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first session of stanford uni free student counselling service

therapist: it's completely normal to want to talk to someone, lots of people have trouble adjusting-

sam: yeah i grew up in a car so it's been weird, like, owning stuff

therapist (thinks she misheard): you grew up in- a car? like a caravan home?

sam: no it was my dad's 1967 impala. and, i mean, we lived in motels mostly. ive always shared with my brother so its easy having a roommate at least. sometimes we rented a place for a few months if we were lucky - since dad moved around a lot.

therapist: oh, what did your father do for a living? a travelling salesman? a military man?

sam: um. he was a mechanic.

therapist (why would a mechanic move around every month): ....right. was it just you, your father and your brother?

sam: yeah. and neither of them are speaking to me now because i came here. my dad's angry i disobeyed him, and my brother's just upset i left at all.

therapist (this, at least, makes sense): ah, yeah. younger siblings often have trouble when their older siblings leave home. is he much younger than you?

sam: .....no hes 22

therapist: . right.