About a month ago, I met with a counselor somewhat involuntarily. My university's counseling service ordered me (over the phone, and quite rudely) to see a counselor. I was not given a reason. I was given a date, time, and place, and told to show up.
This "meeting" was apparently caused by a poem I sent in to my university's poetry contest. The poem was clearly about the superficiality of "society" and how many public figures (celebrities) promote materialism. As this counselor has nothing to do with the poetry contest, I don't know how she got word of my entry, but somehow she did. She interpreted my poem to indicate that I was an "imminent threat to myself".
This resulted in a very awkward meeting where every line of the poem was analyzed... I explained to her as best I could that it had NOTHING to do with hurting/killing myself and everything to do with the superficiality topics. After about 40 minutes, she basically concluded "Glad to see that you are ok"
(sounded more like "Too bad you are ok, now we can't collect your money") and told me that I could email her after exams are done to check in...but that I shouldn't feel obligated to do so.
Exams are now done, and I don't want to email her. It's just going to start some unpleasant conversation again. I don't particularly like this woman either. I'd rather not talk to her again, if I could decide. It's just an unnecessary meeting caused by a complete misinterpretation of my poetry. I don't want to drag this on anymore, but I don't want her to think that I've hurt myself since the meeting or something
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Should I email her? What do you think will happen if I do/don't? Thanks.
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