what do you say to someone who's going to be rummaging around in your head? Ahhh, whatever, maybe THIS is part of why I need a therapist!

"Hi, I'm your new nutter"?

That would certainly get her attention...and give you an idea of her sense of humor.

She actually turned out to be really good... I like her a lot and she seems to understand where I'm wanting to go with things. And she

accepted my "full disclosure: I'm pagan, bisexual, and poly" without batting an eyelash; her questions were for clarification.

Good!

She also suggested that I might want to try an elimination diet; she's a bit of a medical geek, as am I, and her theory is that eating

things that I'm allergic to, especially if I don't know that I am, stresses the body even more, which makes sense.

She sounds like she'll be really helpful

I hope so. She also seemed to take me seriously when I mentioned my mother issues, which was nice.

Yeah, never good to feel patronized when you have to discuss everything with someone

glad she's nice!