Posted by 10derHeart on June 9, 2006, at 18:51:25
In reply to Lighter Side of Therapy, posted by Daisym on June 8, 2006, at 20:16:09
I love your description, Daisy. I can imagine that little boy face, even without knowing what he looks like :-) A lot of men do have *that look* at times, I think.
I know I must have more and better stories, but I can only recall the one I posted nearly 18 months ago that happened in the 2nd session with my T. It's more in the strange and embarrassing category than it is lighthearted. It was when he'd been ill and was still coughing a lot. I think I was making small talk (after all, it *was* only the 2nd time) while he got his breath back after a coughing episode, and trying to be polite and caring. I said I hated getting coughs like that, because it can get so violent sometimes it actually hurts your back muscles. Or something similar to that.
So, this nearly complete stranger, who looks like someone's kindly grandpa (and he is) looks at me and says, "Well, I'd tell you where it hurts *me* when I cough, but it'd be too embarrassing."
TMI!!?? To this day, I wonder what on earth that meant. And now that we are very comfortable with each other and he's shared tidbits of medical stuff about himself I didn't really even *want* to know, I often am tempted to ask.
Ha - if I did, he'd probably first try to flip back (a year and a half) through his copius notes, trying to find where he'd said that, all the while pretending not to know what I was talking about.....
I just can't put him on the spot like that. but I still think of it and wonder....
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