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I have this bad habit of searching T's online. Now, I read professor ratings before taking a class, search physician ratings before first appointments, but this is different because I'm continually checking for unneeded information out of sheer curiosity. Maybe it's because I tell T's personal information and get nothing in return?

I promised myself I wouldn't check my new T's information online,f but I did anyway and found his facebook page with personal information. It's like I have this creepy curiosity and can't stifle it. Does anyone else have this issue? I know it's an invasion of privacy and it makes me feel like a stalker. I don't want to admit it to him either!
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You probably simply just miss your ex-T no?

I don't think there's a problem with it per se, unless it makes you feel more and more intense feelings than maybe you could try to take some steps to ease yourself out of the habit.

I found my T's new website. She has a huge picture of herself on the front of it. Luckily the picture doesn't load now which is good! Because it was stressing me out seeing her picture and not getting near to her. I miss her a lot throughout the week. *sigh*

Maybe once you start getting closer to new T as you hopefully will, the need to check will lessen.

I'm absolutely terrible with stuff like that. Previous people I was attracted to years ago, I sometimes still look at they're page. I think more people do it than we think actually.
So funny you found this post AG, I was reading this post thinking, "hmmm, I remember being in a pretty similar position to this one year ago!"

Interestingly, coming clean with my T and telling what I had done was incredibly hard and painful, but I think it started our relationship off a little bit stronger - Ts reaction to my behavior that early on really opened the door for me to trust T with anything.
R2G,
Glad you were ok with me bumping it up! Smiler

I agree with you, talking to my T about googling was actually a pretty important turning point. It's when I started to understand that he really meant what he said about all of my feelings being welcome in his office. It also showed me that he really understood what it was like for me as a client and wanting to know him better.

AG

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