I hate being smart
One reason I hate being smart is that psychotherapy doesn’t really work out all that great for me, for two reasons:
1. I’m so good at rationalizing things that I can convince my therapist.
2. I already have such elaborate theories of what’s wrong with me that I can’t really present myself in a way that the therapist can form their own considered opinion. They hear my theory first and end up agreeing with me.
I could probably get better advice if I weren’t so articulate.
December 18th, 2006 at 5:18
Ever think that the therapist isn’t actually agreeing with you but working themselves into a friendly position so he/she can get more useful information from you and you are more open to them? (Email me on reply. :S)
December 18th, 2006 at 9:15
Well, all my therapists (both of them, anyway) have ended up saying things like “I think we’ve made a real connection” and “I feel so close to you”. The kind of stuff that I can’t imagine isn’t genuine. And I’m like “Uh, no?” It’s really quite creepy.
December 21st, 2006 at 15:48
You couldn’t be righter about this. Therapy has done absolutely no good for me or any of my good friends, for this reason.