[Merope]

I’m having a really rough day and I’d like to fill my head with therapy so that I can make it to the next appointment (tomorrow) without reaching out and making myself feel worse when he doesn’t respond.

So...

Do you ever ask your T what they’re writing down when they make notes in session?

What’s the funniest thing that happened to you in session?

Thank you all.

[ArtleyWilkins]

He showed me the notes a few times because we were referencing them to remember something from a previous session. They weren't terribly interesting. Generally just short phrases, memory joggers. Very broad and matter-of-fact/topical. Kind of like this: Date, general mood (if we discussed it which was pretty routine for us); basic topics without detail; any recommendations he may have made. That was about it.

[velcro003]

My T has never taken any notes, and i really don’t care so much what she might write after.

Nothing funny has really happened in session. I’m too serious.

[SoAn]

He never makes notes.

[talking about me always being worried others do not like me, including T]
T: I don't think it would help you if I answered your question. If I would tell you now that I liked you, it wouldn't help. I would have to repeat it each week, and then still I doubt it would make a difference.
Me: Hmm mm, yes that's true
T: At the same time - it never really happens that I dislike a client. Even if someone enters therapy appearing unlikeable, once I get to know them better, I always start to like them. There is always a reason why some people are annoying at first sight.
Me: Hmm mm, yes, I see that
[silence]
[silence]
[staring at wall]
T: And now you are wondering: Am I one of those people?
[both laugh, me in relief, because that was ofc exactly what was running through my head]

Other instance, less funny, but if it helps to take your mind off things for half a minute:

T: Why do you think that you avoid doing X?
Me: Hmm... don't know... I think I'm afraid of something.
T [ironically]: Yes, would you think so?
lolol

Nice thread, I am also curious what is going to pop up

Good luck until your next appointment!

[Merope]

Originally Posted by SoAn

He never makes notes.

[talking about me always being worried others do not like me, including T]
T: I don't think it would help you if I answered your question. If I would tell you now that I liked you, it wouldn't help. I would have to repeat it each week, and then still I doubt it would make a difference.
Me: Hmm mm, yes that's true
T: At the same time - it never really happens that I dislike a client. Even if someone enters therapy appearing unlikeable, once I get to know them better, I always start to like them. There is always a reason why some people are annoying at first sight.
Me: Hmm mm, yes, I see that
[silence]
[silence]
[staring at wall]
T: And now you are wondering: Am I one of those people?
[both laugh, me in relief, because that was ofc exactly what was running through my head]

Other instance, less funny, but if it helps to take your mind off things for half a minute:

T: Why do you think that you avoid doing X?
Me: Hmm... don't know... I think I'm afraid of something.
T [ironically]: Yes, would you think so?
lolol

Nice thread, I am also curious what is going to pop up

Good luck until your next appointment!

Many thanks for this and for taking the time to write it!

[tikatikadoom]

My T hasn't taken notes since the beginning. He used to write progress notes to my parents and I saw a few of them when I was home last summer. Mostly it was stuff like, "excellent progress", attended appointments, is involved in school, with peers, etc. Nothing very specific. It kept the rents happy.

Funniest thing? One time I told him my roommate and I got pea shooters and had an epic battle the night before.

He gave me the weirdest look and changed the subject, then a few minutes later he suddenly said, "Oh you meant p-e-a shooter, not p-e-e shooter! I wasn't sure how to respond when I thought you were shooting urine at each other."

[SlumberKitty]

My T makes notes. It bothers me sometimes because I feel like she is writing something bad about me. Weird feeling I get. She has read me some of what she wrote before. It was pretty generic. Nothing bad was in it. Nothing really funny has happened to me in session. I'm usually kind of quiet.

[LostOnTheTrail]

INT/End of session/DAY

R: How are you feeling?

Me:...*Burp* I am so sorry.

R: Don't worry...it's a natural bodily function.


Me: *laughing until R leaves, still laughing as she walks away.*

[stopdog]

No I never asked. I assumed it was a grocery list or something because the woman did not remember anything (or acted like she did not - she was wily so it all could have been an act)

Nothing funny happened at therapy. I found it a grim and fruitless endeavor

my therapist does not take notes.
funniest thing that ever happened in therapy, T and I were driving on the road, she was visiting me , she forgot that we drive on the other side of the road here, and we accidentally turned the wrong way. we freaked out and both screamed and managed to quickly get corrected.then we laughed so hard for a long time. because we probably looked sooooo stupid!

one time we were both sitting in my car painting each others finger nails while we talked. we had been parked there a couple hours. a police officer knocked on the window to make sure we werent checking out the neighborhood to be robbers. we couldnt stop laughing when we told him no, just two crazy people out doing our nails.

[chihirochild]

Just now seeing this thread but hope that your session went well, Merope.

[Lilly2]

The notes are recorded on our records at the VA. I have access to them anytime.

For Vet Center notes, I do not ask. I figured that most Ts there are in training, so their notes are probably about what I said and what they think. If the T wants to tell me, the T will tell me.

The only time I ask about notes is when I do not want them to write down confidential things that are sensitive in nature.

Snot running down my nose is the most embarrassing thing that happens to me when I cry.

[susannahsays]

I demanded to know what she was writing one time and she said she was just writing the date. It was near the start of the session.

I can't think of anything funny that has happened from my perspective. I recall her laughing when I said some things, though - when I disclosed to her that I feel I have a callous disregard for others, when I expressed concern that I might have meningitis because my head hurt really bad, when I said she shouldn't get a big head (I forget why), among other things. But generally, neither of us is laughing.