Started therapy yesterday. I told my T that I was afraid that I would not find a job because I have been fired five times. She asked, "Could that be because you have a problem with authority figures?" I was stunned. "Yeah ... .maybe ... .heh" and gave her a "How the h*** did you know that?" look. And I was thinking, "How dare you critizise me! Why should I listen to you anyway? Just because you have a masters in psychology? And I am NOT in denial; why does everybody keep saying that? I'll bet you think I am paranoid too, don't you?"
It reminded me of the old Psychiatric Hotline joke: "For OCD: press 1, press 1, press 1, press 1 ... .For paranoia: Just hang up. We know who you are; we know where you live ... ."
