Therapy and zoo
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I'm mostly curious to see how the therapist would react to this subject, regardless of how it comes up. I'm positive I read some folks having brought it up, just cant find it.
dartel
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If a therapist reacts negatively to anything brought up they're a bad therapist. They're trained to be non-judgemental and have strict doctor patient confidentiality. The only time they'll ever breach the confidentiality is if they HAVE to report something disclosed to the police, like if you told them you killed someone or had committed (not just held desires) pedophilia.
Most therapists should also open your first session with a discussion of that doctor patient confidentiality and what they'd be required to report, at which point you should also be feeling them out to decide if they're going to work for you or if you need to find a different one.
Most therapists should also open your first session with a discussion of that doctor patient confidentiality and what they'd be required to report, at which point you should also be feeling them out to decide if they're going to work for you or if you need to find a different one.
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I did that, only one comment is an actual experience but didnt really say much, the rest is speculation, answering other questions, or hearsay (which I actually believe to be more an enumeration of possible outcomes that the writer thought of rather then actual hearsay).Search results for query: therapy
ElectricSheep
Tourist
^^^This^^^
I told a therapist I saw for a while about it. That's it. I mean it was nice to be able to tell someone in person, up until that point only one other person IRL knew, but its not like anything special happened, just pretty boring regular therapy stuffs.
Bearstone30
Tourist
Most of the times when I go in the first thing they want to do is shove handfuls of piles down my throat. The first and only time I talked to a therapist about me zoo side was when I was trying to come to grips with what I was. I was very suicidal at the time. I was a farm kid so I knew that it was normal for people to have sex with animals, but I didn't know any who loved them like I did at that point. I thought I was on my own in that love. So I turned to a therapist.
This was in the late 90's so being gay or bi was still taboo for large parts of the world. I got paired with a young woman who hadn't been working for long. When I reveled to her that I had sex with animals and had been doing so since I was 12 or 13 she got very upset. I also told her that I had just tried to kill myself not even a month before, and she said that I should have done so. She looked at me like I was some type of rapist or child killer. She also told me that I need to be locked up and that if she had her way I would be dead. I mean I'm already suicidal at this point, and she is telling me to kill myself. I was so low that yes I did put a gun back into my mouth and almost pull the trigger.
It took me many years to go back to see a therapist to deal with my depression after that. I'm so glade that I found the on line community back then who showed me that I was normal, and that I wasn't the only one.
On a good note I did find out that the first therapist lost her license a few years later for her very unprofessional behavior with other patients. I've always wondered what my next therapist would do if I told them that I'm as zoo.
This was in the late 90's so being gay or bi was still taboo for large parts of the world. I got paired with a young woman who hadn't been working for long. When I reveled to her that I had sex with animals and had been doing so since I was 12 or 13 she got very upset. I also told her that I had just tried to kill myself not even a month before, and she said that I should have done so. She looked at me like I was some type of rapist or child killer. She also told me that I need to be locked up and that if she had her way I would be dead. I mean I'm already suicidal at this point, and she is telling me to kill myself. I was so low that yes I did put a gun back into my mouth and almost pull the trigger.
It took me many years to go back to see a therapist to deal with my depression after that. I'm so glade that I found the on line community back then who showed me that I was normal, and that I wasn't the only one.
On a good note I did find out that the first therapist lost her license a few years later for her very unprofessional behavior with other patients. I've always wondered what my next therapist would do if I told them that I'm as zoo.
ElectricSheep
Tourist
I'm really sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Good to know she lost her job, but terrible to think of the damge she caused.
My experience was more recent, I'm not super knowledgeable, but I think the DSM-5 changed how paraphilia of all kinds is looked at. Although I'm sure there are probably still bad therapists and psychiatrists.
Chiara2003
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This is y most people r here… to b able 2 talk about it. It’s bad enough that I walk around with bruises on my calves (back of) scratches on my thighs n back/sides. N can’t say why….or the feeling that everyone is wondering why I have a scent of ickyness every now n then. But it would b too much to discuss it with a therapist….I grew up in a normal (both parent) family .. went to boarding school n now I’m a ..whtevr I am to my bf n his animals ???
greenpony
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my therapist, that I’ve known for most of my life, just found out I was zoo two years (ish) ago and handled it well, it actually explained some things as I’ve adjusted my sex life to trauma I had as a kid. I never ever felt like he would report me, or felt uncomfortable talking about it to him, but we know eachother well, I’m a life long client of his, and there’s not much that suprises him anymore lol
Chiara2003
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
That’s good
Krotus
Lurker
I've been doing a cost/benefit analysis with respect to whether I should broach this subject with my own counselor. On one hand, it might be useful to have someone to talk to in depth to organize my thoughts on this subject. On the other, I've been actively working with my counselor on completely unrelated issues, and I'm worried about putting my multi-year rapport with this counselor on the line in my disclosure; I'm concerned about the possibility that my counselor might become less able to effectively help me with other, more impactful topics after such a disclosure.
Do you guys have any feedback or insights to offer regarding this?
Do you guys have any feedback or insights to offer regarding this?
Bumping this thread as im still regularly considering it, just to be able to talk about this stuff with someone knowledgeable. Any new people perhaps who have had experiences discussing this subject with therapists, doctors or otherwise professional eh listeners/advisors?
wood_thrush
Tourist
Hey there I have told my therapist last year and I'd be glad to share my experiences around it too. Same as @ZariayaHusky you can also reply or DM me too ?
Although my situation was bad and overwhelming for me at the time I told him, actually telling my therapist about it has really helped me. I am looking forward to exploring it more with him, I think there are a lot of layers to it for me that are kind of tangled up. I hadn't been able to work a whole lot on that aspect of it with him (my relationship problems and limited finances back then took precedence) although I am excited to now.