As part of my ongoing treatment for PTSD, I met with my therapist today. It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve met so we reviewed the recent and exciting milestone events in my life. During our conversation, the good doctor shared two of pieces of information that surprised me.
I began the conversation by telling Dr. M about graduation…
Mr. A really rocked his speech.
I know. I heard.
You heard?
Yes, I have some patients that are LRHS students and parents of students at LRHS. They told me about the speech.
They did?
Yes, that speech must have made an impact for more than one person to discuss it in therapy.
Wow.
Granted, Dr. M couldn’t tell me anything more than that because of patient confidentiality.
Second surprise…
Dr. M saw us at the movie theater Saturday night. She said it was great to see us interacting as a family and she could tell that we get along well together. She also said that it’s nice to see her patients acting naturally when they don’t know they are being observed.
OK, that seems a little creepy.
Anyway, Dr. M was relieved to know that the “person” she sees every other week is the real me. Well, I wouldn’t exactly get my money out of the therapy sessions if I was the honest and the “real” me.
I’m also super glad that I’m not one of those moms that yells at her kids in public. Whew.
3 comments:
Very cool about the speech. I agree abut the creepy part though, I guess you never know who's watching you!
True, both people and subatomic particles behave differently when they're being observed.
How flattering that everyone knew about the speech!
I'm kinda getting what you're getting from this because you were watched long enough for that assessment to be made. Creepy!
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