[maybeblue]

This is a continuation of a conversation on another thread. It made me curious about other people's experiences.

Have you told your therapist about PC? If so, what was his or her reaction?
Would you want him or her to know your username?

I have told my therapist about it. His response was pretty neutral. "Glad you have found it useful" sort of thing. I was pretty vague about the site though....I just called it an "online support group." I wouldn't want him to come here and know who I was. I'm not ashamed of anything I say, and I don't have any problems with him right now, but if I did I would want to be able to process them here without him making assumptions before I could talk to him directly.

[nottrustin]

I have never told either of them.

[lucozader]

T(wat) knew about PC and was suspicious of it - he said he thought it was 'dangerous'. That pissed me off a lot and I told him that I think the opposite.

T knows and is generally curious about it and interested in my relationships with people who I met here. He is not at all disapproving or defensive about it.

I wouldn't want either of them to know my username, eek.

[ScarletPimpernel]

My T knows about PC. She doesn't mind. Ex-T was the one who found PC for me. She wanted me to have more support.

[stopdog]

I have no idea. It doesn't bother me if the woman read here although I doubt she would bother. I have not said anything here I have not told directly.

[MoxieDoxie]

I mentioned it as a sign that I am relapsing because I start to revisit the forums here and the chat.

[atisketatasket]

I think lots of therapists know about PC--several I have seen link to the main page on their Resources page of their website.

Whether they know about the forums is a different story. I don't think most therapists would spend a lot of time in the forums as a therapist (vs. as a client). What would they get out of it?

[awkwardlyyours]

Blondie finds it mildly (given all the rest of my crap) disturbing that I have online friends.

I think I’ve mentioned it only a time or two though.

[AllHeart]

IDK if she knows about PC, but, she doesn't know I'm on PC. If I told her, I'm sure it would go in one ear and very quickly out the other.

Mine does. She knows the site and seemed indifferent to it.

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

He does, but he doesn‘t speak English, and supports just about anything I think helps me. So it doesn‘t really matter.

[Elio]

My T knows that I use an online support forum for psychotherapy. I don't think she knows it is PC. We talk about topics that come up for me from here. She finds it a great support for me and thinks the friends I make here are good for me. I do think she gets frustrated when certain topics come up here and are hits for our relationship - the fear of being abandoned; having boundaries change; or when a T just seems to suddenly be different. I don't think she's frustrated that they are topics that come up here, she just knows they are big triggers for me and they put a bit of a strain on our relationship - my trust in her and the process.

[MRT6211]

My T know and is indifferent/says if it helps it’s good just be wary of triggers.
Ex-T told me not to use it when I told her about it, said I would definitely get triggered and I couldn’t handle it. She also asked me if she could check out the webpage which I was like...sure...

Definitely would never tell any T my username.

[ElectricManatee]

I have mentioned that I participate in a therapy forum, although not by name. She is big on encouraging me to connect with other people, and she sees the forum as a flavor/extension of that. I mentioned recently that it is helpful to process therapy things here with other people who are having similarly intense or transformative therapy experiences, and she seemed to understand that. There are some issues that other people talk about here that stoke my anxiety, but we deal with that in the same way that we deal with other fears and concerns I have.

I would probably share my username, but I can't really see her having a reason to come here. I don't say anything here that I can't or wouldn't say to her face. Believe it or not, I actually think she knows enough about me to recognize me by my username, if she were to come here knowing that this is where I post. That doesn't really bother me.

[unaluna]

I talk about PC a lot in my sessions. I brought t the rest of my mystery oreos and we talked about who guessed it right we've even talked about this question, does your t know about pc, and how people get upset when i say yes, he even has treatment plans worked up for -- no he doesnt, im kidding!! But its mostly about me and my "voice" here. And like boundaries. And just all the stuff we talk about.

[stopdog]

Why would it bother people if someone else's therapist knows about it?

[unaluna]

Elefino!

[CelestialFlame]

No. I don't feel the need to tell them everything I participate in.

[atisketatasket]

Originally Posted by unaluna

I talk about PC a lot in my sessions. I brought t the rest of my mystery oreos and we talked about who guessed it right we've even talked about this question, does your t know about pc, and how people get upset when i say yes, he even has treatment plans worked up for -- no he doesnt, im kidding!! But its mostly about me and my "voice" here. And like boundaries. And just all the stuff we talk about.

Does this mean your therapist is deeply impressed by my ability to identify mystery Oreo flavors?

I’ve vaguely mentioned PC to Info (I wanted to tell her one of AY’s profound insights). Pretty much no reaction. Maybe I should tell her her nickname.

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Does this mean your therapist is deeply impressed by my ability to identify mystery Oreo flavors?

You shoulda seen his face when i said "fruity pebbles"

[ruh roh]

This question comes up every now and then. I told mine because somethings here upset me about myself and my therapy (similar to Elio in a sense). Last time it came up, she said, Tell me again why you go there? And I had to remind her that I have no life.

[awkwardlyyours]

Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I’ve vaguely mentioned PC to Info (I wanted to tell her one of AY’s profound insights). Pretty much no reaction. Maybe I should tell her her nickname.

I'm dreaming of a future with Info already

Seriously though, no one else's therapist has looked askance at the fact that we don't know each other's real names here on PC?

That was Blondie's major concern.

[atisketatasket]

Originally Posted by awkwardlyyours

I'm dreaming of a future with Info already

Seriously though, no one else's therapist has looked askance at the fact that we don't know each other's real names here on PC?

That was Blondie's major concern.

I didn't tell her your user name. I referred to an online friend. Not an eyebrow lifted (probably because she's pleased I talk to someone besides her).

Info is so much hipper than Blondie.

[ruh roh]

I imagine that she understands how anonymous posting works, so I don't think the idea of screen names is alarming to her. I don't know if she even comes here except for the first time I told her about it a long while back. stopdog would be horrified to know that my therapist has done empathy at her from afar.

She does seem glad that people here are supportive, but I think that because it's caused problems in my own therapy at times, she's not thrilled.

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by awkwardlyyours

I'm dreaming of a future with Info already

Seriously though, no one else's therapist has looked askance at the fact that we don't know each other's real names here on PC?

That was Blondie's major concern.

Not mine. He even still calls me hankster! I dont know if thats like a DID thing or a movie star pseudonym thing.