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View Poll Results: Are you afraid of your therapist and is that a problem? | ||||||
I am afraid of my therapist and that's a problem. |
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14 | 19.18% | |||
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I am afraid of my therapist and that's not a problem. |
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2 | 2.74% | |||
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I am not afraid of my therapist and that's a problem. |
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0 | 0% | |||
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I am not afraid of my therapist and that's not a problem. |
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57 | 78.08% | |||
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Voters: 73. You may not vote on this poll |
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#1
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Are you afraid of your therapist?
And is that a problem for you?
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Mr Ambassador, alias Ancient Plax, alias Captain Therapy, alias Big Poppa, alias Secret Spy, etc. Add that to your tattoo, Baby! |
#2
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I'm afraid of my t because I always worry that I'm not a good client and also I'm worried about what t would make me do even when I don't want to.
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![]() CantExplain, Inner_Firefly
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#3
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Why would I be afraid of either of them? I'm pretty sure I could easily overpower both of them, even in my current weakened condition. At once. With one hand tied behind my back.
If you mean afraid of what they might do or say, well, this is where their opinions not mattering too much to me helps. So, um...it's not a problem for me? |
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#4
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I'm working out some trauma stuff with T right now, and that means admitting that I am afraid of him. It's stuff I have pretended wasn't there the whole time we have worked together. But it feels really good to get it out in the open.
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![]() CantExplain
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#5
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My T makes me nervous because of the intense work we do.
Never has she made me afraid. |
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#6
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I was afraid of my past T that had the pet rock that she would talk to during my sessions. Never have I been afraid of my current T.
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![]() atisketatasket, PinkFlamingo99
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#7
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I used to be afraid of EVERYBODY. I let an eight year old girl trick me into letting her beat me at a racewalk so she wouldnt be last. She goes past me, then goes, "nyah nyah!" I figured, i have enough; if somebody needs something so bad they want to steal it from me - then let them have it. Thats just being afraid of people. Being afraid of FOO. And the resultant transference to the effing WORLD.
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![]() CantExplain
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![]() AnaWhitney, atisketatasket, JustShakey
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#8
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I'm very afraid of being hurt
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![]() CantExplain, Cinnamon_Stick, nervous puppy
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#9
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Afraid of being abandoned by my therapist.
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![]() CantExplain, Cinnamon_Stick, PinkFlamingo99
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![]() flockpride, PinkFlamingo99
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#10
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Hell no. He's just a nice old guy who I pay to listen to me for an hour a week. Nothing to be afraid of.
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![]() CantExplain, Out There, wotchermuggle
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#11
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Yes I think a part of me is, and I've realised that I was afraid of my parents when I was very young.
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![]() Cinnamon_Stick
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I am terriffied of him, less so now after 5 years. I find him physically intimidating as he is well over a foot taller than me. But most of all i am afraid of the words. People in the past have manipulated me with words until I didn't which way was up. People go on about the payment for a service as a power differential i think the real power is in words and feelings both off which I lack. I should say the lack of using words to express feelings. It keeps me from fully trusting him nut he kkknos that.
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#13
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I'm not really afraid of my T or pdoc. I am sometimes afraid for their reactions or what they must think of me. Though I know they would probably react good to almost everything I'd tell them.
A few years ago I had a group T and she was scary. She could be pretty harsh. I stayed away from here when I could. |
#14
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Why would I be afraid of my therapist? He's just a pretty regular guy.
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#15
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I've never been physically "afraid" of any therapist I've ever seen . . . Of course, more than a few times, I've felt a bit uncomfortable because I realized they were crazier than I was, but never afraid.
I do often feel nervous about how my therapist is going to judge or interpret what I'm saying, but when this happens, I always realize afterwards that this is usually my own issues exerting their influence on how I feel--I am the kind of person who needs external validation to feel okay about myself and this often leads to me censoring what I'm saying in therapy. Not a very productive behavior when you think about therapy works. . . I really do need to work on that if I ever hope to make any significant progress in therapy! ![]() |
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#16
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Therapy scares the **** out of me, but I am in no way afraid of T.
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#17
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Right now I'm too depressed and apathetic to be afraid of anyone.
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![]() Cinnamon_Stick, Ellahmae
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#18
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I wouldn't be able to work with T if I were afraid of her, so no I'm not afraid of T. I will say that there are times that I'm hesitant when speaking with her because I'm anxious about what her reaction will be to what I might say. However, she's proven over time that she will remain calm and supportive, so that has helped quite a bit.
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#19
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I am not afraid of her per se, but I do get afraid that she'll finally realize I am too much for her, or be so frustrated with me that she'll kick me out-though my T does know these fears.
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#20
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I'm not afraid of him, per se. I think he might be a little afraid of me, or at least he seems pretty chagrined about various insights I've expressed regarding the therapy process.
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“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.” — Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28) |
#21
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Yes and yes.
He has the potential to hurt me and do so much emotional damage......and I've allowed him this power. Also if he snapped some day he has a height and weight advantage if he went for me, plus even in self-defense I don't think I could make myself hurt him. |
![]() CantExplain, Cinnamon_Stick
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#22
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Yes and that's a problem, because I'm afraid of his reactions and emotions and that isn't supposed to be the case in therapy.
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#23
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I didn't realize it until it was too late (T was sick and dying) that ex-T did scare me a little. I think it was more that I felt ashamed to open up more with her than I did. I was afraid of her reaction. She never once actually made me feel bad for anything I said in therapy so all my fears were essentially made up in my head.
I am dealing with my current T differently and it is making all the difference. |
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#24
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I voted no and that it's not a problem, but now I think I probably am afraid of being tricked, hurt and rejected.
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![]() CantExplain, Out There
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Nope. I won't see someone I am afraid of. My t is harmless woman in her 60s. So not scary
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