Cute things your T has said/done?

I had not put my 2 cents in this thread b/c I just dont fnid my t cute at all. But when she tells me "you know what to do" I want to ring her neck.....nuff said.....

My pdoc curses. It is the funniest thing. He is so down to earth and funny, and he knows his meds and how to prescribe them! He also tells jokes, especially blonde jokes

After I started cursing, I guess T thought it was okay to mirror me and curse, too. After a particularly bad week, I told T that I had considered quitting therapy - she said, "Oh, sure - **** it all!" That made me giggle. I assured her that the thought lasted all of 24 hours before I realized that I'm nowhere near quitting!

pdoc curses too! he told me about another one of his clients who would grind up his meds and smoke them along with crack. i think that's the most i've heard him curse in one sentence before .

My T curses too Last week, I was telling her something ridiculous my health teacher said. I have this sort of fear of death, and my teacher was saying how we begin to die once we reach our late 30s. I told this to T, and her reply was "oh jesus, that is the stupidest thing ever. We begin to die from the minute we're born." This last part didn't really make me feel better, but the cursing was so funny I actually love it when she swears. I feel like we share a bond that way.

My T curses sometimes and it makes me feel like I know him on a more personal level, that he would do that. I curse sometimes in therapy too, not a lot, but especially if I am telling him about people or circumstances I am frustated with. I will especially swear with him when I am angry, and it happens very rarely for me to express anger, so the curse words are kind of a way that I signal, "hey, I'm angry!" And if T curses, he is saying, "hey, I would be angry too!" And it makes me feel understood.

This is TOO funny. About cursing- I curse waaaaay too much. In and out of t. And I curse in therapy. Once my t had said to me,"If you feel like cursing, you just curse." In other words, no self control, no boundries, I dont stop myself if I feel like having a tantrum. So....I am trying to curse LESS. LOL! Eh...f**k it...LOL! She is right though....

My 8 yo son just said to me...."mommy...why are you staring at the computer screen laughing????"

I have yet to curse in T. My T has said one or two curse words. I have a feeling she might would curse more if I cursed more.

wtf? if someone ever said that in front of me, i'm not sure i'd understand what they were saying. but now i know it's a substitute-swear word. but i'm still baffled about what it actually means. kind of like, i'm sure ppl would be baffled if i started saying "woof" everytime i meant to say a cuss word instead . can someone explain?

i am willing to bet that most professionals cuss (particularly those in long term relationships with their clients e.g., psychologists) but will vary who they cuss with. i have grown up with the aussie vernacular (our international tv ad to promote tourism to australia: "where the bloody hell are you?") and don't see cussing as a big deal. i rarely do it in anger/to express anger. it's just how i talk, and it's a part of fitting in.

i hate that holier than thou attitude where choice in language is seen as a reflection on intelligence. because a) i know heaps of expert academics who swear, so the cussing=idiot idea is wrong on that count and b) because yeah, some people simply did not grow up with the awesome opportunities that i've had to have a quality education, and extend it into uni studies, and may not have as much of an extended vocabulary as me. it doesn't mean they aren't intelligent, just that they weren't born with the same silver spoon in their mouth. i dont see them as "low lifes" just because they swear.

i remember doing some tutoring for high school kids (english & maths) a few years ago in a low SES suburb, and - LOL - i didnt understand what the kids were saying. man, they were creative!! they'd taken swearing to a whole new level. so our first lesson consisted of me teaching basic algebra, and them teaching me what all the different phrases meant and how to say them with the right finesse. i really wish i knew what they were doing now - they had so much potential to just take on the world, and i hope they've had other ppl who've continued to encourage them in that regard.

My T has swore a few times, and each time has been totally on her part. I think the worst thing I've said was "crap" She busted out the "F" word once, and I was so stunned! I think she was trying to show me she is human and swears too...or something. I swear all the time, but not in therapy for some reason.

I usually don't swear, and neither does my T. But once she got angry with me and said "damn". Only once in 6 years.

I don't think swearing/cussing, using bad language is cute, but that's just my upbringing. I was very naive. My H, on the other hand, can swear with the best of them. I remember my Mom never used to know what he meant! Now that was cute! I was terribly naive. Once in 7th grade a friend kept saying to me: "When you see f, you see K." as a joke I guess. Is that all right to post here? I never knew what she meant until a few years later! I think s--t is appropriate sometimes, but I try to avoid saying it.

Hey, isn't this thread supposed to be about cute things our T say?

I've heard it, though not often. It might be regional and/or generational. It's a substitute for '*******it.' I'd hazard a guess that it's a bastardization: con/god sarn/damn/ it. But I could be talking out my ***!

My T cusses sometimes to show forceful emotion. It often makes me feel safer expressing strong negative emotions if he has, first!

Consarnit? Hmmm, never heard that. Maybe it is a combination of "Confound it!" and "Gosh darn it!" But neither of those is swearing, so why not just say one of them instead of making up a brand new word?

Actually, to me, "consarnit" sounds like some kind of canned, mystery meat. Kind of like spam, confit, and canned all rolled into one. "Please pass the consarnit." "We're having consarnit and dumplings for dinner."

