Therapists, what was your "I need a minute" moment?

Id be the worst therapist. Ive been through some brutal things myself, so hearing shit like this isnt all that surprising. Im very calloused i suppose. After living through depression and anxiety and self hatred and severe addiction from an emotionally abusive childhood, suffering becomes the norm. I dont know much else, so when i hear people describe going through those terrible things i think "yeah, such is life. Welcome to the club".

Story 10 sounds… familiar. My mom made similar allegations towards my father during an episode. At least according to her though, there was only one “examination” and it was done by an actual doctor. Though the only explanation for why she made the accusation despite later withdrawing it was that she was stressed from their couples counseling. Also she decided for some reason to stay with him. They’ve been together over 30 years about half of which was after

THAT STORY WITH THE MOM AND THE SON ACTUALLY MADE ME NAUSEOUS, MY JAW WAS DROPPED FOR THE WHOLE TIME

Ty for that and as much as it was heavy going at times it was interesting hearing it and I feel bad about so much of it especially the young boy with the mum can’t believe they believed her

I work as an Optician, but something about working in a 'medical' setting seems to get people to trauma dump. Had a woman tell me about how her boyfriend abuses and controls her. How he won't even let her see her daughter, they can only spend time with his son. How he's always taking her money and she doesn't think she can get away from him because of how he's isolated her. Only reason she was alone was because he didn't want to attend her eye appointment.

Also had an older gentleman who was a war veteran tell me and even show me scars of his time in war. Where he'd been shot before. How he can still remember clear as day the children he had no choice but to kill because the children were trained and armed to attack them. One of them had a flame thrower apparently. He said it's something that will never leave his mind. He talked a lot longer with me about things and I listened, I've always been great at that compared to all of my other coworkers. Sometimes people just need someone they can open up to and don't always have the option of therapy.

not many bad social workers? i grew up in the system had 7-8 different social workers every single one lied and lied and made situations 10x worse everytime

yeah, just finished story 20. I think ima have to turn it off its taking a toll on me mentally. But I think its great that your raising some awareness about the absolute legends that are therapists

Anita.

Wait.. Wait. Cps said its OK the mam puts her hand down her son's pants.... WHAT!

I was a kid in one of those CPS situations. My dad was a meth head, made it right in my own childhood home. I would talk alot about the horrible people that lived in the garage at school, the things mu dad did, etc. The day CPS finnaly came, both me and my dad were outside. cps lady asked a couple of questions, and never came back. If she had taken ONE step inside of tha garage, my entire childhood may have been different. But no, she never even asked to come into the house.

I need a minute after watching this video.

anybody know what the game is in the back?

CPS caused a dramatic amount of damage to me as a child, for absolutely no reason short of the fact they wouldn't liststen, and then this happens to that poor kid, I'm disgusted.

I once got super depressed in my Spanish class because I was experiencing a death and almost started crying in class. I kept saying that I don’t want to because I fear people would hate me for it, call me names, and laugh at me for crying. My teacher was confused but understanding that I was sad, so they gave me some time. She wanted me to draw a picture or write a note in case I didn’t want to talk about it. I drew a picture of what happened. She then gave me a note, because class ended saying “I’m so sorry” and I cried realizing how much they cared. I sent them an email apologizing for being not productive that day and they replied basically saying “It’s okay, you don’t have to be sorry” and wanted for me to feel better. I still cry about it.

I knew CPS was rubbish after being in foster care myself. But for them to watch the video proof of abuse and go “nah that’s fine, nothing wrong with that” I’m literally shocked. They took my siblings and I away on a lot less proof than that

As uh... As someone who wants to become a therapist for adults and kids alike... Im scared about what I'm going to hear.

Behaviors that require therapy are coined demon possession here.

