Posted by wishingstar on August 7, 2008, at 18:21:56
In reply to Re: I hate therapy. » wishingstar, posted by Dinah on August 7, 2008, at 18:01:49
Dinah, that has always been my experience of pdocs as well, until this one. All the docs I've had in the past havent wanted the details and I've been just fine with that. I dont need (or even really want) a meaningful relationship with my pdoc beyond medication and straight symptoms. I started with my new doc maybe 5mos ago. She is actually a therapist as well and has "just therapy" clients and "meds" clients. I'm just there for meds of course. She very much wants (and demands really) more than one word answers most of the time, and will ask therapist-like questions sometimes in response to my answers. Sometimes I'm with her 15min, once I was there an entire hour. That time, we were arguing basically about whether or not I'm trying to get better and whether or not I should switch to a certain other therapist she thinks I should see for a reason that imo isnt valid. I'd be just fine giving her one word answers, and would have chosen one today, if the one word was all she wanted. But even if I had chosen one word, the next question would have been delving into the word I'd chosen, not about medication etc.
My last pdoc sounds very similar to yours. He never moved the chair away (I think I'd be offended!) but he did sit behind a large cherry desk with my chart spread in front of him. I switched only because of problems with getting appointments and location. He wasnt interested in emotions and I was okay with not sharing them. That's what my T is for.
What an odd bunch, pdocs are...
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