I love how cool my T is with psychology jokes and such. She definitely takes her job seriously, but she can have fun with it too. A couple weeks ago she showed me this comic she has that's really cute. It was a squirrel lying on a psychoanalyst's couch saying, "I think I'm nuts," or something to that effect. We discussed how in the mental health field, you have to be careful with those kinds of jokes and that terminology, but she thinks it's good to have some lighthearted fun with it, too.

Hi all, consarnit is a replacement (via Yosemite Sam) for GD. If you don't know what that stands for...uh...gosh darnit is sorta closer.

A cute thing my T said, "Don't buy any weird art," because apparently bipolars do that when they're manic. "I make weird art," I said. "Why would I need to buy it?"

actually...my t and i have discussed this...you know whats more fun than cursing people out when they really piss you off and are yelling at you...lean in and screw them up and say something logical and nice to them. screws with their stupid little minds and they have noplace left to go....but away.

an example...our dog park has a rule that all dogs over 6 months have to be "fixed" this guy brought his pug in and it wasn't. it was how eever starting trouble with every other dog in the park. finally i asked him how old it was . he said 6 years. so i told him about the rule.

he said "well the little beast was a show dog so it couldn't be neutered." (amazing since it was butt ugly). i told him then why was he taking such a risk bringing it it the park with all these other non-purebred, show quality dogs who could damge the perfection of his dog by hurting it in a fight?

that's pretty risky...with all these "non show quality other mongrels around"

and then he said...well rules were made to be broken..and he was okay with that...so then one dog began humping his little show dog non-stop and annoying it..he asked if i was going to talk to that dogs owner too...i said no...rulles were made to be broken. too bad. so sad. oh and it was my dog. he was a humpin' away...he was neutered and legal...so he could stay...didn't like it...see ya!

nothing cross...nothing nasty....but mission accomplished.

t smiles when we say stuff like that...we tutor her on this stuff....then she goes forth and uses it..and we chuckle later.

Yup, sometimes logic is the only thing called for.

BTW, my T has never sworn in front of me. I just do it. He's affiliated with a religious community but is probably more spiritual than anything. I like him, but I like to swear regardless because it's the spice in an otherwise bland stew. Could I stop in front of a group of preschoolers? Of course. I can stop in front of my parents too, but I sometimes slip up. They get shocked then I feel a little bad.

Soooo, not to get off topic, because I'm trying to think of more cute things T has said/done...oh, because I'm manic he said I should freeze my credit cards (literally) in a block of ice so I can't get to them. I have been on a couple of spending sprees in 8 days.

^ oh, the block of ice thing must be something they get taught. pdoc told me to do that once, too. with my ex in the room. she got an evil glint in her eye .

thank you all for explaining consarnit!!! i agree that it sounds like processed "meat" in a can. maybe that is something worth swearing about. hmmm...

something "cute", if not somewhat tedious, is that Austin-T keeps sending me articles and books to read on psychology. i love that he is that dedicated to making me into a great T one day, but kind of grouchy that he actually expects me to read them .

[quote=deliquesce;1137586 something "cute", if not somewhat tedious, is that Austin-T keeps sending me articles and books to read on psychology. i love that he is that dedicated to making me into a great T one day, but kind of grouchy that he actually expects me to read them .[/quote]

LOL deli, as if you have time with all the studies that your already stressing over. For me, to pick up a book I want to read is out of the question while in school, because I am constantly having to read medical books
Your T sounds like quite the character!

T made me LOL today.

He was "blah blah blah"ing and I was playing with my hair. I put it up in a bun and held it there and when he was done talking I asked him "do you like my hair like this?" he sort of tilted his head and looked at it for a second and then said "No". I laughed a lot - I couldn't believe that he didn't say something like "I like it better the other way" or whatever. Guess we're comfortable together

I think that cursing is fine in certain company. Really, I don't care if people curse or not. My point was that it was so funny coming from my psychiatrist because he is the epitome of professionalism. The cursing is in such dichotomy to his demeanor. Wow, I must not have such a limited vocabulary after all! And please don't say I am ignorant or have a limited vocabulary because I curse and I found that funny. It's not true and it is just downright rude.

tree thats hilarious. my T brings a little stuffed toy dog for me every session. One day she named him without asking me first. lol. anyway last session i was wondering why she didn't go to her office to get the toy dog and i walked into the therapy room and he was sitting on the couch already waiting for me. Sounds childish but it meant alot to me

My T has a dollhouse in her office - today was the closest I've gotten to it. I told T that one day, I want to look at it more closely. It has small furniture scattered throughout, and it was all messed up. T noticed me looking and said, "I think my dollhouse needs a maid!"

About cussing....

A word is a word. It's how you use those words that give them power.

Calling someone a snake is just as bad as calling someone a f*cker because you are using words to insult someone.

IMO

Most cuss words have actual definitions in the English language and are in the dictionary for other meanings. So calling someone a b**ch is the same as calling someone a female dog.