Things are kinda bad, so....

...it's time for a funny topic. I see lots of people on here besides myself going through very rough patches lately. I am a big proponent of the use of humor to get through things.... so let's make each other laugh!

So...

What is the the funniest/most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you in therapy?

I have two.

One (and I know I mentioned this in the post back when it happened) didn't actually occur in therapy, rather it occurred on my way out. It is something he didn't see; however, there is no doubt he heard it. I left the room and proceeded to fall down the stairs. The crash was deafening. I was in pain, but didn't care. I had to get out of there before he opened the door to find out what happened. I ran out as fast as I could.

The second one happened a long time ago, fairly in the beginning of our relationship, but I have not forgotten it. I don't remember precisely what the content was of what we were discussing, but I know we were talking about the notion of just making things "go away" rather than exploring them. I think I mentioned something about wanting to just go to sleep so I didn't have to feel things, especially in session. And T goes, "Well what should we do about it?" And I go, "We can go to bed." But I totally (or at least consciously, lol) did not mean it like that. And I got all flustered and tried to fix it and I was blubbering, "I mean.... not like, go to bed... I mean, like... take naps... separately... it was just a sarcastic remark.... about sleeping... so I don't have to feel things...um..." I must have turned 74 shades of red.

So c'mon! Share yours. And if you don't want to or you can't think of one, at least you can laugh at my expense!

ohhhhhhhhhh pink... thank you sooooo much....

Pink, I like this topic. Let's see. Well, once at the end of a session I realized I had completely frayed out one side of a fringed blanket the T kept on the couch. I didn't realize that during the session I was apparently, nervously unraveling the blanket. Oops.

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pinksoil said:
And I go, "We can go to bed."

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Classic!

Well, very early in therapy, at a nighttime session, I was having a hard time sharing some traumatic memories I had recently recovered, and T was trying to find out what I needed from him in order to be able to share. "What can I do to make it safer for you?" he asked, as he often does. I thought a moment and then said, "it's too bright in here. Can you turn down the lights?" So he turned off the light by his desk. "It's still too bright," I said. So he turned off the lamp near me. "More?" he asked. I nodded. And he turned off the last lamp in the room, next to him. It was pitch black. Silence. "Is that enough?" he asked. I started laughing hysterically. And he joined in (and turned one of the lamps back on).

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And he turned off the last lamp in the room, next to him. It was pitch black. Silence. "Is that enough?" he asked. I started laughing hysterically. And he joined in (and turned one of the lamps back on).

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I love this. He must have been thinking, "What is this woman trying to do?? " LOL .. But hey, at least he went along with it.

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And he turned off the last lamp in the room, next to him. It was pitch black. Silence. "Is that enough?" he asked. I started laughing hysterically. And he joined in (and turned one of the lamps back on).

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This is too funny!

One of my embarrassing moments with T:

My T was sitting on the couch. I went over to sit next to her as usual, and as I did, the whole couch collapsed! I was so embarrassed because I broke T's couch!

Another embarrassing moment was when I had to bring my 2 year old son with me to therapy. As we were leaving, my baby said to my T, "I don't like you!" I was mortified!

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My T was sitting on the couch. I went over to sit next to her as usual, and as I did, the whole couch collapsed! I was so embarrassed because I broke T's couch!

Another embarrassing moment was when I had to bring my 2 year old son with me to therapy. As we were leaving, my baby said to my T, "I don't like you!" I was mortified!

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HAHAHAHAHA I am seriously in tears from laughing.

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pinksoil said:
And I go, "We can go to bed."

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Classic!

Well, very early in therapy, at a nighttime session, I was having a hard time sharing some traumatic memories I had recently recovered, and T was trying to find out what I needed from him in order to be able to share. "What can I do to make it safer for you?" he asked, as he often does. I thought a moment and then said, "it's too bright in here. Can you turn down the lights?" So he turned off the light by his desk. "It's still too bright," I said. So he turned off the lamp near me. "More?" he asked. I nodded. And he turned off the last lamp in the room, next to him. It was pitch black. Silence. "Is that enough?" he asked. I started laughing hysterically. And he joined in (and turned one of the lamps back on).

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Sunny this is way too funny! I have no idea what you both look like but I have an image in my head. I would start giggling too.

What a great pair the two of you are!

One time I was wearing this thick belt... but not through belt loops on my pants.... I was wearing it on the outside of my shirt... fashion statement of course, lol.... and when the session ended I stood up from the chair and the whole belt just fell off..... I was mortified that he would think I was trying to disrobe or something, lol.

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I stood up from the chair and the whole belt just fell off..... I was mortified that he would think I was trying to disrobe or something, lol.

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I sense a theme here. You suggest to him that you go to bed. Pieces of your clothing mysteriously fall off. Hmmmm... They say nothing in therapy is accidental. And you think he needs to read your poems to know what's in your mind!

PInksoil & Sunny,

You two have given me a really good and much needed laugh.

Once at T's I had my hair up in a clip. It was one of those hair thingies that has teeth and you pinch it to put your hair up. Well, when I sat down in my favorite chair and leaned back the clip was digging into my head. But I was already talking and I didn't know how to handle it. So finally, I said to T I have to take this thing out of my hair and I did, but then i was afraid I looked like I was making a statement -- like letting my hair down, ooh la la or something. I was so embarrassed.

Another time way back in the beginning I asked T if he thought some of my depression could be hormonal, and he said he didn't considering all I had been through recently. The next week i told him he needed to tune into his feminine! I can't believe I said that--because in retrospect, he was right.



Great idea for a thread.

1 day till I can call him
5 days till my appointment

Ok ok don't twist my arm, I have another one, hahahaha... I might have told this one before but I'm telling it again because it's priceless.

There was one pdoc I had in NY who I had longer than any other pdoc. I hated him very much but I didn't feel like looking for anyone else.

So I ended up having an appointment on Halloween. I'm sitting in the waiting room and he comes out to get me... and he's wearing that hat that The Cat in the Hat wears.... the really tall, striped one. I, of course, refuse to give him the satisfaction of acknowledging the hat. So we proceed into the session, the entire time, him wearing a three-foot tall hat. It was never mentioned.

ohhhhh