Health: Today, I had an appointment with a psychotherapist. I was feeling...

By troubled - 04/11/2009 05:10 - United States

Today, I had an appointment with a psychotherapist. I was feeling very depressed and was telling her how I felt no one cared about me. Her phone rang and she left me mid-sentence to take a call about her new BMW. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/04/2009 18:41 - United States

Today, I made an appointment with a therapist because lately I've been feeling alone and like no one cares about me. I waited at her office for about forty minutes before the receptionist informed me that she must have forgotten about the appointment. Even my therapist stands me up. FML

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By Screwed Up - 09/05/2013 05:30 - United States

Today, I went to therapy. I started talking about my childhood and my life. By the time the session was over my therapist was crying. FML

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You helped her see the light

By losercancer - 23/04/2021 23:30 - Georgia

Today, my girlfriend left me, saying she'd started to appreciate herself more with the help of a therapist. That I paid for her to visit. FML

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By Sad Sally - 24/04/2012 11:22 - United States

Today, a therapist told me that I was too depressed to attend his depression group meetings. FML

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Ghosted

By LunaRayne13 - 10/09/2020 08:02

Today, I realized it's been over a month since my last therapy session. My therapist canceled on me and never got back in touch to reschedule. FML

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Transference

By KayBee - 30/01/2021 02:00

Today, my psychiatrist of 6 years suddenly and out of nowhere told me I need to see someone else. She gave me the equivalent of the "it's not you it's me' speech." Actually her assistant told me via email. I basically got broken up with by someone I was paying a lot of money to talk to. FML

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Red flag

By Anonymous - 12/01/2021 20:01

Today, I tried therapy to talk about my problems without feeling like i am harassing anyone. After messaging a therapist for over 2 hours, I felt way better and finally understood. It turned out I'm in such a bad mental state that I'm a danger to myself and others. Police were called by the therapist. FML

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By ryuken23 - 14/02/2012 19:16 - United Kingdom

Today, after breaking down in front of my therapist over some really sensitive issues, she decided to also break down. Not about my story but about her own life. I'm not being paid to comfort and console my therapist. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/12/2013 06:07 - United States

Today, I reduced my psychologist to tears. FML

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Let it out

By :-( - 17/07/2013 05:22 - Australia - Rozelle

Today, I finally convinced my mum to take me to a psychologist. As soon as he sat me down and asked me how I was doing, my mum burst into tears and went on a rant about how her life is terrible and she regrets everything. I was asked to sit in the waiting room. She used up my whole hour. FML

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SaintJimmy 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 12:13

One of my friends has a T-Shirt proclaiming that they take the 'the' out of psychotherapist.

Mr_Eated 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 13:40

Totally out of line. Her phone should be off during a session. I'd let her know that you would appreciate her full attention during sessions, as you're paying a lot of money for it.

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jchansfan 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 16:19

That last sentence makes you an idiot.

sharkshaveteeth 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 16:47

If that is what happened, I would report her because that is highly unprofessional and uncalled for. I am sorry to hear that that happened to you. Depression sucks and is bad enough to go through. You don't need someone that you are paying to help you act so rudely and poorly to you.

icanfloat12 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 17:16

depression sucks I've been dealing with it for 4 years. fyl

No_fyl_cuz_ydi 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 17:49

I call fake pschotherapists get paid to pretend they care. They aren't even allowed to take other calls while in a counseling session

wienerwagon 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 18:07

Um, are you serious? You realize that a good deal of people with degrees in psychology are self-employed, right? Why would you assume there's a global set of rules that every psychotherapist has to follow? Even if they did, would it be so hard to believe that someone broke them? You are a moron. I hate people like you who call out fake on every FML without any real cause.

fleshandfantasy 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 19:13

Not true. My mom's a psychologist and she's on call 24/7, so she has to answer her business phone because she might have to hospitalize a patient. She's also answered her personal phone when I've called (though I wish she wouldn't because I don't usually have anything important enough to say).

angel14215 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 5:08

Seriously? You think therapists run around without any rules to follow? Not only are there laws that govern how therapists work, but a code of ethics that people need to follow if they want to keep their license and certification. Ever heard of the American Psychological Association? (I am sure other countries have their own versions). The first thing we learn is ethics and law. Then they teach us how to do therapy.

I_am_stupid_also 6

Wednesday 4 November 2009 18:43

The only reason the therapist was listening to the OP in the first place is that she was being paid to. It's not clear if the therapist knew what the call was about when she took it. She could have been worried about another client who had a problem more serious than just feeling sorry for herself.