Couch 60: Don't forget the beachball!

I believe you care about me SD and I appreciate your advice. I will try this approach as it seems like a logical weeding out process. I am just not sure about how much to tell them about my history in those first moments. I feel like if I am honest I am overwhelming them. How much should I be foreth coming with?

I have never been worried about overwhelming a therapist. If they are overwhelmed by a client who tells them stuff, then I don't want that therapist to be the one I see.
Do you have something specific or is it more general "my life feels ****ed up and I don't know myself and my family was bat **** crazy. I have had a difficult time finding a therapist who is a good fit"?

Actually I have said that more general thing - "I am feeling bad for no reason and I do not seem to know how to do well with therapists. I am a lesbian and if that is a problem for you tell me now. I don't know what to say that will help and if all you can do is sit and stare at me, then it will not be good. I will want you to ask questions in the areas that if I talk about it, it could be useful"

I need one of these
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Even more than the flying bicycle. OR at least the same amount.

You do not need one of those as you will kill yourself I am sure of it.
As for what a T should know... I was molested, raped,beat, belittled, ignored,abandoned, humiliated,rejected,almost killed, emotionally and mentally abused and I am afraid to grow up. Off the top of my head that is all I can think of. Yet I am functioning.... not looking to say it was worse or better then another, it just was my reality.

I had sardine tacos for dinner. About equally dangerous.

Sardine tacos sound much much scarier than becoming a human flying squirrel.
Which looks super fun.
And I would not either kill myself. I would be great at it.

LC - tell them that then and that you think it is screwing up your life now.

That is when they run for the hills, especially if I add in the Si attempts. But, I will keep looking.

Maybe you are too thin or too rich?

I would rather know they are going to run for the hills at the beginning instead of after I have paid them thousands of dollars. But that is my personal approach.
And I understand not the approach for everyone.

What about dog scootering?
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Except that my dogs would want to be carried on the scooter with me so I would have to get my pets some pets to power the scooter.

'The majority stated a preference for married women, aged 20-40 with at least some post-high school education and a professional/managerial occupation."

I think they are describing their ideal date, not patient!

The white and brown dog in the photo doesn't seem too happy withthe idea. Even if it is the Executive Assistant.

I don't believe in T reviews.

You sound like my partner.
I might become a squirrel wingsuit super hero. Flying around and not really interfering but just sort of checking in and saying like "hey now - let us all sort of calm down and leave each other alone"
A sort of detached super hero who would ask before just jumping in to save anyone "Umm - I am not trying to interfere really, but if you would like I can swoop you out of this predicament. But if not, it is cool - just what ever you think would be useful to you"

I saw a dog being carried by his mistress the other day and he just looked embarrassed. He was medium sized. Idk if the sidewalk was too hot or what.

I had one dog (siberian) who would have loved it. The breed I have now would look at me like I had lost my mind. I would end up in the harness and my dogs would be riding.

I like that idea of a super hero. "Excuse me I don't mean to intrude, but...."

Thanks ya'll and I would rather them say they cant help before I waste time and money. I'll keep looking, but it feels like Im looking for a needle in a haystack.

Are you sure you're not a T SD?

A passive super woman.... sorry SD but you have to choose a side that will not be covered by the health care plan.

This sounds like a typical T sort of thing, in my experience anyway

Out of all the things I am not nor ever wanted to be, a therapist is right up there at the top.

But a Squirrel wingsuit super hero who would bore people to death over the philosophy/morality of the concept of rescue and heroism and who doesn't really like saving people on the other hand....

Well, I've cleaned the fishtank, killed a fish, picked tomatoes, done the washing, put the dishwasher on,learned what a moral nihilist is, discovered squirrel suits, learned that Ts are motivated by vanity, in all not a bad day.

Good lord, you must be exhausted.
Sorry to hear about that vanity thing and therapists.

dam n it I hate hugging SD only to realize I shouldn't and then having to retract it...

It builds character, LC