Posted by HannahW on October 15, 2003, at 21:10:28
Today I added another plate of therapy onto my already overloaded tray. My AD's have brought about a snowball effect that has resulted in trouble in the bedroom for both my husband and I. It didn't get better, so today we went to see a sex therapist.
Yuck. I'm very open in talking about sex and it doesn't embarrass me at all. But I felt really talked down to. She said I need to be "educated" about the sexual functioning of men, and then proceeded to educate me like I was a pubescent virgin. My husband was trying to explain something to her, and she kept cutting him off and said, "Your talking more and faster isn't going to help me understand any better. I need to process this..." When we asked about how long we should expect to have to see her, she hemmed and hawed all over it, but did say that one time she "cured" a couple in one visit. "Cured?" Like *she* did all the work?! I don't know, maybe I'm just being silly and sensitive.
On top of this one speaking to me like a child, I'm back to wishing my therapist would be my friend. I keep thinking that if she *wanted* to, she could. She just doesn't like me enough to want to. So I'm feeling rather diminished tonight and dreading my appointment with my pdoc therapist tomorrow. It's hard to be with her, growing increasingly fond of her, and have her not feel the same way.
Feeling pretty crappy tonight....
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