Is it okay to cry in front of a Psychiatrist or other therapist?

As you have said on another thread @Former-Member it is your health professionals job to treat the whole of you as your present in front of them - tears or not. Crying is actually an outlet for expressing some of our deep down emotions and that has to okay to let out. Your treating team - especially your psych in your situation - are there for you and it is their job. They have undoubtedly seem many of their clients/patients crying so it would not be unnatural for you to do the same. Tears can actually let others into the magnitude of what you are feeling also - so yet another sign to those treating us that we are not okay or are feeling things deeply. In that respect I feel it is not only okay to cry but often necessary to show just how much pain or sadness we are feeling.

@Former-Member I wouldnt worry about it. Psychiatrirsts have seen it all and more before. Just be yourself. Love peax

Thanks @Zoe7 , I suppose you're right.

Thanks for the support and welcoming me to the forums xx

Thanks @Bunniekins , I appreciate that and your reply. I guess you're also right xx

@Former-Member honestly I have been manic and really quite crazy in front of my previous psychiatrist plus I had an awful crush on him :D. Luckly now I have a female psychiatrist who I am not attracted to one single bit

Been my pleasure interaction with you today @Former-Member There is certainly a lot for you to work through but it seems you have a good support network around you with family and your psych as a basis for receiving that support ...and if this new GP works out then that is also wonderful.

Aw that's cute that you had a crush on them! Speaking of which, a question for you both. @Zoe7 @Bunniekins

I've been having a few of these dreams lately. My Psychiatrist is teaching a Psychiatry class and I'm in the class, he's a great teacher. He pulls me aside all the time to chat with me and ask how the meds are going. One time in the dream he was talking to some other guy that worked there and I walked past and he did the same. He also said in the dreams I'm one of his favourite patients.

I want to tell him about these but don't want to make him uncomfortable. It's really weird, I'm not sure why I'm dreaming about them. Kind of makes me smile though. Maybe I am one of his favourite pateints? I doubt it though

Thanks @Zoe7 xx

@Former-Member Awww that is really sweet. I would tell him it is bound to make him smile and feel good. Dreams are interesting aren't they. Why we dream the dreams that we do is fascinating. Let us know what he says if you tell him 🙂

Dreams about those that care for us and are important to us - even in a caring role - are common @Former-Member We form attachments to those that care and that can often become part of our dreams. From what you describe it seems you have formed that attachment to your psych and rely on him a lot. That is okay as he is helping you but it is also important to recognise the client-patient boundaries exist for both sides to do what needs to be done. Whether you bring this up with him needs to be thought about in terms of what you expect to receive in return. Do you want to feel you are important to him also? I suppose what I am getting at here is that when it comes down to it your psych is doing his job and anything more than that patient-client relationship is unethical ...so if you do disclose the dreams to him then be prepared for not getting the response you may hope for. Do not let that deter you from talking about it with him though as from what you have already told me today he is very professional at his job and could work through why you are having these dreams in a kind and professional way.