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Old 02-11-2015, 01:50 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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I think you should definitely see a psychologist.
lol!
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Old 02-11-2015, 01:56 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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I'm not so sure I would. I'm afraid every argument we would have would be tinged with some kind of "clinical" analysis or some other "observations"



LOL
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Old 02-11-2015, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Kaliforneea
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I tried; she was really cute
but she said no to a third date.
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Old 02-11-2015, 02:24 PM
 
Location: Terra
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Probably not. I might out of curiosity.
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Old 02-11-2015, 03:09 PM
 
Location: moved
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I've dated a psychiatric clinician. She practices a form of therapy called "EMDR", and specializes in patients with PTSD. At first I surmised that our conversations would be all about Freud, Adler and Jung. Instead they were about hospital administration, oppressive bosses, recalcitrant patients and workplace stress. I wanted to discuss the extent to which Schopenhauer's ideas on the determinacy of choice affects survivor's guilt of PTSD patients. Her response: "shopping who"? The relationship was problematic.
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Old 02-11-2015, 03:14 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Rhode Island
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It's often said that many people who go into this field do it to try to solve their own issues. And many are unsuccessful.

I had a friend who dated a psych and lived to regret it.
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Old 02-11-2015, 04:05 PM
 
Location: Lemon Heights, Orange County, CA
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I'm a psychologist and I would not date one.
Ok maybe there are one or two that I know who are fun, but for the most part they do tend to take themselves too seriously and have forgotten how to have fun.

When my friend and I were just out of grad school we would tell men we were either flight attendants or physical therapists because saying "shrinks" did not lead to a lot of wild dates lol.

That said, I believe that only an irritating minority "analyze" everything other people do. God knows I never did.



Cheers
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Old 02-11-2015, 04:11 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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I've dated a psychiatric clinician. She practices a form of therapy called "EMDR", and specializes in patients with PTSD. At first I surmised that our conversations would be all about Freud, Adler and Jung. Instead they were about hospital administration, oppressive bosses, recalcitrant patients and workplace stress. I wanted to discuss the extent to which Schopenhauer's ideas on the determinacy of choice affects survivor's guilt of PTSD patients. Her response: "shopping who"? The relationship was problematic.
She sounds like she could be a compassionate person. Maybe you just asked her the wrong questions. And many PTSD patients don't have "survivor's guilt". Some are the victims of crime, where "survivor's guilt" isn't relevant. There are many causes of PTSD.

Your assumptions about conversation topics are interesting, though. I wonder if everyone assumes people will talk about the details of their profession. I would have assumed she'd talk about her hobbies and interests outside her work world. And btw, Freud has been passe for decades.
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Old 02-11-2015, 04:13 PM
 
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I'm a psychologist and I would not date one.
Ok maybe there are one or two that I know who are fun, but for the most part they do tend to take themselves too seriously and have forgotten how to have fun.

When my friend and I were just out of grad school we would tell men we were either flight attendants or physical therapists because saying "shrinks" did not lead to a lot of wild dates lol.

That said, I believe that only an irritating minority "analyze" everything other people do. God knows I never did.



Cheers
It really depends on the person, and on the brand of psychology they practice. The few who stick close to a Freudian model seem to take themselves too seriously. There are so many other "schools" of psychology now, some quite innovative, exciting, and at times--yes--fun, that it's impossible to generalize.
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Old 02-11-2015, 05:20 PM
 
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I'm not so sure I would. I'm afraid every argument we would have would be tinged with some kind of "clinical" analysis or some other "observations"

LOL
LOL...I couldn't do it because I'm not down with the "let's talk it out" crap and the "I-statements"

The whole "when you do this, it makes me angry"...Ef that. How about "when you do that....you're an a-hole!! I'm going to Target to cool off. Find your own damn dinner" That's how I roll.
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