Songs (March 6, 2017) (07 08 2024)

Songs (March 6, 2017).
Filmed July 8, 2024.
My Email (March 6, 2017):
My psychiatrist's probably suggesting songs because I don't read, watch movies, or do anything. He wants to get the point across somehow.
Pretty soon he's gonna say, "you're like the Metro Station song, "Shake It". You need to come alive, or like the song says, "Shake It"." Lol.
The examples will keep getting more absurd.
He'll say, you're living in a Fantasyland, like Taylor Swift's, "Wonderland".
Then you're like Justin Beiber's song "Sorry". Is it too late for your parents to apologize?
Why's a 70-year-old doctor listening to teeny bopper music?
Dr. Garrett's Email (March 6, 2017):
My psychiatrist's probably suggesting songs because I don't read, watch movies, or do anything. He wants to get the point across somehow. NOT TRUE. JUST TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO REACH YOU.
Pretty soon he's gonna say, "you're like the Metro Station song, "Shake It". You need to come alive, or like the song says, "Shake It"." Lol. I DON'T KNOW METRO STATION OR THE SONG YOU MENTION SO WOULD NEVER HAVE OCCASION TO MENTION IT.
The examples will keep getting more absurd.
He'll say, you're living in a Fantasyland, like Taylor Swift's, "Wonderland". I DO NOT KNOW TAYLOR SWIFT'S MUSIC.
Then you're like Justin Beiber's song "Sorry". Is it too late for your parents to apologize? DON'T NO JUSTIN BEIBER'S MUSIC EITHER
Why's a 70-year-old doctor listening to teeny bopper music? WHAT TEENY-BOPPER MUSIC ARE YOU REFERRING TO? THE SONG I PLAYED FOR YOU WAS WRITTEN BY COLIN HAY WITH THE BANK MEN AT WORK. THEY ARE NOT AT ALL A TEENY BOPPER BAND.
THERE IS ROOM FOR COMEDY AND SERIOUS REFLECTOIN. BY IMAGINING ME AS A STRANGE 70 YO MAN WHO LISTENS TO TEENY BOPPER MUSIC YOU ARE ABLE TO POKE FUN AT ME, EVEN CHARACTERIZE ME AS SOMEONE INAPPROPRIATELY INTERESTED IN YOUNG PEOPLE OUTSIDE MY GENERATION, UNDERMINING MY CREDIBILITY. THIS CHARICATURE OF ME SERVES YOUR PURPOSE OF WANTING TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A DAYDREAM BY DESPARAGING THE INPUT OF PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE TRYING TO GET YOU TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. YOU PAINT A PICTURE OF ME AS A SILLY OLD MAN BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEED THE MESSAGE BEING SENT TO YOU BY ME, YOUR MOTHER, AND DR COPLAN
DO NOT WORRY THAT I TAKE ANY OFFENSE IN YOUR JOKING. IT IS ALL PART OF OUR DIALOGUE.
DR G
My Email (March 6, 2017):
I'm joking, 100% being silly. I'm glad you shared that song, and I enjoyed our session.. Sometimes, I make jokes that "blur the line". But truth is, I appreciate you shared it and understand what you were trying to convey
Dr. Garrett's Email (March 6, 2017):
OK Good. Just keeping our conversation real, and clear.
My Email (March 6, 2017):
I'm not trying to undermine anybody's credibility and I genuinely think you and Dr. Coplan are good doctors. I have nothing but positive feelings.
I just thought the character of a silly old man, based on you and many other doctors, was hilarious. I thought it would be funny if a doctor began suggesting teeny bopper music.
But my situation is not funny, it's very serious. And I should stop making jokes.
Sorry.