Thanks to my fourth $160 session, I am currently writing this on the Tumblr text page rather than a separate document (take that perfectionistic tendencies!). I know of many that are passionately opposed to therapy and therapists in general, and though agreeably overpriced, I would argue anyone with fervent daddy issues and recurring abandonment schemers to duly reconsider. I have, obviously. Today, my therapist read my results from a cognitive therapy cum maladaptive behaviors test aka what went wrong with me as a child that has made me the way I am aka was I dropped as a baby test. The results were mostly unsurprising, you know “recognition-seeking,” “unrelenting standards,” “insufficient self-control,” yadayadayada. There was, however, something that scored pretty high on the list that surprised both me and her - entitlement.
Am I entitled? Well, I mean, I know that I am privileged. I have food on my table every night. I go to an international school. I scored high on the Buzzfeed quiz. But, do I actually act entitled? I think it took me by surprise when she said that and for some reason I felt uncomfortably ashamed and couldn’t stop shifting in my seat. What does that even mean, to be entitled? Perhaps that explains why sometimes I can be manipulative and unhappy and discontent. Perhaps that also explains why I choose to be a victim in situations which don’t even directly affect me. This hits so close to home. This is shameful. Hear that, internet? Take note, I’m telling you something embarrassing. I am an entitled child who cannot even fully grasp what that means. Post-therapy thoughts are often fluttered and unsettling and confusing, and maybe that’s how the institution cashes in on every follow-up session? But I am on a journey to be more self-conscious of this entitlement and how this positively and (capslock) negatively impacts my life.