botchy

So I saw a counselor today after fussing with everyone over body image issues and also general anxiety and...... well wow. We didn't get off to a good start. First she asked me all kinds of insane questions that I figured she MUST have her reasons for, but when she tried to hypnotize me and told me to visualize hugging a big tree and go to my speacial place I almost walked out. Is this normal for counseling or should I split?

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254/132 /135

Dara

If she was trying to help you find a positive body image by imagining hugging a tree, maybe she thought you should feel like a koala bear.

I would run, not walk, to another therapist. Just my two cents...

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Dara
Open RNY 4/27/04 Dr. Callery
10-15 lbs. above goal weight and okay with it

pambragg

You sound like you have found the looniest shrink yet!!!! I agree with Dara (miss you sweetie), run, don't walk, to a more WLS friendly or informed shrink. Good luck to you!

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Pam
Open 7/7/04 Dr Callery
333/130/150.........20 lbs below goal now!!
Start/current/goal
TT done 7/19/06
BMI pre-op 57.2
BMI now 21.6....OMG...I'm freaking "normal"

"You are the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it."

bridgetgirl

Dude, that is funnier that the jokes I read on the other thread! lol lamo! Run Forest Run!!!!

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2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/172

Find me on face book using this email; bridgetgirl@msn.com

"People will argue with you that getting what you want in life isn’t something you can learn, if you’re destined to be one of the worlds winners as opposed to one of its perpetual whiners, its because you have been born with the right talents and temperament and have a big dose of self-esteem, ambition, and good judgment." Kate White

gramamarc

Definately find another one! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA that is too funny. When you call, ask if they have someone who is experienced with bariatric patients. That is what I did and found a great one.
Marcia

HAMPTON5555

Hugging a tree? Hummmm, what could that mean? If your arms fit around the tree your belly is not big enough??? If they don't fit than you picked a tree too big for your arms and so you must have issues with your 3rd grade teacher??

I don't know about that wacky stuff!!!

jog, run, sprint,............go!!!!!

Rain

Blueyz

I thought they tell little kids lost in a forest to just "hug a tree" .....what a whacky shrink.

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Blueyz
Open 7/14/04 w/Dr. Callery 4 years out
239/103/125 below Goal fluctuating between 108-115
BMI 18.8~Dr. C is ok with my weight...yeah

Official Scale Whore # 27 (Recovered..I threw mine out!!)

lealphachienne

uh, when I was a child...hugging a tree meant something completely different.......

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5'3"
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anthrgdgrl

Since we are on the subject of shrinks...Steve Poltz just posted this song he wrote on his website:
HERE IS A SONG ABOUT PSYCHOLOGISTS CLICK BELOW TO CHECK IT OOT

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uhhh... could I maybe get an appointment?
sure... how 'bout in two weeks?
uhhh... no. you don't get it. i NEED an appointment NOW!
well... the doctor is pretty busy.
oh yeah? well so is my freakin' head.
just tell the voices to stay calm.
YOU tell the voices to stay calm.
can i just maybe talk to the doctor over the phone now???
hang on...

hello? this is doctor so and so.
yes doc. thankyou thankyou thankyou for talking to me. i feel a ton of anxiety in my life lately. what do you think it is?

what do you think it is???
uhhh. i don't know. that's why i'm axing you.
well... we need to make an appointment. let me transfer you back to the receptionista.

hi this is sheila so and so. we have a free hour next month.
uhh... but a few minutes ago you said it was only a couple of weeks wait.
welll... we filled up since then.
sure whatEVER. i guess i'll see you next month.

Posted by steve at 02:26 PM | Comments (13)

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Hollie



August 29, 2005
Lap/RNY
290/185/125
5'3"
Dr. Callery

Lojak7

After the tree suggestion, i think i WOOD have left..........lol

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Open-RNY 02/10/2005
Dr. Hill-AMC, NY
439/234/212
BMI 57.9/24.4