I like your interjections!!

i’m not a therapist, but i am mentally ill and this is the first time i’ve ever been kinda scared of what i’ve said.


i had told my therapist about my extremely bad body image issues, to the point of me refusing to leave the house unless i had makeup on, and if i found a rip in my clothes i’d just throw them away. i had said i literally hadn’t eaten in days and had been running around constantly, and i had to just pause.

i’ve gotten a bit better

teachers are so important. When i was 16-17 i was being rushed back and forth to the hospital being tested for lymphatic cancer. this was on top of already poor mental health including passive suicidal tendencies, exam stress and then covid lockdowns. I remember one day we were being asked about plans for the future and all my classmates were bright and happy(this was precovid) and when it got to me i just broke. Covered in bruises and bandages from hospital examinations , I could not imagine myself living past the age of 20 let alone going to uni or starting a career. I went outside the class and just sobbed. My drama teacher just hugged me as if I were her own daughter until i cried myself clean, she did cry tho bless her. My teachers (mostly) gave me a lot of support. A few even gave me little gift packets with chocolates and cards xx (Although fuck my history teacher that berated me for not handing in an essay in front of the class despite me telling her i had been in the hospital)

Fast forward and im nearly 22 and doing alot better. A diagnosis of Castlemans disease with regular checkups and a c-ptsd diagnosis. I still struggle with this trauma but life is moving forward. Im doing a foundation course currently and will be applying to university next year:). Thank you to all the teachers who actually care about your students xxxx

Wouldn't call this "heavy", just real life shit.

I've long wondered how therapists cope when a client ends their life. I can't imagine the things they must feel in regards to that.

hey maby it isnt the best idea to pair shooter games in the background with stories like these

Quick fact check: when the fetus/baby is dead the mother does not need an abortion. Just the procedure to remove the unalive fetus/baby.

Remember abortions make the fetus/baby unalive. If the fetus/baby is already unalive then abortion is not needed!

I have had personal experiences with CPS that make the 4th story worse for me. CPS is fucking awful

Are people actually supposed to have emotional reactions to hearing about this stuff? Idk man, I just don't get the whole "empathetic trauma" thing.

Therapists, when was the moment when you added a space between “E” and “R” in “Therapist”?

Some of those were not "I need a minute" they were more like "I need a new carrer".

For story 4, just remember a couple things. One, organizations like CPS are not monoliths. How one member of CPS behaves isn't how all of CPS behaves. They saved me from my situation on nothing but a tip without any more evidence than the tip, which is effectively just hearsay. When I was a kid, I don't remember how many stories I heard from angry parents talking about how CPS just showed up and removed their children without a warrant or anything. So even if story 4 is true, there's also true stories of CPS working exactly how it is supposed to. Second, sometimes people just make things up on the internet. If you go ask reddit--a website driven by popularity--what its opinions are, you're probably going to get at least a few cases of Things That Never Happened™

My oldest daughter died at 28 wks and when her body arrived at the funeral home, the director called me and let me know she was there and told me how pretty she was and how sorry she was for me. We both cried on the phone for a few minutes after that. I think of her often and hope she knows how much that phone call meant in the early days of my grief. I hope she didn't have to take too long of a minute that day 😅

OP has a PhD so maybe it is in their paygrade.

The irony of the video playing over COD footage 😞

My sister's a new therapist. Basically an internee at a hospital and everyday she tells crazy stories.

Am fixated on the idea of turning off my lights permanently.

On Story 4 - four-point restraints are used with great caution. Has to be a doctor's orders, and the patient checked every 15 minutes, in person. Or, that was how we had to do it. As for CPS, they are awful, and traffick as many, probably way more, children as Epstein did.

In$est is bad......(PT's Mother) Who are you to judge my family. Alot of bad words later hospital security was asked to escort the patients mother AND grandmother out of the hospital. You see, in that family's eyes WE were the bad guys for interfering in their family's problems. This is what we do and you can't tell us how to act in our own family. PT's mother and grand mother actually said this.

What does OP stand for?

Cps is WILD- wow.

Licensed Professional Counselor here: You’d be amazed at the things that come out of the blue in a therapy intake session. To be kind, it’s like a box of chocolates, you don’t know what you are going to get 😳

Story 22 actually made me cry…