Does anyone in session change the

I use humor as a defense mechanism an when the going gets tough in session I like to change the subject alot my t calls me out on it it's a small office and I memorized everything in it there's no where to look lol so I change subjects to random stuff

Been there...done that

I can be very witty under pressure.

I had an ex-T who said I use humor as a defense mechanism (which I was already aware of), and then he said "but it was one of the better ones [defense mechanisms]." I said, "Why, because you use it as one, too?" He didn't have much to say about it after that.

Yep, I do that quite often, and my T occasionally calls me out on it. We've both come to recognize that I often use humour as a defense mechanism when I'm trying really hard to refrain from crying or right when I'm about to start crying.

I've tried to change the subject A LOT but it doesn't work with my T. He always calls me out on it

My T said I was like a car driving on the highway and then suddenly taking exits, we decided cloverleaves, because I'd come back up in a bit

In all honesty, I believe that therapist changes the subject more than I do. If I give a different response than she wants or when I try to take something to a logical conclusion, she will often get all flustery and change.

I definitely do but only when I really need to and if she calls me on it I point out I know exactly what I am doing and why! I think because I do it fairly rarely and when things get too much she generally doesn't mind. In rl though I do it all the time.

Yeap. Sometimes I do it so subtly that he doesn't even realise it. And then I feel like crap about manipulating him...

Actually, I just realised that I discover lots of mechanisms to make myself feel like crap!

I do it in real life alot thanks guys for responding it means alot

been there done that I smile when I am sad. T brought it to my attention and said that I didn't have to pretend I was happy

I have a habitual smile. I also have a nervous giggle. My last t couldn't see thru it, even after I TOLD him straight out that I never was doing as well as I appeared.

I wouldn't put any money on that. Sneeeeeeky therapists.

O yes I have been known to change the subject abruptly; T will usually go along. As with evrything else, sometimes I appreciate that, sometimes not.

This is me too, except my t does see right thru it. Has since day one. He's made it his goal to rid me of my smile as a defense mechanism. My t has told me the bigger my smile is when I walk into his office, the worse I am typically doing. Same thing happens during the session. If we are talking and get to something tough, my smile gets huge and he knows it's something I don't want to talk about. He starts pushing even harder. Darn t wants me to show real emotions.

I do not smile at the therapist. I suppose on a good day I might frown slightly less, but that leads to the woman taking untold liberties, so I have found it best not to give her the opening. Sometimes I will think before responding or sometimes answer in a way that is leading to the answer - sort of the long way around while I decide how to answer.

The mind boggles!