[Tbhimscared]

Similar to another thread but I want to hear all of your awkward, embarrassing, funny therapy stories!
One time in a session I was sitting there almost falling asleep (really tired that day) and T realized this so she started saying weird things that made no sense but initially I didn’t react and kept fake listening until I realized what was going on when she asked about “my brother the hot dog man’s hot dog emporium” and we laughed together about it after I apologized for being distracted but I was still embarrassed to have been THAT zoned out

I once had a panic attack in session. I'd messaged her on a social media profile over Christmas and was so certain I'd face punishment for that.

I was shaking for a good ten minutes and cried a bit. She handled it really well, but I'm still embarrassed about it!

About 3 years ago i was struggling with my feelings for him and i blurted out that inwanted to rip his clothes off and have angry sex with him, things are alittle hazy after that but i do know that was when he said the 'even if i was sexually attracted...'thing. we have never mentioned it since. I am still embarrassed about how i handled it. Could have done better i think

[Patagonia]

Probably when the cops came & “escorted” me out.

This is an ongoing thing but I refuse to eat before my sessions. I won't eat or drink because I am terrified that I will need to use the bathroom. ANYWAY, my stomach usually starts rumbling quite loudly about halfway through the hour. Ugh.

[junkDNA]

I barfed in front of him. He got me a trash can and rubbed my back

[winterblues17]

Generally I get embarrassed by myself when I start getting anxious in there, I start to worry I'm not making much sense and my shaking etc is noticeable. She's always reacted well when I do get into that state, but I do get embarrassed by those moments I've had and probably will have.

[Mike_J]

That would be last month when I had to explain a trip to the ER. Got a huge hot flash, and started sweating all over.

[nottrustin]

The time I intentionally took extra sleeping pills. She had been in contact with the Ed doctor and hubby. She asked me to come in for an appoint that evening after. Discharged from the Ed...which was 7pm on a Saturday or 8 am on Sunday morning. It was embarrassing to be Use fhT was so out of character for me.

[DP_2017]

I spilled water on my shirt and felt so stupid, he was like, Eh, its water, it happens. It made me feel so much better

[fille_folle]

Not with a T, but at my first appointment with my new pdoc, my stomach started growling really loudly. I felt really embarrassed.

[stopdog]

I don't think I have ever had a situation with a therapist that I would describe as awkward or embarrassing. I did not enjoy therapy and I never figured out the point of appointments until I turned it into a place to talk about my person and her illness/death. But I was not out of control of myself while at an appointment and did not do or say anything by accident.

[annielovesbacon]

I once came in drunk thinking she wouldn't notice. She did.
Although, in the moment, I was drunk enough not to be embarrassed.

[LonesomeTonight]

Originally Posted by winterblues17

Generally I get embarrassed by myself when I start getting anxious in there, I start to worry I'm not making much sense and my shaking etc is noticeable. She's always reacted well when I do get into that state, but I do get embarrassed by those moments I've had and probably will have.

I get embarrassed when I'm having a panic attack in there, too. It happened for the first time with T a few weeks ago, when I'd locked myself out of my house and had to take a cab to the appointment, which is really anxiety-inducing for me. I was all panicky and sobbing at the same time. T asked what generally helped to calm down, like if breathing exercises helped. I said sometimes, but mostly what I want to do if I'm panicking is hide somewhere. He offered me the bathroom that's mainly just for other clinicians, so I hid in there for a couple minutes while I got myself together.

I've also panicked in front of ex-T, marriage counselor, and a former p-doc (when she was pushing an intensive outpatient program to me).

[velcro003]

i think mine was when my T was seriously asking about SUI plans, and i was terrified to talk to her about them, and she kept saying that if i didnt' talk to her, she would have to assume I did....UGHHHH, that was a hard session. I wasn't embarassed or anything after, bc she is awesome and ended the session so I would feel as okay about it as i could.

