[seventyeight]

i have a random question: does anybody ever wonder if other people on this site have the same therapist as theirs? i think it would be neat to see a map or webchart of how we all fit together!

[dfh932]

ah lol that is a great idea. it might be awkward though if we know all these intimate goings-on in each other's sessions. but fascinating for sure.

[Perna]

I think it's pretty unlikely since we're from so many places, all over the world and few of us even live in the same "city"/area with those that do living in large areas that have many therapists.

I think some people, when first they find mental health sites like PsychCentral wonder if their therapist might be reading/lurking/belong :-)

There was a map around here somewhere of where members, who responded, lived. It got kind of crowded/meaningless though since there have been so many members over 15 years; hard to tell who's still active or active when I'm active, etc.

[seventyeight]

Originally Posted by Perna

I think it's pretty unlikely since we're from so many places, all over the world and few of us even live in the same "city"/area with those that do living in large areas that have many therapists.

I think some people, when first they find mental health sites like PsychCentral wonder if their therapist might be reading/lurking/belong :-)

There was a map around here somewhere of where members, who responded, lived. It got kind of crowded/meaningless though since there have been so many members over 15 years; hard to tell who's still active or active when I'm active, etc.

that's funny perna, that you replied specifically about being from all different places - and you're from md and i'm from dc. (and my therapist is in md.)

[dfh932]

I wondered if mine was on here. I actually got all freaked out about it once and tried to delete all my posts and such. But then I was like, well...it is what it is. I don't think she would be interested enough to follow what I post....I'm not that interesting...but it's a risk we take, i guess!

[Perna]

LOL, when I lived in DC, my therapist was in Virginia and then DC. But I'm up by Baltimore and you're down "there". When I lived near Columbia, my therapist (same as the DC one) was in Upper Marlboro and then moved to her Virginia office (different location, near Tyson's, than where I'd met her in Virginia 25 years earlier; then it was way out by Northern Virginia Community College). She lived in Virginia but I think lives in DC now that she's retired.

[Typo]

Interesting thought, sometimes I often wonder if maybe someone on here is someone I know IRL,

I actually have an experince similar to this IRL

I was in a ceramics class once, and the reason I took it was because my therapist recommended it to help me release stress, the topic of why we decided to take the class came up one day, and I answered honestly that I took it because my therapist recommended it, the girl that sat across from me blurted out me too! I asked her who she saw, and turns out we go to the same therapist!!

[polarsmom]

I have wondered a little bit about anyone else having the same T as me, if my T has been to this site and if someone I know IRL is a member here. But honestly, I don't think I really want to know. I think that if I knew someone from real life was here I would censor myself when posting. I think the anonymity is necessary just to help keep us more open and honest with each other without having to worry.

[brickbat]

I wonder about this constantly. In fact I've thought about making a thread about this very topic. Seriously, I obsess about it. I don't know what else to say other than that, hah. I guess I really want to get a glimpse of the way he is with other people. Of course this is a somewhat masochistic desire.

[Brightheart]

Blue and I found out several months back that we live only 20 minutes or so away from each other. She knows people who have been seeing my former therapist. It's a small world sometimes.

[deliquesce]

! that would freak me out, brightheart.

i know one member who lives near by, but i dont think we've named names on Ts. i dont want anyone else to share my pdoc.

[Brightheart]

I don't know...I kind of like the idea of others sharing in his goodness. It feels in some way a means of staying connected with him. I think that having a desire for a world with more kindness and less pain is something that we both share. I like knowing that he is out there giving of himself.