was up to him...totally not what I was told...but he went in and spoke to him as well.
I did fill out a form where eval T's writeup should go to my regular T so I should know what the eval T wrote. Not sure I even want to know.
It was so weird and stressful, and I don't know what to think...the funny part is how little this interview matters, so I know I shouldn't let it get to me. But then, I wouldn't be me.

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Old Aug 07, 2013, 02:03 PM
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I'm so sorry that the interview was so stressfull. I can understand it bringing a flood of memories back. At least, it would have for me. So I can understand how you were full of mixed feelings. Glad it's over for you.
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