[sjkero]

what was the most awkward thing said/done/experienced during a therapy session, either by you or t?

i was just thinking... by focusing on this, it might take the pressure off of us, and let us recognize that it's an experience just like any other (sometimes i put the experience on a pedestal, so much so that i get SO nervous and SO anxious every time!!!). but the truth is, it's just a step towards self improvement... nothing to get worked up about. (at least that's what i'm telling myself, lol)

i'll go first... my t's stomach growling hahaha

[delicatefade26]

ohh this is fun!! There are a couple of things that stick out to me-one time T talked about strip clubs and how he never saw the point in the them (super awkward but hilarious)

Last session I walked into the room and T had his hand held out-which he never does-and so I slowly put mine into it..and he kinda shook it-and I go "what are we doing" haha-We never shake hands-so I don't know where that came from-but we both laughed! He must do that with other clients maybe?
I've heard T's tummy growl too...we laugh about it!

My T once made a comment about getting on top of me about something. I must have looked at him funny because he immediately starting saying, "I mean, I need to keep pointing out to you when you do X, and . . ." Talking really fast and a little nervous. I laughed and wanted to ask him if that was a Freudian slip, but I didn't.

Oh, oh, then there was the time that I was expressing my dismay about my husband's sexual issue, and saying that I felt really unattractive and awful and told him (my T) that I *thought* I gave a wicked bl** j**, but still couldn't keep my husband going. My T blushed and told me it wasn't me and wasn't my fault because even a bad bl** J** feels good to a guy, so if that didn't work, nothing was going to. Then we both sat there blushing for a little while and started laughing. too graphic?

The awkward moment when your T says that you're reminding her of the movie The Matrix... That can't be good, can it?!

All of my awkward moments seem to involve T talking about sex.

Once, we were talking about kids walking in on their parents, and T said "it's happened to all of us. you're going at it and all of a sudden you hear the pitter patter of tiny feet" Which immediately made me imagine T having sex. omg!

Another time I was talking about how weird sex can be, and T said "yeah, when it's over, you're thinking 'I did WHAT to WHAT'"?
Also causing me to imagine T having sex. Argh.

And the last one was when I was talking about my inability to have sex at night...because of my history...but being willing to do it during the day. T said something about if he was my H, he'd be all about daytime. His point being that daytime sex was just fine, and better than no sex, but...

Luckily these conversations are few and far between. Those are the only three times it's happened, and those are spread out over four years. But they certainly do stand out in my mind as "AAAAAA!!!" moments.

[sjkero]

Originally Posted by treehouse

Once, we were talking about kids walking in on their parents, and T said "it's happened to all of us. you're going at it and all of a sudden you hear the pitter patter of tiny feet" Which immediately made me imagine having sex. omg!

ahhhhh omg, this is one of my biggest hangups about my t!!! i know she has at least one kid..... (very young), but i don't want to think about how that kid came into existence! lolololol i'd rather she have no kids so i could imagine she just sits in that cute little room of her's 24/7

[sjkero]

Originally Posted by My kids are cool

Oh, oh, then there was the time that I was expressing my dismay about my husband's sexual issue, and saying that I felt really unattractive and awful and told him (my T) that I *thought* I gave a wicked bl** j**, but still couldn't keep my husband going. My T blushed and told me it wasn't me and wasn't my fault because even a bad bl** J** feels good to a guy, so if that didn't work, nothing was going to. Then we both sat there blushing for a little while and started laughing. too graphic?

no no no... not at all too graphic!!! i need more examples such as this to calm my nerves thank you!

Originally Posted by sjkero

no no no... not at all too graphic!!! i need more examples such as this to calm my nerves thank you!

Okay, one more that embarrassed me since this is totally anonymous (laughing): I was complaining about my husband's problem one other time, and also telling T about how my husband TALKS incessantly. I was just talking about it without thinking and said to T that I wanted to tell my husband to just shut up and F*** me. As soon as it was out of my mouth, I was horrified. I just looked at T and said, "please tell me I didn't actually say that out loud."

[learning1]

When t told me he thought of me once when he fell asleep. I know he wasn't being inappropriate because he's happily married. I think he wanted to find out how I feel about him. I was embarrassed but not disgusted like I would have been with other t's. Now I feel really icky and embarrassed about it.

[nicoleb2]

I can't think of anything awkward that I have talked about in t. We have NEVER discussed sex.. I'm not sure I could handle that. I'd hide behind the chair! Never really anything odd actually...

