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Legendary Wise Elder
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Oct 31, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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I've put on like 5 pounds since our last session because of covid and this 5 day steroid I'm on for this frigging scary cough I had, and today my therapist was all like "how about you start working out on your treadmill? I didn't bring up my weight or food at all today. She just randomly said it. So now she wants me to do 20 minutes a day starting next Tuesday.
Was she talking directly about my weight gain or did she just word it badly or something? I don't really know how to bring up weight stuff because shes about 80 pounds heavier then I am. __________________ I'm Blue |
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Nov 01, 2024 at 09:22 AM
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Did you mention any sort of increased anxiety, insomnia, or depression or some physical symptoms like fatigue that she thinks some exercise might help with? Or maybe she's talking about a moderate amount of activity improving the immune system (maybe relevant given recently getting sick) That'd be the most innocent explanation, anyways. Your therapist seems really odd though. Have you tried asking her to explain why she asks stuff like that when it comes across as out of place? I think it'd be easier for someone to give a real answer in the context of the whole session which she has (and of course she's the therapist who knows her own approach).
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Nov 01, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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You talk about weight and size a lot. It is hardly surprising that she will talk to you in a similar vein.
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Nov 02, 2024 at 08:34 PM
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Exercise has more benefit and is for other purposes than mere weight loss. You are focused on weight often it seems -but exercise can be useful in a lot of different ways. Exercise is not even the best way to manage weight. I would not assume she mentioned exercise because of anything to do with weight
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Nov 03, 2024 at 02:25 AM
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You mentioned not feeling well so she possibly suggested exercise as to help you feel better.
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Nov 03, 2024 at 07:22 AM
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I’m guessing it was a suggestion to restore your strength and improve general wellbeing. Can also help with symptoms of depression and anxiety.
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Nov 03, 2024 at 09:57 AM
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Did she say "I want you to...".. You know you can say you'd rather not and ask why she's suggested it..
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Nov 03, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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She randomly said "how about we plan to do 20 minutes a day on our treadmills starting on Tuesday and then report back to each other at our next session on how we did."
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Nov 03, 2024 at 10:58 AM
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Eesh....it seems to me that she's really trying to get you to be her 'accountability buddy'.
Not cool. No therapist should ask that of a client unless they are working with the client on fitness goals. Reading that back, I recognise that the gym is a more appropriate environment to focus on fitness. Doesn't seem to me like that's the focus of your work with her, right? __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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Nov 03, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Yeah, I was also thinking it sounded like she wanted MountainDewed to be an accountability buddy, which isn't right. My therapist will occasionally say things like, "You know how I feel about exercise being helpful" or something like that. But he doesn't push it on me. He knows that I know I should be more active and that if he pushes that (or anything really), it doesn't tend to go well. It needs to come from me, not him (or anyone else). |
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