Oh we did discuss the paid friend concept and she said that that was true for a number of her patients. She then said but her job was to move people past that to where they can make a friend on their own in the real world and not need her anymore. I suppose that might work if you can find friends that give good advice, though every one I know is mentally messed up though in different ways. I mean amongst my friends they are schizos, aspies, bipolars, ptsd suffers and clutterers. Not that anything is "wrong" with any of them as they are all good people. But no one I have ever met is as all together as my current T is. I mean she seems to live the right way, have good relationships and raise her kids in a good way without ruining them for life if you know what I mean. I meet friends in all facets of life in different ways, so I don't think I seek out other disturbed people like myself. There just happens to be an awful lot of us out there I think because the world is so messed up itself.