[sweepy62]

I need your oppinion, i see my t weekly unless she is booked but that is a whole other story anyway i called her and recorded her voicemail onto my iphone, and during stressful crisis times i listen to her voice i picture myself in her office and it calms me down a bit, she does not know this and i dont think she should know she will think i am nuts no pun intended

[roads]

That doesn't sound at all nutz to me. I mean, we're talking her voicemail here! No big deal. If you told her what you'd done, I'd bet she'd think it was a good idea you'd had.

& it works, right? Good for you, to think of it & do it.

[mixedup_emotions]

I listen to recordings of my T multiple times a day, every day....For me, it's an impulsive behavior...If I could tone it down to how you're doing it, I think it would be considered "normal"....LOL

I admire your risk-taking with putting this out there....This doesn't make you nutz....Me, on the other hand? Hmm....

[kasva]

when my t calls me back and leaves a message because i'm not there i listen to that and it helps me feel better too!.....................kasva

[ariatboot]

I have voicemails from my T that I listen to when I am not able to get in touch with him and I need to be reassured that things will be ok until I can talk to him again. I confess I have even ignored a call or two so he has to leave voicemails so I can have them to listen to at later dates.

Glad Im not the only one!

[pbutton]

I am nuts enough to be terrified of calling T, even when I'm sure I'd get his voice mail but I have an email from him that I re-read for assurance.

T leaves me a voice mail after every session, and I swear to you, I keep the 41 or 42 "most recent" (leaving a few spaces for other people to leave messages). I actually don't listen to them very often, but I'm some kind of crazy voice mail hoarder.

I think it's great that you found something that soothes you.

[mixedup_emotions]

Originally Posted by pbutton

I am nuts enough to be terrified of calling T, even when I'm sure I'd get his voice mail but I have an email from him that I re-read for assurance.

Hey, pbutton - I guess you can add me to that 'nuts list'....I too am terrified to call T. I'm not sure why it's so anxiety-producing for me....but it is.

[sweepy62]

Originally Posted by roadrunnerbeepbeep

That doesn't sound at all nutz to me. I mean, we're talking her voicemail here! No big deal. If you told her what you'd done, I'd bet she'd think it was a good idea you'd had.

& it works, right? Good for you, to think of it & do it.

it does help i just dont want her to think that i am dependendant she has called me in times of crisis but there is no emailing allowed which works for me because i would not like it

[sweepy62]

Originally Posted by mixedup_emotions

I listen to recordings of my T multiple times a day, every day....For me, it's an impulsive behavior...If I could tone it down to how you're doing it, I think it would be considered "normal"....LOL

I admire your risk-taking with putting this out there....This doesn't make you nutz....Me, on the other hand? Hmm....

yeah i only do it when i am frustrated or stressed and it helps but then i feel guilty when i am in session like she could see right through me t voice is so calming i think that was part of thier therapy 101

[sweepy62]

Originally Posted by kasva

when my t calls me back and leaves a message because i'm not there i listen to that and it helps me feel better too!.....................kasva

actually i wanted to ask my t if she could record a positive message for me on my iphone but i would never do that only in my dreams

[sweepy62]

Originally Posted by ariatboot

I have voicemails from my T that I listen to when I am not able to get in touch with him and I need to be reassured that things will be ok until I can talk to him again. I confess I have even ignored a call or two so he has to leave voicemails so I can have them to listen to at later dates.

Glad Im not the only one!

she wont leave me messages but i have wondered if i could ask her to leave a positive message on my iphone but i know i will never build up courage for that one

[mixedup_emotions]

There was a time when I called T and left him a vm...and I knew it was going to go to vm, LOL....right before I was going in for a medical procedure...and asked him to leave me a vm on my phone that I could hear, with some words of reassurance.

He did just that....and afterwards, when I told him how much I appreciated that he gave me something I asked for....he said that he was glad that I asked...because asking for what I need is something I'm working on.

I felt embarrassed at the time of asking....but in retrospect, it was a big step for me.

[kaliope]

if i am really agitated i will call T's voicemail just to listen to it and hang up. just to have the connect.

i use to be able to email and text with old T. I collected a series of oneliner support messages that i put together into one message and sent to my phone so that i could look at it any time i was spinning out. i dont remember all that it said but it started out "knock it the hell off" "you just find mental health hard to trust" "give sanity a chance"............it was really helpful to have on hand

[nicoleb2]

My t made me a cd of progressive relaxation type stuff, that she's saying, so I listen to that a lot, because it helps me relax before sleeping, and sometimes because I just need to hear her voice

[CantExplain]

I've got a great T and I love her a lot. But neither her voice nor her face mean that much to me in themselves. (Her phone manner is cool and efficient.) Her power must lie somewhere else. I wonder where? No, it's not her figure!

Maybe the room is an important factor - and that's not something I can take with me.

Or it might be the way her body language responds to mine - equally impossible to capture.

[SoupDragon]

Originally Posted by mixedup_emotions

Hey, pbutton - I guess you can add me to that 'nuts list'....I too am terrified to call T. I'm not sure why it's so anxiety-producing for me....but it is.

Me too - T tells me numerous times to call, but I can't even when times are really hard - it would be do great to have a voicemail from him though - would help me feel connected between sessions.

My T gave me some relaxation/hypnosis she recorded, and she told me to try and listen to it every day. It does help me. I think part of the reason it relaxes me so much is that it's her voice. It's comforting to hear her 'wittering on' I understand why you'd want to record your T's voice to listen to in times of stress.

[sweepy62]

Originally Posted by just_some_girl

My T gave me some relaxation/hypnosis she recorded, and she told me to try and listen to it every day. It does help me. I think part of the reason it relaxes me so much is that it's her voice. It's comforting to hear her 'wittering on' I understand why you'd want to record your T's voice to listen to in times of stress.

that would be awesome but i cant muster up the courage to ask

[sweepy62]

Originally Posted by just_some_girl

My T gave me some relaxation/hypnosis she recorded, and she told me to try and listen to it every day. It does help me. I think part of the reason it relaxes me so much is that it's her voice. It's comforting to hear her 'wittering on' I understand why you'd want to record your T's voice to listen to in times of stress.

yeah she has this soothing voice but i wish she would record something for me iam just to afraid to ask i might get rejected

[sweepy62]

Originally Posted by SoupDragon

Me too - T tells me numerous times to call, but I can't even when times are really hard - it would be do great to have a voicemail from him though - would help me feel connected between sessions.

yes it helps me alot between sessions except that i would like a message from her other than a vm but then again if i dont ask she wont know but i am chicken

[Beholden]

When I was in therapy, I'd write letters and my t would write back. It was way before voice mail and and phones like to day, and no e-mail existed either. But I saved all those letters like they were gold. So comforting to me.

I'd say that one of your goals is to take a chance and ask for what you need. Your T will not reject you I'm sure of it.

Keep us posted on your progress. I feel like you will find courage to do this in the near future.