My T is awesome.. he made me laugh so hard

i was giggling through half my session... i can't believe he said this. Now, you gotta understand, not only can i say anything to my T... but he can say pretty much anything to me too. (yes, there are exceptions of course, but i mean i dont get offended easy) Anyways... we were talking about anxiety.. and he drew out a diagram of pattern reactions and interception techniques. i had made a list of things to say to myself when i am upset, etc... and he was pointing out just where i was intercepting the anxiety... but what he said was:

"see, this is where you catch it.... oh no.. I just said cat shitt"

i started laughing so hard! omg.. so funny.... hahahahahahahahahahahaha.. it was hard to focus after that.

but anyways... he was so pleased with what i had done to try to cope. The list had things to help me calm myself.. and it had statements to remind myself of the reasons why things *can* be ok again. These aren't things i believe... yet. They are goal beliefs... either way, he was full of "that is really good" statements today . Yay for me

i was trying to describe to him the Friday panic attack.. the worst one i have ever had.. it seemed like PTSD reaction. So all-encompassing, physical, mental, emotional. It scared me to death... i told T i never ever ever want to experience that again. In my message i told him that i was not entirely safe (that was friday i mean). In trying to describe the whole thing.. and what triggered me in the first place... sure enough, it started again. i only got mildly anxious.. on my scale anyways... my heart rate went up, i was getting flushed/chills, palms sweating, irratic breathing... and so on. T was so good... he softened his tone a lot.. talked to me about breathing, talked me into slowing it, breathing deeper.. and reminded me off and on throughout the session to keep going back to that.

it was a good day.

Jello

Awww, sorry about the intensity of your panic attack.

Cat shitt?

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What a perfect session with T. I love when T and I laugh together - and it sounds like he gave you a lot of kudos for working so hard, AND took care of you when you were feeling panicky. Yay!

I love hearing about happy T sessions.

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JelloFluffyFluff, you know my sense of humor... honestly, I do not know if I could have even held it together if T said something like this. I was losing it while just reading this email. Stuff like this just kills me.

It reminds me of the time I was on the phone with T and I happened to be sitting on my front stoop, taking out my mail. I said to T, "Oh my god. Hyundai sent me three car bills on the same day. This cannot be good." In a completely flat voice, T goes, "Maybe you won something." Of course I laughed and snorted like a %#@&#! wacko. HAHAHAHA.

Your T is awesome. I think he totally "gets you" because I read into a Ts use of humor as a way of "getting" the client. I know how your sense of humor is, and he totally matched it there. (Ex: "I stand behind my melons). Hey, do you think he'll come out with "%#@&#! knuckles" one day? LOL.

So glad you had a good day.

pink.. i know. i did totally lose it. i just tossed my head back and just howled with laughter... i was dying... and then i was periodically snickering the whole session. i think i just paid $140 for a good belly laugh. Is that a good price? And oh yeah, better believe he is still going to get a mug with that melons thing on it. He says stuff to me all the time that really shows his sense of humour.. and he admits that he can't let it show to most of his clients. He said something to me once.. damn, i wish i remembered exactly what it was... oh, i know.. it was the end of an appt and he made giant sweeping motions with his arms and said "get out!" i gave him the look and laughing said "hey!" and he said that i was one of maybe two clients he had that he could do that with. We.. gel. i actually started singing the *** hole song to him on my way out the door, which made him laugh. i asked him if he knew the song and how he needed to google it. He gav me the look and said "oh yeah, sure... I'll google *** hole... and you know what i'll get." Omg he makes me just die...

yeah.. i think he does get me.. that is a relatively new understanding for me.

ty Miss and EM.. yeah, the panic attack scenario lately has not been helpful. It made a big difference that T worked with me while i was getting anxious. i want to be able to hold onto this next time... hold onto the imagery and the sound of his calming voice. i respond so well to tone... and he kept his very soft and calming.