I'm still gunna think about it

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My therapist has continued to try to "police" my "obsessions," apparently thinking that by so doing he's eliminating them in real life. The think is, my attitude is like, I'm still gunna think about 'em; ain't nothing you say gonna do anything about it. He's just some man I see once a week. Only thing is, is that some of my obsessions I would only be willing to discuss with a mental health professional, so without him and having only a 15-minute med check with my psychiatrist, that leaves me with nobody to discuss them with. So, I just continue to think about it all by my lonesome, which can get pretty lonely.

Beneficii, I'm not sure what your point is. If your point is to control unwanted obsessions, I can only tell you want works for me, and works very well: kava and nicotine (though not cigarettes).

Am puzzled too.

Are you in need of an audience to:

To try to eliminate your obsessions?

Or to try to indulge them?

No, I do not wish to eliminate my "obsessions." In fact, I want an audience to "indulge" them, and I find my mental health professional to be the best person for that.

I think I get it but I might be wrong.

I have had desirable obsessions and ones that I have agreed with. I think the therapist is so used to dealing with unwanted obsessions that s/he doesn't realize it is possible for some people to be okay with their obsessions. You have no desire to eliminate them. Maybe they give you a focus. It's hard for a therapist to understand how an obsession can be anything other than undesirable. An unusual obsession would be even harder for a therapist to see as un-harmful.

My obsessions couldn't be treated with therapy because I didn't want them to disappear. I was an unwilling patient. I didn't want to get rid of them and so I was uncooperative.



Do your obsessions motivate you to do certain things?

My therapist recently tried to convince me to stop playing video games because they cause sensory overload and shutdowns, as well as occasional meltdowns, if I overdo it. I've been trying to manage my video gaming more effectively so that happens less frequently, but I am not going to give up my hobbies just because a therapist thinks I should avoid sensory overload at all times - especially given that I am always experiencing some degree of overload and can't ever get away from it.

Thanks, y'all. I spoke with my therapist. He's a bit more respectful now and I was able to get some stuff off my chest.

Some of this stuff I'm comfortable only talking with a mental health care professional about or others already in the know.