[SummerTime12]

With my psychiatrist, my phone randomly started playing music loudly during our second appointment. It wasn’t even my music, either. It was a random song from iTunes I hadn’t downloaded. He had a student in our session observing that day also of course.

[ruh roh]

I've had a few that I've shared before, one time being when I stepped out of her office after a hard session, still crying, and walked right into a wedding procession passing her door (her building holds various events) AND a photographer took a picture at that moment. My therapist said I wasn't in the picture, but she wasn't in the hallway to see it and I know what I saw--the lens of a camera pointed at me. It's not like it was an outdoor venue and the subjects were some distance away. I was in the middle of things. It was humiliating and I felt horribly exposed. The next awful embarrassment was having a maintenance worker outside her office, up on a ladder outside a very high window. I caught a glimpse of him before he ducked from view. What he would have seen in the office is very embarrassing to me and I still have not gotten over it. It may be the undoing of my therapy. My therapist has not shown any understanding of how it has impacted me or why these things have been a problem. I don't think a reasonable person would be okay with either of these things happening.

[JupiterBraytech]

So my therapist and I are still getting used to each other. As we started a month or two ago. And I'm also still 14. My mom had went into the bathroom at one point so we just standing outside his office waiting for her. She took like two minutes... awkward silence.

Dry boggie fell from my nose. And I f_arted when I stood up

[Lonelyinmyheart]

Former T asked me what I needed from her. Taking her at her word, I replied that I needed a hug. She was horrified and said that's what she does with friends and family, not with a client. I completely shut down and then went home, got drunk and cried all day.

[Merope]

My top (floaty kind of top) got stuck to a button on my jacket as I was taking it off. I’m pretty sure I showed him my bra for a full 30 seconds before I realised what was happening. Thankfully we both pretended it didn’t happen.

[JaneTennison1]

Originally Posted by Lonelyinmyheart

Former T asked me what I needed from her. Taking her at her word, I replied that I needed a hug. She was horrified and said that's what she does with friends and family, not with a client. I completely shut down and then went home, got drunk and cried all day.

ugh that is so similar to what I went through. I told ex t 1 i felt like i needed a hug and she was freaked. I didnt mean from her as hugging T is not my thing but her reaction made me feel terrible. She asked if I could give myself a "self hug"

[Flinders40]

Originally Posted by Merope

My top (floaty kind of top) got stuck to a button on my jacket as I was taking it off. I’m pretty sure I showed him my bra for a full 30 seconds before I realised what was happening. Thankfully we both pretended it didn’t happen.

Something similar happened to me a few days ago. I was wearing a sweatshirt with a tank top underneath. I got hot during the session and pulled off the sweatshirt but also took my tank top up with it. My T is a female so it wasn’t too bad - but she did have a pained look on her face and commented that she could clearly see my ribs.

[Lonelyinmyheart]

Originally Posted by JaneTennison1

ugh that is so similar to what I went through. I told ex t 1 i felt like i needed a hug and she was freaked. I didnt mean from her as hugging T is not my thing but her reaction made me feel terrible. She asked if I could give myself a "self hug"

Its horrible when they freak out. It made me feel contaminated. Fortunately my current t gives me great hugs and has absolutely no qualms about doing so.

[Omers]

With an old T she worked out of a house (turned into offices) in a bad neighborhood. When you got there you would ring the door bell and she would come unlock the door then finish with the client before you (oddly it worked because she had already wrapped up session but it gave you a moment alone before leaving)... anyway... she had a rough day and was an avid runner so she had gone for a run before our session. After her run she jumped in the shower... she answered the door in just her underwear, a black slip (non-reviewing but still!) and toweling off her hair!!! She is an absolutely stunning woman fully clothed on a bad day then this!! So she let me in while she finished getting dressed and doing her makeup... her sense of style was always top notch too... while we did NOT talk about it I struggled with sexual feelings for her/ reactions to her all session and had never had that kind of a response to another woman before.