Posted by Dinah on February 5, 2004, at 10:17:13
In reply to transference and the phone, posted by Joslynn on February 5, 2004, at 9:46:57
I don't know if this will help, but you probably sounded just like me both in person and on the phone with my therapist. I cringe afterwards and promise never to do it again, but I do. I've talked to my therapist about it though, and he swears he doesn't think less of me for it, and I'm sure your pdoc won't either.
> Me and my dopey phone calls to my pdoc. (He does therapy with me too, even though he is a pdoc--he is kind of old-school in that way, not just meds.)
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> Anyway, I called my pdoc's office line to let him know I had to cancel my next appt due to a work trip. The msg started out very normal and business like, and then, I don't know what got into me, but I said, "I hope we can reschedule soon...I will be so looong since our last appointment...I miss you!" in this little girl voice.
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> Good grief. Now it's immortalized on tape. I could never say that in person, it just came out of me during the msg. I feel like a dope. It was this needy, whiney voice. ack!
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> Now if he doesn't call back soon to reshedule I'll think it's because he is all scared that I said I missed him, which is silly, that wouldn't scare him. And I think I remember him saying he is on vacation this week anyway.
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> I swear, talking on the phone brings out the transference more than in person does. I think I get needier on the phone, or I express it more.
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> Please tell me I did not sound like a whiney baby on the phone.
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poster:Dinah
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