American CD girls and their therapists.

[Alice Torn]

I go to a VA therapist once every few months, and i could and would not go, if I had to pay big bucks for it. The cost burden causes more stress, and anguish.

[Kayliedaskope]

HMMMM - can't seem to find a sticking my tongue out at you emoticon

Rachel, that would be using the colon punctuation with a letter "p" after it, like this : p
Put them together, and they become this


And my doctor says I'm doing MUCH better now ......


"And when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills,
You know the one, Dr. Everything's-Gonna-Be-All-Right,
Don't ask him how much of your time is left,
But how much of your mind, baby...."
-Prince, "Let's Go Crazy"

[grace7777]

I decided to try to find if Americans actually do go to therapists more than the British.
So I Googled 2 phrases.
"percent of Americans who have been to a therapist"
Here is a source I found on that.
http://www.phoenix.edu/.../universit...-individuals-w...
The other phase I Googled is
"percent of British who have been to a therapist"
below is a source I found on that.
http://www.independent.co.uk/.../bri...umbers-9593217...

From the articles, 27% of Americans have received professional counseling, and 28 per cent of people in the UK have consulted a counsellor or psychotherapist, compared to just one in five people in 2010.

The American source is from 2013, and the British source is from 2014.

It seems both countries have a lot of people who are seeking therapy, so therapists are not only for Americans. No every survey is going to have a margin of error, so maybe the results are not as close as the surveys represent.

[Aunt Kelly]

At the risk of driving this thread further into the "seriousness ditch"...
I must agree with the notion that an awful lot of the psychological and social problems we Yanks face are due to our Puritanical past. As our culture finally grows out of that dark collective ethos, we find it polarizing. Those with a need to hang on to a rigid moral authority handed down to them are at odds with those who are willing to question that authority, especially when it yields so much pain and suffering.

[Tracy Irving]

Never seen a therapist. Never thought about going to a therapist. What I wear is none of their business.

If someone ever told me I should should seek one out I would listen to Aunt Kelly first!

Guinness is just as effective, and a might cheaper too.

[Aunt Kelly]

I love yer style, lass. Someone says "You need help", and t'is to a drunken Irish crossdresser you'd turn.

[ellbee]

Is this one of these things where one sees only what they want to see?


Maybe I should start a thread about how I've *never* been to therapy for my CD'ing, since I've never felt the need to?


Actually, I'd probably be a little scared to, these days. Next thing I'd know, they'd be convincing me that I was actually TS & pushing hormones on me.

I actually thank my lucky stars that I'm not an impressionable kid/teenager these days...

[Robertacd]

At the risk of driving this thread further into the"seriousness ditch"...

I found nothing humorous at all in this thread.

[Judy-Somthing]

When I first told my wife (after 35 years of marriage) I wanted to dress and then a year later I told her I had had women's clothes and have been dressing since 5 or 8 she said I should go see a therapist for help with my problem!
I said "ya right, problem"!
Well over the last year she makes remarks like "I can imagine what your dresses look like"
She did say she would leave me if I kept dressing.

I hid my dressing for over thirty years so I'm pretty sure I can continue to hid it if I have to.

[Aunt Kelly]

I found nothing humorous at all in this thread.

The OP seemed to indicate that humor was the intent. As is often the case, this thread has taken on a life of it's own and parts of it have taken on a fairly serious tone. Or... you just have a high standard for "humorous". Neither of those things trouble me, but some of the misconceptions about the goals and methods of gender therapy are a little concerning. Then again, maybe Laurababe's gift for sarcasm has surpassed me. Sarcasm is a tricky thing, in a medium where the traditional cues (inflection, facial expression) are absent.

[suzy1]

I found nothing humorous at all in this thread.

I think some people take life a bit too seriously sometimes, but that's just my opinion based on the fact that I have a warped sense of humor?

[Barbara Black]

Could I afford it, I would probably see a therapist. I've been self diagnosing and repairing myself for so many years that I would be surprised at much, however, I would have realized my feminine side long ago had I a good therapist. I've never been too enamored with them though.

[NicoleScott]

Suzy, I thought the OP was tongue-in-cheek, so I and many others replied accordingly. Some people don't have a sense of humor.

[Robertacd]

I have a great sense of humor there is just nothing humorous about therapy.

[suzy1]

I have a great sense of humor there is just nothing humorous about therapy.

There is about our British stiff upper lip. We British can laugh at ourselves don't you know, what what, tallyho and all that.
I just can't take life too seriously, even if there is a serious side to it. We are only here for a short time so life is a party and I try to enjoy it to the full till the end.

[NicoleScott]

I have a great sense of humor there is just nothing humorous about therapy.

Maybe you need to talk to your therapist about your sense of humor, or lack thereof.
Lighten up - it's a fun thread.

[Stacy Darling]

Nice subtle touch Nicole!

I near have my therapist wetting herself when we are in session!
( my govt. covers my bill as well, what is 100k a year to them )
Some of us laugh at life!
I Do!

Therapy three days per week!

Just an Autistic Chick in a skirt!
Stacy!

[Robertacd]

Maybe you need to talk to your therapist about your sense of humor, or lack thereof.
Lighten up - it's a fun thread.

I don't find personal attacks humorous either.

[AllieSF]

I have been in therapy a few times and always enjoyed the humor when it arises. Yes, some sessions and reasons for therapy might be very serious and humorless, but that does not mean that is the only way, nor is it the norm.

[Roberta Lynn]

I wonder if therapist see therapist or do they just look in the mirror and talk to themselves?

[Beverley Sims]

Suzy,
Nobody out there lynching you as long as those that can see the light side can smile and those that have serious problems can see what the other side thinks.

A good even and readable thread.

I work in an environment that trains psychologists and those that wish to become psychiatrists later in life, with the many different outlooks from the students studying I see the inner battles between both professions.

Yes there is a lot of humour in it and some quite expert in their professions.

Oh! let's not get off track here. :-)

[rachaelsloane]

Suzy,
Guess I live in the wrong country as I'm with you ".....just get on with it".
I'd also add having a glass (never going to happen) of wine is much less expensive than therapy.
Rachael

[Aunt Kelly]

I have a great sense of humor there is just nothing humorous about therapy.

I beg to differ. An entire group of comics has made careers out of that shtick. Taken in the abstract, as the OP did, it is fair game.

[jack-ie]

On the Bob Newhart show, His profession was ___________ ? Bingo!!

[jhasmine]

weather it be beer or therapy. To each their own vices. Some talk, some drink. we all use our mouths.