[sunrise]

One time when T and I were hugging at the end of a session, I stepped on his toes and I said sorry. We kind of readjusted so our feet were not impinging on each other. It reminded me of being in 7th grade at the junior high dances and some guy asks you to slow dance and it's hard to get all adjusted right and you get embarrassed because, heck, you're just kids!

This therapist never had an awkward moment. I'm pretty blunt, and apparently she is too.

My old therapist. There were many. He was an awkward person in general, but you add the fact that we are both young and opposite genders, it made it even more awkward.

- The time he asked me what it looked like to see my stray cats water break.
"Did it make a popping sound"? "You don't want to know" "I feel like I have to know, I mean I'll be a dad someday". So I spent ten minutes explaining to him about what it's like for waters to break all the way to delivery, in any animal (or human), I got to the part about the umbilical cord. He asks "so do you cut it for the cat"? I respond "No... she chews it". He almost passes out on me. It was then I realized I just gave my therapist the sex talk. (this wasn't during a session, we spent a lot of time together outside of sessions).

- The time me and the women in the office were talking about breast feeding and he became so enthralled he had to step away for five minutes to call his mom, to ask if he was. He came back reporting "She did for two months, but then fed me soy formula".

- The time my brother accused us of sleeping together.

- The time he asked me if I 'touched myself'.

- The time he called me out for "flirting" with another client.

[scorpiosis37]

One day, I walked into therapy and T gave me a casual compliment to the effect of "you look pretty today"- which she does every so often. I never gave it a second thought. But then, about 10 minutes later, T looked very uncomfortable and started explaining, at a million miles a minute, that she had not been hitting on me, that she had not intended the compliment in "that" way, and that she did not look at me "like that." She said she wanted to "check it out with me" to make sure I had not gotten the wrong impression. I hadn't. The sheer possibility that T could ever feel an attraction to a client (particularly me) had been utterly unfathomable until that moment. There was no need whatsoever for T to clarify the situation. But, she did, so I just said: "yeah, I know. I wasn't concerned. I don't think of you 'like that' either." Then we went back to normal therapy. However, this conversation has come up a few times since then. Awkward!

Another time, after describing to T the characteristics I find attractive in another person, I casually asked her what characteristics she finds attractive. She told me. Finding it humerous that her preferences were so diametrically opposed to my own, I laughed and said: "So the opposite of me." She interpreted my comment to mean the opposite of "me" rather than the opposite of "my preferences" (which is also true). And, she must of thought that this somehow offended me, because she scrambled to say: "It's not that you're not lovely. I mean, you are lovely. I mean, it's just that..." I cut her off, saying: "It's okay. I'm not the least bit offended that you don't find me sexy." Hey, awkward comments sometimes call for more awkward responses! Luckily, making her laugh calmed the situation down, and we resumed normal therapy.

Another time, while talking to T about my sex life with the person I was dating, I was on a roll and said "hey, what can I say? I like my women tied to my bed!" The look on Ts face betrayed utter shock and horror. For someone who sends her less adventurous clients to the sex shop down the street for vibrators, she really should be able to handle the fact some of her other clients know how to use a pair of handcuffs.

Now for my list of embarassing T body moments:

One day, I noticed T had pit stains. It totally grossed me out. No hug that day!

On more than one occassion, while wearing a skirt, T has crossed and re-crossed her legs, revealing her T undies. NOT something I ever wanted to see. I just maintained consistent eye contact and avoided any further unsolicited sightings.

Another time, while talking to T about a necklace someone had given me, I happened to notice the necklace T was wearing. I kept staring at it in an attempt to make out the symbol on it. After awhile, I noticed she was looking at me kind of funny. I didn't realize it until then, but Ts necklace was situated right inbetween her breasts. I think she thought I was staring at her chest instead of at her necklace. Oops.

One day, when I got up to leave therapy, T asked me what my shirt said. She said: "I'd been wondering about it all session, but I didn't want to stare, because it's written right across your breasts." I'm very fortunate that I stopped myself before I said the first thought that popped into my head, which was: "You could have just read it anyway. I don't care if you stare at my breasts because I know you don't like them like that." (Note conversation above).

