Do you observe the surroundings of T room?

sittingatwatersedge · Jul 08, 2009, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by treehouse

LOL - because I CHECK!!

I love this!
not "because I checked", but because I CHECK!!! Ha!

that'd be me, too, before every session, always and forevermore.

thanks Treehouse!

fallenangel337 · Jul 08, 2009, 03:19 PM

It's weird....in T's office, she has some small overhead lights in the ceiling, and then a couple lamps. The first thing I notice when I walk into the room is whether her overhead lights are on or not. I actually like it better when the overheads are off, and the room is lit by only the lamps.

Esthergirl · Jul 09, 2009, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by hangingon

I ask this question because I have been seeing my therapist for almost 7 months now and before she went on vacation she offered me a stone from her fountain in the room.

In all the time I have been seeing her, the dang fountain was right there at the right side of the chair I sit in between my chair and the door on an end table, and I never knew it was there. That is how nervous I must be when I go to sessions.

I know that there are three chairs in there, one in each corner the only corner without one is the corner where the door is. Its a small office. Between each chair is an end table. There is a small table clock on the end table to the left of my T, this I know because I look at that to keep track of time.

There is also a table clock on the end table to right of my T as well because I have seen her look at it once or twice. Then right between her and the table to the right of her, there is a rack with a blanket on it against the wall. Thats all I know, don't know what color the carpet is, what hangs on the wall ect...I literally spend the whole time fidgeting with my hands and only looking at her occasionally.

I only just now realized that I don't pay attention to that surrounding. The strange thing is I really study people. Movements, actions ect...You would think I would know the whole room by now. Not sure why I haven't noticed more.

Do any of you pay attention to what's around you in your T room?

I always notice what's in my T's office. He has changed things around since i began seeing him almost 4 years ago. If he changes photos or stuff on his wall, I notice it. He also doesn't have a big office. I sit on a couch that's against the window, so I dont' know what's going on outside. I focus mainly on him. He recently took some stuff off of his wall and replaced it with music memorabilia. He has a chair in one corner of the room and I know that some of his clients sit on that chair. But I prefer the couch - it's leather and very soft and I love the feeling I get of sinking into it. He sits in a big leather chair by his desk.

Esthergirl · Jul 09, 2009, 04:16 AM

I always notice what's in my T's office. He has changed things around since i began seeing him almost 4 years ago. If he changes photos or stuff on his wall, I notice it. He also doesn't have a big office. I sit on a couch that's against the window, so I dont' know what's going on outside. I focus mainly on him. He recently took some stuff off of his wall and replaced it with music memorabilia. He has a chair in one corner of the room and I know that some of his clients sit on that chair. But I prefer the couch - it's leather and very soft and I love the feeling I get of sinking into it. He sits in a big leather chair by his desk.

deliquesce · Jul 09, 2009, 04:27 AM

pdoc shares his office with other pdocs and i notice everything and he gets surprised because he doesn't notice it himself a lot of the time.

with old-T i knew the place like the back of my hand, lol. there were ants that used to crawl in a crack in the corner closest to me, and they were my therapy-friends. but one day they were gone and it made me so sad. i hope they weren't killed.

with Austin-T i dont remember anything much, actually. very weird.

hangingon · Jul 09, 2009, 07:47 PM

Thanks all...
I just find it really interesting because growing up I was always a perfectionist. Everything had to be just right. If someone walked in my room and moved something the slightest bit on my dresser, I would know immediately. I am still sort of a perfectionist maybe not as picky and I use to be. But with school work ect...I stress alot over it.
Even in my house today, I will notice something immediately if my roomate moves something or adds something.

I just wonder what it is that causes me to shut out the surroundings there, unless it's because my focus is her, her reactions, movements ect....

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