[pbutton]

I wouldn't care. I can't imagine him coming here, but I think it would only help if he knew more about me.

Of course I also printed out some of my posts and gave them to him today, so that could be coloring my view.

Originally Posted by stormyangels

I think possibly a reassuring thing for people on the board may be: I'm a therapist that uses this board and I read almost all the posts. I don't think about my clients in terms of "Hmm, that's kinda familiar, I wonder if that's "Jill". I read for my own support of issues in my therapy, to provide support, and be supported.

I think it's great that T's use the boards , this is where people get honest , what better place to be a fly on the wall. I'm pretty sure I saw a post about being able to go onto a T forum not too long ago and lots thought it would be interesting.

I'm me all the time , online in, in therapy at work or Walmart ... I can't help but ooze me all the time.... So if T reads and recognizes , I have broken no laws, I was just being me.

[unaluna]

I don't think T and I talk the same language sometimes. Like I will tell him about something here, to set him up for MY answer, and he will start yapping on about what HE thinks the T should have said, and i'm like - we don't talk like that to each other, I'm not going to write what YOU think 3 days later, and besides, LISTEN TO WHAT I WROTE!!! This is probably a pretty good example of why I say the laws against T/client r/s are more to protect the T - this story makes me sound like a non-listening self-centered very bad girlfriend. Anyway, I get kinda disgusted, it's like your dad trying to be cool with your high school friends, and he's NOT and he's just embarrassing you. This is OUR thing!

[GoodPoint]

oh my god, you guys... I think my T really IS reading this forum, and I think she picked me out.

Of course there's a small chance I'm just being paranoid, but something she did today makes me think she HAD TO HAVE read a recent post I made. So freaking out right now...

[Elli-Beth]

Originally Posted by GoodPoint

oh my god, you guys... I think my T really IS reading this forum, and I think she picked me out.

Of course there's a small chance I'm just being paranoid, but something she did today makes me think she HAD TO HAVE read a recent post I made. So freaking out right now...

I totally get this! Last year, two weeks in a row, my T brought up two things I'd mentioned here. The first one I chalked up to coincidence, but then...

[Nikolaevna]

I would hope a great therapist would have time to read all these posts and try to decipher if it may be one of their clients, but thats just my opinion.

[GoodPoint]

Originally Posted by Elli-Beth

I totally get this! Last year, two weeks in a row, my T brought up two things I'd mentioned here. The first one I chalked up to coincidence, but then...

It is SO SCARY. I just posted about it in the Dear T thread... *maybe* I am being paranoid, but from now on I'm just going to assume she is here and not post anything I wouldn't feel okay with her reading.

so embarrassed though... so so embarrassed.

ETA: "now viewing this forum: 40 members and 70 GUESTS" Yeah... and my T is probably one of them. (trying to see the humor in this as I am still currently freaking the #$^@ out... )

[Bella01]

My t has written articles for PC. He didn't know about the forums. I feel that I would be all right if t read any post that I started or commented on.

[Screenager]

Tbh, I think people who think their T would recognize them here are too self-conscious/paranoid.
Imo, if a T actually took the time to seriously read this forum (which I doubt), and even if they read something that "fit" to one of their clients, I bet they wouldn't think "That's definitely X!" Maybe if other factors like location, gender, age were mentioned they could get a stronger hint, but even that's quite a step away from assuming/knowing who it is.

[pbutton]

My T has said that he likes working with me. However, I do not entertain any fantasies that he seeks out more information on me (or any other client) during his free time. That would be fairly unhealthy on his part.

[GoodPoint]

Originally Posted by pbutton

My T has said that he likes working with me. However, I do not entertain any fantasies that he seeks out more information on me (or any other client) during his free time. That would be fairly unhealthy on his part.

It's not that I think she would actively seek out information on me. I am not that special! (sadly... ) More I thought... she may browse this forum for her own benefit (like the T's here who regularly post) and then happened to come across one of my posts (which have hardly been well disguised, I have used many specifics ) and then perhaps curiosity would strike and she would choose to read my other posts. I mean come on, therapists are human-- if they're already here and happen see a post by someone who is glaringly one of their own clients they will likely be curious as to what that poster has been saying about them. It would take all of 5 minutes to quickly scan through 50-some posts for any juicy tidbits...

[Silent_tsol]

I feel pretty disguised simply by the fact that the forums are used world wide. I don't believe I'm the only person who deals with whatever it is I'm dealing with. With 8 billion (I think) people in the world I don't think a T would say "hmm, I wonder if that's x". What I do think she may do if she were here and interested is say "oo this silent_tsol has similar issues to x, maybe I can find out more about how she might be feeling". But even that I think is a stretch

[lostmyway21]

Originally Posted by Screenager

Tbh, I think people who think their T would recognize them here are too self-conscious/paranoid.
Imo, if a T actually took the time to seriously read this forum (which I doubt), and even if they read something that "fit" to one of their clients, I bet they wouldn't think "That's definitely X!" Maybe if other factors like location, gender, age were mentioned they could get a stronger hint, but even that's quite a step away from assuming/knowing who it is.

If my T seriously read this forum (which I HIGHLY doubt) I would have no doubt he could pick me out of my posts. I am pretty specific about our sessions and things that happen, let alone my major issues and things we've said to each other that I've posted.