Do You Record?

This.

I would love to have a recording of his voice though, for comfort. He once left a voicemail message on my cell phone that I replayed quite often. Until it was deleted automatically by my provider after a few days, even though I saved it

I record my sessions. Initially, I did it without her permission. Then felt guilty about it and asked for permission. Thankfully, she had no problems with it. I would like to add that listening to the recordings has contributed a lot to my rumination/obsession with her. I just can't seem to get her out of my head.

I don't record sessions, but will sometimes record guided mindfulness exercises by T at the beginning of the session. Then I can do mindfulness with her voice at home.

I never recorded my sessions because I had no desire to. I wouldn't have listened to them if I was given recordings. Admittedly, I am more of an onward/forward type. I don't reflect back often and I'm not nostalgic at all. Maybe there's an issue there, ugh lol

I put my phone on record and leave it in bag.

I often forget things said in session because I would be worrying about forgetting. Recording relieves me of self imposed pressure and I'm more present.

I got used to hearing my awful voice and being able to hear emotional tone via recording helps.

Still deliberating on if I should transcribe my recordings for myself, or stick with the brief session notes I jot down (without using the recording) after.

i used to record. i think the cost outweighed the benefit and i decided to stop.

May I ask what was the cost? Did your T discovered it?

Other: I have no interest in recording. Too worried about that getting into the wrong hands. In a journal I can be cryptic enough to jog my memory or write n a visual shorthand no one else would understand.

No. No interest in doing so.

I don't record my sessions and don't have a desire too although there are times that I wish that I could remember better. My T is a blank slate, won't tell me anything and has been very curt when I've asked her questions so now I don't even feel comfortable asking a question like this. Luckily, I don't want to record the sessions, but if I did, it would be a production getting the courage to ask her if I could. I would never record without telling her not because of the ethics surrounding it but more because I'd die if she ever found out that I was secretly recording her!

Other: no, because if I know I'm recording, I'm afraid I won't be as open with t. I always take notes instead. So I've never asked.

When this was first posted, I had not recorded anything and did not/do not like hearing the sound of my voice, but I was interested enough to try it because very little of what's said is remembered, or is mis-remembered, and it's been like not going to therapy at all.

Since then, I've been recording all of my sessions and two things have happened:

1. It's like getting additional sessions every time I listen to the recording, which is a plus.
2. A lot of what's said still doesn't always stick, even when I hear it more than once, so I end up taking notes to read key points. It's easier to go back and read a couple things than drag out the recording and sift through.

As far as hating to hear the sound of my voice, I'm finally starting to just get used to it. Also, I place the recorder right next to my therapist so that her voice is clearest and, while mine is still audible, it's at least a little more distant sounding.

So, it's been a plus in a lot of ways.

I don't record sessions but I am strongly taking of recording one session just to see what it's like. I won't tell my t because after her recent disclosure it would frighten her and she would probably think I was gathering evidence to report her.

i asked permission and he was fine with it. i found i was obsessing too much listening to old sessions. it didn't help.