Couch 104 - The Couch Without A Catchy Title

Nobody expects the Dragon Age Inquisition.

I need to stop reading these negative threads about therapy, because it is affecting how i feel about my T. She spontaneously gave me a hug at the end of session today and wished me a merry christmas, and i thought it was so sweet and nice of her. Then I go in and read these thread and am automatically like "OH MY GOD, what if my T is being unethical?!?! What if I get hurt?!"

Maybe sometimes a hug is just a hug.

You must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh. The fundamental things apply As time goes by.

Maybe that will be my road song tomorrow!

I'm trying to refrain from talk of cigars. . .

Therapy today: I told T I know we need to do a consult with another T and some testing...but I asked her to tell me the absolute truth- even if it was something I didn't want to hear. She said she would.

I asked her if she now thinks I'm on the autism spectrum. She said yes. She explained why she thinks that but I kind of faded out.

I'm 60 years old. I've seen umpteen therapists. This is the first time anyone has told me something like that. I don't know how to feel..relief to finally have a working explaination, I guess. And sad. And have a new understanding of why things happened the way they did.

I know I need to consult with a specialist in this area to know for sure..and there's testing to be done.

My daughter has ADHD and my grandson has ADHD and is high functioning autistic. I guess it makes sense.

Unfortunately, this thread has morphed into discussing other members and their posts and needing to put members on ignore. These kinds of posts are not appropriate per our Community Guidelines.

At this point, there is way too much that needs to be edited. We will now close this thread early and someone who has no one on their ignore list is welcome to start another Couch Thread.

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