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Tobin S.

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7. You are kinder than you give yourself credit for.

Reply to hunter (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 05:14 AM

Nov 2013

That doctor wanted to call me an asshole, and I didn't really say anything that deserved it. Not the best bedside manner. Then when you consider the fact that I was obviously crazy even to people who didn't know me, well, it was just bad luck, I guess, that I didn't get a better doctor on the first go around.

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What's the worst thing a psychiatrist has said to you?... [View all] Locut0s Nov 2013 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author libodem Nov 2013 #1

Worst? A psychiatrist went into a reverie fantasizing about boners. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #2

Sorry about the self delete libodem Nov 2013 #3

My first psychiatrist said this to me about 2 minutes into our first session Tobin S. Nov 2013 #4

??? I'm not a "nice" person. I never will be. You are, Tobin. hunter Nov 2013 #5

You are kinder than you give yourself credit for. Tobin S. Nov 2013 #7

I'm never going to "grow up" but group therapy has been helpful to me. hunter Nov 2013 #6

After telling one about abuse. Neoma Nov 2013 #8

I would have walked out. moriah Nov 2013 #10

Not his job either. Neoma Nov 2013 #11

The psychiatrist in the inpatient stay this week tagged me as having Borderline Personality Disorder moriah Nov 2013 #9