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SlumberKitty · Aug 21, 2019 at 06:24 PM

I hope my Mom feels better tonight. She's had a sore throat for a couple of days. I can hear it in her voice. She went to urgent care yesterday but they said nothing was wrong. She is supposed to go to AZ for my cousin's bridal shower (I'm not going because it would involve taking two precious vacation days off of work and I'm not that close to this cousin, literally I could name maybe 4 things about her). I hope my Mom gets better so she can go on the trip. She's going with my Dad and one of my Aunts and they were going to "do" the Grand Canyon and stuff. If my Mom can't go, my Dad won't go, and my Aunt won't go, and then no one from CA will be at this shower. Probably would lead to some hurt feelings. But I don't want my Mom to go if her throat is hurting her. I want my Mom to feel better. I'm worried about her because she out of all of us gets sick the least but when she does get sick, she gets really sick.

JaneTennison1 · Aug 21, 2019 at 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I agree - I think they pretend they know or don't know things to manipulate clients all the time

Also a T with a lot of knowledge about butt plugs might accidentally reveal too much about themselves, you csn never see behind the curtain!

MobiusPsyche · Aug 21, 2019 at 06:43 PM

Well I'm thrilled that I got the plumbing problem fixed but today my A/C went out. It's literally cooler outside than inside at this point but I'm loathe to try to pry the windows open because of my asthma and allergies.

unaluna · Aug 21, 2019 at 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Gasp they manipulate clients all the ****ing time

You mean they try to get you to say stuff. Yes?

Okay, i can see where that would be especially bad from your professional point of view.

But a therapy session is SUPPOSED to be FOR you. Nobody has mirandized me yet.

and im almost dead, so...

CantExplain · Aug 21, 2019 at 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I think they just pretend they dont know stuff, just to get you to talk about it. That way they see what YOU feel about it.

I'm sure she was genuine in this case.

CantExplain · Aug 21, 2019 at 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JaneTennison1

Also a T with a lot of knowledge about butt plugs might accidentally reveal too much about themselves, you csn never see behind the curtain!

I'm sure Madame T's sex life was sadly conventional.

atisketatasket · Aug 21, 2019 at 07:57 PM

It seems like as soon as one hears the phrase butt plug, one can figure out what it means.

Preparing a lecture on Uranus!

CantExplain · Aug 21, 2019 at 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JaneTennison1

Also a T with a lot of knowledge about butt plugs might accidentally reveal too much about themselves, you csn never see behind the curtain!

I'm sure Ts (especially the Freudians) are supposed to read about sex so they are not limited by their personal inexperience. Else how could a female T say anything sensible to a gay male client?

Jersey 4 · Aug 21, 2019 at 08:00 PM

I feel like I’m going to vomit.

I’ve been saying that a lot lately.

CantExplain · Aug 21, 2019 at 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

You mean they try to get you to say stuff. Yes?

Okay, i can see where that would be especially bad from your professional point of view.

But a therapy session is SUPPOSED to be FOR you. Nobody has mirandized me yet.

and im almost dead, so...

Objection your honour! The therapist is putting words into the mouth of the witness.

Though my own Ts have never done anything quite so unhygienic.

unaluna · Aug 21, 2019 at 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by CantExplain

Objection your honour! The therapist is putting words into the mouth of the witness.

Though my own Ts have never done anything quite so unhygienic.

Ha ha! You wish!

LonesomeTonight · Aug 21, 2019 at 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersey 4

I feel like I’m going to vomit.

I’ve been saying that a lot lately.

Hugs, hope you feel better...

SheHulk07 · Aug 21, 2019 at 10:39 PM

I've been feeling really out of it today. Sky high anxiety but weird and slowed down. Dizzy as heck and feel like I'm tripping over my words or can't find the words to begin with. I took my first dose of lexapro last night, and I'm really hoping it's not that because something needs to help.
I'm really wishing my T would add our Fridays back already. He said a few weeks ago that he was almost done with what he needed to use Friday for, but hasn't mentioned it again. I don't like going Wednesday evening and then Thursday morning and then waiting until Monday evening to see him again.

Possible trigger:

I'm wondering if I should have someone look at the SH, but I worry about them freaking out. And I know it's too late for stitches, so all they could do is look to make sure they're not infected. I don't know where I'd want to go to have them looked at. I don't really want to see my pcp and she's probably booked up. I'm not comfortable with a psychiatrist looking.

