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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Important_Onion8062 on 2025-11-16 10:54:08+00:00.
ive been seeing my therapist for about six months for anxiety and depression. weve talked a lot about my struggles with motivation and finishing projects. ive been trying to write a novel for like three years and keep abandoning it.
last session she asked me to set a goal for the week. i said id try to finish the first draft of my novel. shes been really supportive about this.
today i had my session. i was so excited because i actually finished it. stayed up til 4am last night writing the last chapter. i was exhausted but proud.
i logged into the zoom call and the first thing i said was "i finally did it last night. its done. i feel so much lighter."
my therapist's face went completely white. she leaned forward and very carefully asked "what do you mean you did it."
i said "i stayed up all night and just pushed through. i feel like a huge weight is off me."
she said very slowly "can you tell me exactly what you did."
thats when i realized how this sounded. i started laughing and said "oh my god no i finished my novel. the book. i finished writing it."
she put her hand on her chest and said "jesus christ you scared me. the way you said that i thought—" and then she just started laughing too.
she said when i said "i finally did it" and "its done" and "i feel lighter" she genuinely thought i was confessing to a suicide attempt or something.
we spent like ten minutes just laughing about it but i could tell she was actually shaken. she even asked if i was sure i was okay like three times.
im mortified. my poor therapist probably had a heart attack.
TL;DR: told my therapist "i finally did it last night, its done, i feel lighter" without specifying i meant finishing my novel. she thought i was confessing to something way darker.