I just had this horrible thought....I wonder if T's read this website in order to gain insight? What if my T read this? She would recognize me in a second. Yikes! Anyone have this same fear?
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Yea, all the time
I'm sure some Ts or student Ts come across it for research and it's possible some Ts post here because they are clients, too.
I would hope they would be getting here and now insight from their own clients, and consultations, or vignettes available in articles. I'm sure there are some voyeuristic Ts out there who like to read for fun
When I start to get paranoid my Ts read here I try to think and hope they simply would not have time to stalk me and if they recognized me, would respect my privacy and go find insight elsewhere, or take it up with me. But who knows. It is a legitimate concern and I do have it, too sometimes!
Sometimes... I worry that other people here see my T. But so far it doesn't look like it
I'm sure some Ts or student Ts come across it for research and it's possible some Ts post here because they are clients, too.
I would hope they would be getting here and now insight from their own clients, and consultations, or vignettes available in articles. I'm sure there are some voyeuristic Ts out there who like to read for fun
When I start to get paranoid my Ts read here I try to think and hope they simply would not have time to stalk me and if they recognized me, would respect my privacy and go find insight elsewhere, or take it up with me. But who knows. It is a legitimate concern and I do have it, too sometimes!
Sometimes... I worry that other people here see my T. But so far it doesn't look like it
kmay... my T knows I post to a site but not the name of it. I know that he would never read sites like this because he is extremely busy and does enough therapy stuff in his real life LOL. I think he would also respect my privacy. I'm not even sure he'd read here if I told him to read here !!
I agree with the other points the above posters made regarding non-identifying info.
TN
I agree with the other points the above posters made regarding non-identifying info.
TN
I'm sure my T would recognize me if she did much reading here, because occasionally I post about specific conflicts I've had with her, sometimes including verbatim exchanges between the two of us.
Honestly, as others have said, I think the chances of her wanting to spend her free time on this are extremely low. But even if she did find me I don't know that I'd care all that much. Generally I'm way more open with my T than I am on this forum, so it wouldn't really be an increase in vulnerability for her to read my postings-- even though I do sometimes say things here I haven't told her, I don't believe it's anything our relationship couldn't handle, once contextualized.
Honestly, as others have said, I think the chances of her wanting to spend her free time on this are extremely low. But even if she did find me I don't know that I'd care all that much. Generally I'm way more open with my T than I am on this forum, so it wouldn't really be an increase in vulnerability for her to read my postings-- even though I do sometimes say things here I haven't told her, I don't believe it's anything our relationship couldn't handle, once contextualized.
Me too!! I worry about this ALL the time, everytime post haha!! But yeh good advice from Dragonfly about not posting identifiable stuff e.g. name, where you live blah blah.....
Jumping on the "what if" bandwagon here too.
My T is so busy with her practice and her family, that I highly doubt she has time to peruse message boards like this.
My T is so busy with her practice and her family, that I highly doubt she has time to peruse message boards like this.
Thanks Friends
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