NP_Complete · Aug 21, 2019 at 10:44 PM

Sometimes, when I become emotionally overwhelmed and I feel a sob forming, but I'm around a person and I want to stifle it, my throat seizes up and makes this oddly animalistic noise. No matter how much I want to stop making that noise, it's like it's involuntary until I can take a breath again. So, yeah, that happened in session today. I feel really embarrassed that I made a weird noise. I wonder if I should apologize for making a weird throat noise or just pretend it didn't happen.

CantExplain · Aug 21, 2019 at 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SheHulk07

I've been feeling really out of it today. Sky high anxiety but weird and slowed down. Dizzy as heck and feel like I'm tripping over my words or can't find the words to begin with. I took my first dose of lexapro last night, and I'm really hoping it's not that because something needs to help.
I'm really wishing my T would add our Fridays back already. He said a few weeks ago that he was almost done with what he needed to use Friday for, but hasn't mentioned it again. I don't like going Wednesday evening and then Thursday morning and then waiting until Monday evening to see him again.

Possible trigger:

I'm wondering if I should have someone look at the SH, but I worry about them freaking out. And I know it's too late for stitches, so all they could do is look to make sure they're not infected. I don't know where I'd want to go to have them looked at. I don't really want to see my pcp and she's probably booked up. I'm not comfortable with a psychiatrist looking.

How are you sleeping?

CantExplain · Aug 21, 2019 at 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

Sometimes, when I become emotionally overwhelmed and I feel a sob forming, but I'm around a person and I want to stifle it, my throat seizes up and makes this oddly animalistic noise. No matter how much I want to stop making that noise, it's like it's involuntary until I can take a breath again. So, yeah, that happened in session today. I feel really embarrassed that I made a weird noise. I wonder if I should apologize for making a weird throat noise or just pretend it didn't happen.

If you apologise to T for a choked sob, they would probably say, "I only wish you could have wept out loud."

susannahsays · Aug 22, 2019 at 12:06 AM

Wait so did you explain to her what a butt plug is, CE?

CantExplain · Aug 22, 2019 at 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by susannahsays

Wait so did you explain to her what a butt plug is, CE?

I brought it in and showed her!

WarmFuzzySocks · Aug 22, 2019 at 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

How long should it take a lawyer to get back to you after your initial contact using the form on their website? Are they as bad as therapists seem to be about responding?

Depends. If they’re on vacation or in court, it might take a few days.

I called four attorneys, three called back within a day or two. I liked two of them so I met with them both before I went with the guy I hired. I figured I probably needed someone I felt comfortable working with. I’m glad I took a little extra time to do it that way because he’s been easy to work with and is sensitive to some of the tightropes I am navigating.

You’ve got this.

Aug 22, 2019 at 01:13 AM

I have texted my exT to ask if he could answer the questions from the letter I gave him in April the one he got after he mailed his letters. I just want some answers, is that too much. Maybe a better way would be to get my current T to ask him, I don't know

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MobiusPsyche Magnate Member Since Feb 2016 Location: Appalachian Mountains Posts: 2,040 8 15 hugs given	Aug 21, 2019 at 06:43 PM #283 Well I'm thrilled that I got the plumbing problem fixed but today my A/C went out. It's literally cooler outside than inside at this point but I'm loathe to try to pry the windows open because of my asthma and allergies. __________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned." --Richard Feynman

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,150 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Aug 21, 2019 at 07:57 PM #287 It seems like as soon as one hears the phrase butt plug, one can figure out what it means. Preparing a lecture on Uranus! __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Jersey 4 Poohbah Member Since Feb 2019 Location: NJ Posts: 1,162 5 1,170 hugs given	Aug 21, 2019 at 08:00 PM #289 I feel like I’m going to vomit. I’ve been saying that a lot lately.

susannahsays Grand Magnate Member Since Jun 2018 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,355 5 1 hugs given	Aug 22, 2019 at 12:06 AM #297 Wait so did you explain to her what a butt plug is, CE? __________________ Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. -David Gerrold

Anonymous42961 Guest Posts: n/a	Aug 22, 2019 at 01:13 AM #300 I have texted my exT to ask if he could answer the questions from the letter I gave him in April the one he got after he mailed his letters. I just want some answers, is that too much. Maybe a better way would be to get my current T to ask him, I don't know