Posted by llurpsienoodle on November 8, 2008, at 8:20:06
In reply to Re: My T makes an inappropriate joke..., posted by Sigismund on November 7, 2008, at 19:41:10
> He certainly has a dry sense of humour.
brut. yep.
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> I'd wonder about it, and whether his sense of humour might be valuable to you in ways I'm not aware of??Hmm, I think you may be onto something. Maybe in my more depressive states I become too pensive and fixated on my lack of contribution to the human race, as well as my general worthlessness in the grand scheme of things. One thing that I have remarked on from the beginning of therapy with him, (which included months of very very depressed llurpsie) is that he could always make me laugh at myself, as well as at life in general. An outloud hilarious laughter. I wonder if his waiting-room clients heard me. probably.
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> It makes me think of the conversations I have with my psych. I do my number on how appalling and ethically bankrupt the world is, and he agrees and adds lots lots more, mainly about criminals and psychopaths in high places and the dodgy nature of consciousness. Then I say that I want to kill myself out of embarrassment over being part of the human species, and he says 'Oh no, I think it's fascinating.' Which leaves me thinking.Yeah, interesting, because when I express shame about things that have happened to me, and my reluctance to talk about them, lest he think negatively of me-- he says "oh no, that's the thing that makes my job interesting." and tells me with a smile that I am a complicated young lady, which is a big compliment from him. Often, he will tell me about a case that involves some unique twist on the human experience, and I know that he was involved with some severe pathologies. Well, it takes a lot of curiousity to work for 25 years as a supervisor of an inpatient program. So, I guess me throwing stuff at him doesn't faze him too much.
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