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Posted by Dr. Bob on September 23, 2003, at 0:36:43
In reply to Re: Allison--Religion in Therapy » allisonf, posted by HannahW on September 22, 2003, at 17:41:14
> OH! I only meant that those have all been my career goals at one point or another! Boy, that WOULD be remarkable if I had been all those things! Did you ever see that Mad About You episode where Jaime and her husband (can't for the life of me remember his name right now!) went on a cruise ship and told everyone a different ridiculous story about their professions? It was hysterically funny, and you thinking I really was all of those things makes me think of that! :)
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> Maybe instead of a sex therapy website I'll be the web developer for Dr. Ruth! :P
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> I didn't become an astronaut because I found out I'd have to join the Air Force. Military life is not for me! Actually, boot camp is not for me! I wanted to be a sex therapist in high school (mind you, I had very little sexual experience--except for the guy with the condom and the puke!) because I've always been fascinated by sex. I was just sure I knew everything there was to know, long before I'd ever even had sex, myself! Ah, the naivete of the teenager... It turned out I didn't even know the basic mechanics of it! <blush> Anyway, then I got to thinking that I would have to be privy to the sex life of everyone who came into my office--I couldn't discriminate. And there are definitely people whose sex lives you don't want to hear about. Eeew! But the idea still tugs on me at times. I put a year into schooling for midwifery (and never even got to the good stuff) before I realized I couldn't live a lifestyle that was so uncertain. I really like working my predictibly 8 to 5 job, and babies being born aren't good at keeping appointments!
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> So, here I am, in technology, which I've always been interested in. I'm taking a semester off right now because it was just too much with this depression and therapy thing going on. Hopefully I'll be much more stable and less easily overwhelmed next semester, which starts in November. My meds are finally (after 7 miserable months) getting to a level where they are helping.
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> The fertility drugs I took were the same ones that people who have septuplets took. A friend of mine took the lowest possible dose of a much milder (in fact, the mildest) fertility drug and had triplets! It was such an unlikely and unusual occurrance that the doctors call them natural triplets instead of fertility drug triplets.
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> If you're so interested in people and in psychology, then it sounds like you're choosing the right career! And if it turns out not to be right for you, at least you will have learned a lot along the way! And it's probably cheaper and less time consuming than therapy! What kind of psychologist do you plan to be, and how advanced? Social worker, masters or doctorate in psychology? Something else?
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> Don't you love going on dates with your husband? Being out without the kids is pure heaven. It is for me, anyway, but I know there are lots of people who would rather be with their kids.
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> I wonder how long before Dr. Bob asks us to take this conversation someplace else?
Posted by allisonf on September 23, 2003, at 15:29:53
In reply to Re: Allison--Religion in Therapy « HannahW, posted by Dr. Bob on September 23, 2003, at 0:36:43
Oops! I didn't really think you had full fledged careers in all of those areas, but I thought maybe you had been in the AF for a time or something. That's neat that you gave midwifing a try, but I can totally understand about needing a more regular schedule. Good luck with your work in the technology field--it sounds like you have great opportunities with work and school.
Thanks for your interest in my plans too! My plan right now is to start with a Masters in Counseling Psych, but I am applying to some PsyD programs (more clinically based training than the PhD). Not sure where I'll end up, but I do know that I need a more flexible situation than the average clinical PhD affords given the kids.
So, we have been redirected to social? That makes sense! In my last post, I was going to throw in something about faith in therapy just to make it legal! :) But please forgive me if I drop out of this thread for a little while. I just got back from therapy (ha! see now this can be on psychological babble!)and my therapist and I made an agreement I would cut back on my computer time. I don't know if this makes any sense, but internet & message bds seem to be sort of an overstimulating pasttime for me and my hypomania. I love communicating with everyone here...and at times when I need support, I have felt such genuine concern from everyone. But I'm going to try to take a break in the interest of my stability...so, I hope you can understand if I sort of cut our conversation a little short here. It has been wonderful getting to know you better on the board and I look forward to running into you again here in the future.
Best of luck with your therapy and with the meds you have been on (that's great they are finally helping!). Thanks for your posts and I will look for you when I come back to the board again.
Take care--
Allison
Posted by HannahW on September 24, 2003, at 20:27:49
In reply to Hannah--Just a quick follow up, posted by allisonf on September 23, 2003, at 15:29:53
Good for you, for taking control of something that may have been controlling you. I can't say I'm not disappointed, though. I've enjoyed talking with you. In reading your past posts to other messages, I know that we have tons in common. If you want to e-mail me (if that's permissible in your plan) let me know. It's nice just to chat and connect with someone.
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