Another time, I was talking about being embarassed about having worn my glasses to therapy (I usually wear contacts). I kept talking about how ugly my glasses are, how much glasses suck, it. It wasn't until a few minutes later that I realized T wears glasses and she was looking highly offended. I wanted to say something right away but I knew that, if I did, it would inevitably come out wrong, soemthing like: "oh no, I didn't mean yours, I mean, you look pretty in glasess, I mean, you are pretty, I mean, not like pretty "like that," I mean"... I'm terrible at digging myself out of holes.

So, wat can I say...T and I have had our share of awkward moments. But, she's T, I think she's awesome, and I feel safe with her-- so I guess I wouldn't have it any other way.

I am severely uncoordinated. I kind of tripped over myself. Reaching out to balanace myself, I accidently touched ex-T's breast. I wanted to run out of the room screaming.

[winterbaby]

My old T was somewhat shorter than me so when we hugged goodbye it felt like I was hugging my kid, and I too was worried about stepping on his toes lol!

My belly growls all the time in Therapy. Hey it is what it is...T ignores it, but I get quite embarrassed. I'm just generally embarrased in T because of regression. I walk in her door and suddenly I'm a little kid.

[JustWannaDisappear]

These are great! I'm LOLing.

My first T had a leather love seat and I moved and it made a really loud noise and I turned beat red and said THAT was the chair!! She laughed so hard.

Another time, we were discussing my ED and she asked if I took laxatives. I said yes, sometimes but they're horrible. And she said Stinky?! I was like WTF yes! and she turned red. LOL

This T made a comment about me being anxious and I said yes, she said do you sweat? I noticed my pits were really gross through my shirt. Ever since I keep my arms down and layer my clothes.

We haven't had much for sex talk. I can talk about it if it's not about me. When I told her my 6yr old was asking questions and I wasn't sure what to say, she made some suggestions and all I could think was "well you have 6 kids so you're a pro at this." then all I could think was how on earth did she find time & energy to MAKE 6 kids. She also told me she didn't think she was done at 6, so all I thought about was geez, she must be energetic

I've never actually said those things out loud to my current T. I tend to turn red very easily and I look like my head is going to explode lol.

[crazycanbegood]

i've had many awkward moments. The most awkward moment, however, was when I reached my arm over T to give her hug while not looking at where my hand was going and I accidentally slipped my hand into her shirt. She was wearing some flowy, complicated blouse and my hand got stuck inside there momentarily. And yes, the hand grazed the boob.

One time I had my head laying on T's lap and I had my arm draped along her side. After a few minutes I noticed that my hand had been playing with her belt buckle.

Another time my arm was draped around her waste and I realized after a few moments that I had slipped my hand into her front jeans pocket.

Yeah, now that I think of these things. I clearly have a problem with controlling my hand.

[crazycanbegood]

Just thought of a time I sent T a drunk email after a late night out. I complained of not having a libido by saying that my va**** is broken. I told her later to delete that email and never read it again. Also to never mention what I wrote in it.

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by crazycanbegood

I clearly have a problem with controlling my hand.

In our junior high autograph books, we called these having Roman (roamin') hands and Russian (rushin') fingers.

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by stormyangels

I am severely uncoordinated. I kind of tripped over myself. Reaching out to balanace myself, I accidently touched ex-T's breast. I wanted to run out of the room screaming.

A genuine Seinfeld moment! "Elaine" in the sauna falling on Teri Hatcher. Were they SPECTACULAR?! How mortifying!

[CantExplain]

I was talking to T today about how beautiful her soul is and how that's not immediately apparent. It was quite difficult to avoid saying, "I mean, your face is actually rather plain."

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by CantExplain

I was talking to T today about how beautiful her soul is and how that's not immediately apparent. It was quite difficult to avoid saying, "I mean, your face is actually rather plain."

That kind of sounds like splitting? all good or all bad? because it sounds like me (or my brother or mother) at my/our most hostile. looks are not everything, they're the only thing, to paraphrase vince lombardi (i think). what is really going on? sorry to go off-topic.

[CantExplain]

Originally Posted by hankster

That kind of sounds like splitting? all good or all bad? because it sounds like me (or my brother or mother) at my/our most hostile. looks are not everything, they're the only thing, to paraphrase vince lombardi (i think). what is really going on? sorry to go off-topic.

So next time I should just say it?

We were having a beautiful moment. I didn't want to spoil it. It would have been Aspergic to put honesty over mood.

[sweepy62]

my most awkward moment when i went for my first therapy appt my nerves were so rattled the first ten minutes that i had to excuse myself and go to the bathroom to peuk lol almost a year later i told her and we both laughed