Posted by Wittgensteinz on September 27, 2008, at 15:16:34
In reply to What's the most inane conversation you've ever had, posted by seldomseen on September 26, 2008, at 17:59:56
First I read it as 'insane' but now I look again and see 'inane'...
Well, the session I'm about to recall was both inane and a bit insane...
I see my therapist at his house. He'd told me the session before to arrive an hour earlier than usual because he was having a sun screen installed that morning at the time of our usual session. Bearing in mind it's mid-December... anyway, I go and completely forget the change in time and arrive at the normal time. He comes to the door dressed in this crazy fury hat (those you might expect to see in Russia), big coat, gloves... I tell him I'm sorry and not to worry - I'll go home but he insists on my coming in and waiting in his office. So for the next 45 minutes he pops in and out then has to go out to his garden again as they test the sun screen. I'm sitting in the chair hoping no-one outside will look into his office and see me. He tells me to "just look around, read a book while you're waiting" but I don't dare to do anything. Finally we have about 30 minutes of a session with a couple of short introductions and he finally takes his hat off. Not much of anything got done - too distracted of course - I just spent the time apologising and feeling awkward.
As for inane discussions... I think I'm the master of avoidance... so I have a whole hand of possible diversion subjects I will refer to if I don't feel like pursuing something more useful. Sometimes he lets me, sometimes not.
Witti
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