[ECHOES]

I like when I can make T laugh and we share the laugh.

Last session she asked "What might have been your motivation?" then quickly said ".. motivations.." as I was just preparing to reply. I am sure she did this because of my worry about there being ONE correct response (we have talked about that a few times ). But I heard it differently.

Exaggeratedly I said, Oh great--now I have to come up with more than one!!

[fallenangel337]

T and I laugh a LOT. Especially of late, our sessions have been pretty lighthearted, so we've both been laughing a lot. I like it, too.

my t and i share alot of laughs...we have a shared sense of humor...she says she finds it an important part of her process but with me she says it just flows naturally. best part is we can sit and just rag on each other and its okay.

example...one day the t in the office next to her had their office door open and was playing a radio or tv loudly and i heard it.. and started to listen to it. t didn't (my seat was closer to the door) she said what is distracting you? i said don't you hear the radio? and she said oh yeah ...and set out to fix the problem...and then just stopped and said..."you know i could have just screwed with you big time and said...i don't hear any voices...they are probably all just in your head"

i can get her to laugh pretty easily...we just get along...we both dislike the t across from her...i quietly growl when i see her and call her the evil one which makes my t bust out every time i do it and try to tell me in her professional voice that she is a good t...but somehow is doesn't work.

i am fortunate to have her as a t because if i had someone without a warped sense of humor (or none) i'd be lost.

T and I share a sense of humor and laugh a lot. We've laughed so hard before that he's had to wipe tears away. It's awesome.

At my last appointment, we talked a lot about trusting me to grow and heal at my own rate...I told him that I believed that I want to get better and that I will naturally do the things that lead me towards healing (he agreed). And I told him about my youngest son, who has been allowed to do everything in his OWN time...stop nursing, potty learn, decide when to do an extracurricular activity, etc. And despite everyone telling me, he'll never "X", I trusted that he had the drive to grow and learn and would do it at his own pace, and of course he has.

But I had to wipe his butt FOREVER, and people were really getting on me about it, and of course he did it on his own eventually. And now T uses that as a metaphor for my healing..."You'll wipe your own butt eventually"...which makes us both laugh

[Eriksplus]

I'm VERY happy you all have wonderful times with your T's! We've NEVER had it happen; every T we've seen we've said, "oh, 'great'. It's that time of week again." The last T we had affected ME the most, because I delt with her most of the time, and I'm an easy man to get along with; I also have a GREAT sence of humor!
She tried to joke with me, and I'd try to joke with her (Though It was VERY hard for me, since I HTED her!) I would LOVE A T I could joke with!
(Yeston)Erik

[BlueMoon6]

Gosh....lately we are not doing a lot of laughing. Unfortunately, I think we have been laughing at s**t my husband is doing and how I am dealing with it He's a good guy...but he can be a real......

[chaotic13]

We share laughs frequently. I think (hope) she gets a laugh out of some of my emails..I know I crack myself up writing them sometimes.

[fallenangel337]

My voicemail made her laugh. (or so it sounded over the phone )

[deliquesce]

pdoc prepares jokes for me. he thinks he's so clever, and he laughs at his own jokes, so i never have to make him laugh. his laugh is the funniest thing in the world though (you can hear it down the hallway) so if i want to make him laugh all i need to do is murmur a few words of his latest punchline and he repeats the whole damned joke again (they aren't funny, i swear - more the type you groan and roll your eyes at) and just enjoys himself all over again. poor guy loves an audience but he has the most atrocious sense of humour in the world.

[crystalrose]

stumpy that was hilarious. My T and i used to laugh a lot but don't that much now. Its all getting pretty serious now. I'l hav to think more about it and post again

[LivingMiracle]

When I was with my old T, we used to laugh alot at what we would say and who would say it. Our therapy often turned out like whos line is it anyway. It probally wasn't that funny come to think of it but the T's laugh was contagious. Great times and great memories!

[Tumnus]

Am I missing something? My sessions are always serious. I may give or get a smile now and then, but a laugh? I make my pdoc laugh, but I never know why she's laughing. I don't say anything that funny. Funny enough to smile at, but not laugh. I wouldn't mind making my T laugh. I just don't see it happening.

[hangingon]

In reference to laughter, I wrote this to my T last week......

I was sitting out in the waiting room before session the other night and both you and one of your colleagues had someone in your rooms and I could hear laughter coming from both rooms. I thought what it is the those two client's are doing to relax them so much where they can just laugh. They sounded at ease. (I wrote this after telling her what a lousy client I am)

Her response was something to this affect...
You are able to laugh about things that warrant laughter- your abuse, and your mother's denial of it, is not one of them. I continue to be impressed by your strength and resilience!
Be kind to yourself!

I often feel like the most boring client lol.....because I always hear laughter at points with other client's when I get there early. We have shared a smile together but laughter, can't recall that.
(This on top of most difficult, man she has her hands full with me)

[velcro003]

I don't think I've EVER made my T laugh! I am so serious/nervous all the time.

I'm going to make my T laugh tomorrow because I'm going to play the voice mail he left me saying "it's really irritating" to hear all of the schedule changes. He is so sure he didn't say it. I know it will be good for a big giggle

[ECHOES]

Ooooh, I love that you have the voice mail to play back to him!
My T says things and then will say she doesn't 'remember it that way'. grrr. lol

Originally Posted by ECHOES

Ooooh, I love that you have the voice mail to play back to him!

Ha! I KNOW! It makes me chuckle whenever I think about it. I seriously CAN NOT WAIT to play it for him. He is going to be horrified and it's going to be really funny

[Kiya]

*sigh* not lately, and i miss it. I've been mostly crying through every session, or totally swapped out and she just stares at the alter present with a frown (trying really hard to understand the alter).

I think the last laugh i created for her (quite some time ago now) was at the community dinner. We'd had a guest speaker who asked "Does anyone have any experience with PTSD?" my hand (guided by an alter) shot into the air, while the alter stared down at our plate (in humor) with HUGE eyes. Didn't know T was there until this booming laughter comes out about 4 feet from me =)

[Kiya]

awwwwww...maybe pdoc is on happy pills. everything's funnier on happy pills

Originally Posted by Tumnus

Am I missing something? My sessions are always serious. I may give or get a smile now and then, but a laugh? I make my pdoc laugh, but I never know why she's laughing. I don't say anything that funny. Funny enough to smile at, but not laugh. I wouldn't mind making my T laugh. I just don't see it happening.

[Tumnus]

Originally Posted by Kiya

awwwwww...maybe pdoc is on happy pills. everything's funnier on happy pills

then she's holding back on the good stuff. sheesh!

we'll se how tomorrow goes with T. something came up that will make me giggle, even if I never share with T.

[Kiya]

Originally Posted by Tumnus

then she's holding back on the good stuff. sheesh!

Hehehe rofl well you made ME laugh, for what it's worth
((((((Tumnus))))))
Kiyapop

[peaches100]

WOW! My t and I must be the biggest stick in the muds ever. We hardly ever laugh together. We are both pretty serious all the time. We don't even chew the fat, as far as talking about how our weekends went or anything. We just do a mindfulness exercise together and get right to the nitty gritty.

[sittingatwatersedge]

Originally Posted by peaches100

We just do a mindfulness exercise together and get right to the nitty gritty.

I know this is probably The Dumb Question for the Day,
but whazzat?