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Old Oct 22, 2013, 09:04 PM
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Sometimes I think this. She tries to dig deeper to see if anything is there, but I don't have much going on in my brain. It's usually just random thoughts and scantily remembered newspaper articles.
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Old Oct 22, 2013, 09:06 PM
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Yes...I hope he doesn't, but sometimes I wonder if he thinks I'm super boring and not too bright /:
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Old Oct 22, 2013, 09:13 PM
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Old Oct 22, 2013, 09:18 PM
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I had the other problem....I had just been 15 years as a firmware design engineer.....& logical on every aspect of thinking.....but I couldn't figure out how in the world therapy or anything could help me with the situation I was in because they couldn't fix it or change what the problem was....so there was no way to fix me & they couldn't logically explain it in any way that made me understand.....so being too very logical & too intelligent can have it's negative effects on T also.
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Old Oct 22, 2013, 09:42 PM
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I do worry that I sound like that sometimes because it can be hard for me to explain things. But I know she doesn't actually think I'm stupid.
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Old Oct 22, 2013, 09:43 PM
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Old Oct 22, 2013, 10:02 PM
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Nope. My T doesn't think I'm stupid - he had to think about or look up some words I used that I thought he would have known. And I already know a lot about most of the therapy subjects and whatnot that he brings up... so he's got me doing some research this week as he knows that it's something I'm pretty good at doing. Won't be surprised if I go in there next week and know more about it than he does.....

But I do think a lot that he'll find me frustrating as I just can't get the point of therapy. haha. But I suppose that's sorta what we're working on.
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Old Oct 22, 2013, 10:10 PM
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The woman thinks I think she is stupid.
I keep telling her I think she is wily - not stupid.

The only therapy I thought treated me like I was stupid was cbt.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 12:24 AM
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I never felt like she thought I was stupid during our regular therapy. I am pretty sure she does now though after the two voice mails I left her today.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 12:56 AM
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No, I don't think that with my T
have you mentioned this to your therapist IT?
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 01:41 AM
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No, she definitely doesn't think I'm stupid. I have a higher level of education than she does, and she's had to ask me to define words I've used on occasion. She also asked to read a copy of an article that I published and, while she followed most of it, she said there were a few parts she didn't understand. We usually chalks those things up to being trained in different areas, but then she becomes surprised when I do know a lot about therapy, psychology, and psychoanalysis. For instance, I use Freud and Lacan in my work from time and time, and she's admitted that I have a better grasp on Freud than she does!
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 01:55 AM
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No. I think that he ought to think that I am, but I never feel that he does. (Sometimes I'm being stupid, in the moment, but I'm rational enough to know that that is true for all people, everybody does stupid things sometimes.)
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 02:05 AM
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No, not at all, ever.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 03:56 AM
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I don't feel my T thinks that I'm stupid, but sometimes I feel intimidated as she is my age and a psychologist. She has so much education and degrees, and I barely have college. Sometimes I wonder if I'm pronouncing words correctly or sounding like an idiot.

I let her view my blog once, she said she enjoyed reading it, but once again I always question if she meant it. I do that a lot.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 06:29 AM
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Actually, I know my T thinks I am quite smart.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 08:19 AM
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Oh frequently. In fact just about every week I think she's sat there just waiting for the next person to come for their appointment. Someone intelligent and not so boring......
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 09:27 AM
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No, he's told me a few times that I am very smart.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 09:43 AM
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I think she thinks I am emotionally and socially stupid.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 11:05 AM
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I mentioned once that I believe I am his remedial therapy client. He said he thinks I am brilliant and at the same time incredibly dumb about some things. [But he said it in a funny, loving way, so it made me laugh and did not offend me.]
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 11:09 AM
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No, he's told me I'm bright. Sometimes I panic and think he's accusing me of "trying to get clever" (which is a thing my dad said).
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 01:14 PM
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On a related note, my T accurately guessed my IQ in session yesterday. It was pretty weird that he had the number exactly.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 02:14 PM
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Ooo, MKAC, that is weird.

My T does not think I'm stupid. In fact, he gets a little cranky at me when I tell him that I am the dumb one in my family (for which I have empirical evidence). Luckily, he is not stupid, so when he protests my declarations of stupidity, it actually does have some credibility.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 02:22 PM
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Yeah, that is sort of how it happened, critterlady. I was talking about being slow and just not getting things, and he was pointing out the empirically speaking, I am quite bright. He said, "I bet your IQ is X." I just sat there going . Still don't know quite how he did it. It is a round number though, so maybe it's not as impressive as I thought it was.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 02:24 PM
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No i dont.
I wouldnt continue seeing any T that thought i was stupid.
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Old Oct 23, 2013, 02:39 PM
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Yeah, that is sort of how it happened, critterlady. I was talking about being slow and just not getting things, and he was pointing out the empirically speaking, I am quite bright. He said, "I bet your IQ is X." I just sat there going . Still don't know quite how he did it. It is a round number though, so maybe it's not as impressive as I thought it was.
Mine did that too, but he has a pretty extensive background in psychological testing, so it didn't particularly surprise me that he could estimate that accurately.
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