Posted by obsidian on February 11, 2009, at 22:26:52
In reply to Re: T's in real life » emmanuel98, posted by Dinah on February 11, 2009, at 21:27:29
> Does it seem like your therapist would be weird or socially inept?
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> I'm weird and socially inept, so I know I'd know my own kind. My therapist is nothing at all like me. He enjoys other people, being in groups, and, I hate to admit it, fitting in. He's not the teensiest bit weird, or even odd. Not even interestingly eccentric. He's socially adept. He is gregarious and outgoing, and doesn't even seem tense around people.yeah, I suspect my therapist is not like me either in that regard. To be comfortable in the social realm...what an alien concept for me. Mine seems comfortable socially as well. I wouldn't want him to know what it's like to be as uncomfortable as I am....but it does make him something of a curiosity to me.
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> Maybe your therapist is a reasonably normal and decent guy. But that doesn't mean he's anything that should make you feel inferior. Reasonably normal and decent guys forget birthdays, yell at their spouses and children, and have less than charitable thoughts. They pass gas, scratch themselves, and are rude and thoughtless on occasion. Reasonably normal and decent guys are every bit as fallible as you are.you know every once in a while I wonder what my therapist is like during the more mundane experiences of life, like taking out the trash... I wonder if he's ever yelled at his kid? has he ever been mean to anyone? does he ever get drunk and stupid?
and I can't help but imagine what he might be like as a father, but that thought seems too intrusive, so I won't entertain it
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