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No.. really? Shocking.

Thanks for your input.

Make a stupid statement, get a sarcastic reply.

Not my "stupid" statement, it's my therapist's "stupid" statement. And I don't see what right you have to say what's stupid and what's not.

So I'm ending this conversation here.

The entire point of therapy is talking. Why would you waste your therapist's time and your money to not talk?

I am completely within my rights to consider anything I choose to stupid and to express that I consider it stupid.

That's what the doc tells me, but I still think it's bullshit.

...do you think it can work without speaking?

I don't know. I kinda sit there and stare at the floor. He watches me with this unamused, unimpressed tone of face. Then the hour's up and I'm outta there.

That's about what happened to me today. It was my first session.

Yep.

Have you ever been to a therapist, Chloe?

Yeah, once when I was little and then again a couple of years ago.

Do you think it did you any good?

Yes. Both times. Especially last time.

Okay. Good to know.

How's it going?

Well, I didn't say much. I'm not very good at talking about myself.

I bet it's hard for everyone in the beginning. Therapists are used to that. It sort of goes against our basic natures to just start talking like that.

We'll see.

My therapist told me that people get out of therapy what they're willing to put in.

I'm sure that's true.

Then you'll be great.

Well then, my favorite topics would include fast cars and fencing. Yours could be decor.

With a topic list like that, my advice would be avoid any strictly Freudian psychologists.

Ah. All that coming from a man who once said that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Decor is hardly one of my interests.

But your point is well taken.

No hide and seek? I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

I'd blame the meteor shower and a lapse of memory, but the truth is, I do remember that. Or at least, I think I do.

That's hard to believe, I know.

Not so much hard to believe as hard to do.

Bah. It's things like that that keep me from going to talk to anyone.

...okay, maybe that's not why I don't go to therapy, but you get the basic idea.

I'm not so sure it's going to help me after all. I'm not very good at talking about myself. And apparently nothing gets done if you don't.

It was your first appointment. Don't give up so quickly. I doubt the majority of people are non stop chatterboxes the first couple of times. Just let yourself get used to it and when you're relaxed and comfortable enough, you'll talk.

I do hope you're right. I'll stick with it awhile longer.

Good. I think it'll be worth it if you give it a chance.

That's very true and it normally takes several sessions before you tell comfortable enough to bring up important issues.

And that's okay?

Yes, it's perfectly normal. At least, that's what my former therapist told me.

Well, I hope you're right.