Posted by Dinah on October 7, 2008, at 20:01:41
In reply to Re: Anyone know their medical stuff?, posted by llurpsienoodle on October 7, 2008, at 19:18:01
Well, it's not that courageous. I knew my therapist's stance on hugs before I ever even asked him to shake my hand.
He generally knows when I'm about to ask, and he makes it easy for me. I stand awkwardly and look at him while shifting from foot to foot. Of course sometimes, I'm not getting up the nerve to ask for a hug. Sometimes I'm getting up the nerve to say something or ask something else. What's more courageous is that sometimes I turn hugs down, because they aren't what I need at that moment.
No, he really can't keep anything from me. But times like this are spookier to me because I had no conscious sense that anything was wrong. I think he tells me because he's so used to my knowing stuff about him without his saying anything that he assumes that I already kind of know.
At least he's given that up as a symptom of schizotypal personality disorder. Or if it is a delusion, we now share it. :)
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